Professionals: Jamie McKenzie
Prior to devoting himself to full time speaking and writing in 1997,
Jamie was the Director of Libraries, Media and Technology for the Bellingham
(WA) Public Schools.
He has spported technology efforts in schools across
North America, Australia, and New Zealand. He has also worked on technology
planning with state education departments.
In 1995 Jamie developed the Reaseach Cycle model to meet the needs of students working on essential questions in their school research.
Jamie also writes and publishes poetry.
Personal Webpage: http://www.fno.org/JM/aboutauthor.html
Jamie McKenzie page at American Program Bureau
http://www.apbspeakers.com/speaker/jamie-mckenzie
Websites edited/published by Jamie McKenzie:
- From Now On http://www.fno.org/ (Subject index http://fno.org/fnoindex.html )
- Staff Development & Adult Learning http://staffdevelop.org/
- Questioning http://questioning.org/
You can view a video clip of Jamie responding to a question about students and Internet security / responsibility (Length 2:51 minutes).
Articles & Documents Online:
Brown, Melissa Burgos (2002). Avoiding the Screen Savers
Disease (Interview
of Jamie McKenzie).
Jamie McKenzie talks about keeping your focus on the students when
technology planning. That means investing in staff development so that
your computers don't go to waste.
McKenzie, Jamie (Mar. 2003). Just in Time Technology. Edtechnot (Blog).
Article
is an excerpt from ‘s most recent book, Just
in Time Technology: Doing Better with Fewer (FNO Press, 2002). In this book
he argues that it makes sense to have just enough technology (just
in time) to get the job done.
McKenzie, Jamie (Jan. 2000). The New Library in the Wired
School.
From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal.
McKenzie, Jamie (1997, 2000). Module Maker. Questioning.org
This Module Maker will show you how to build your own online research modules
that will challenge your students to make up their own minds while supplying
them with rich information to support such thinking.
Related Web Activity:
Making Good Lessons Quickly http://questioning.org/module2/quick.html
Selected Book:
McKenzie, Jamie (2000). Beyond Technology: Questioning,
Research, and the Information Literate School. The Twiggs Company.