238 Rainbow Drive

Livingston, Texas 77399-2038

ljohnson@mail.escapees.com

http://eduscapes.com

(620) 343-7989

Professional

Experience

• Vice President, 1999 to Present.
• Professional Development: Speaks on educational technology integration.
• Has conducted hundreds of workshops and presentations.
• Consults on teaching, learning, and technology at K-12 schools and universities.
• Coordinates short and long-term K-12 and higher education projects
• Worked with several Technology Challenge and Innovation grant projects.

eduScapes Website Family (http://eduscapes.com). Includes eduScapes, 42eXplore, and escrapbooking site domains. Developer and Editor (Website receives 8 to 10 million hits and more than half a million visitors each month).

• Provides web-based materials to support lifelong learning.
• Creates content for hundreds of pages of resources for educators
• Writes the 42eXplore project (http://eduscapes.com/42explore/).
• Edits and writes for Activate: The E-Journal of Technology-Rich Learning (http://eduscapes.com/activate/).
• Contributes to the Teacher Tap project, a periodically updated professional development resource (http://eduscapes.com/tap/).

Vision to Action, Inc., (http://eduscapes.com/v2a/) Writer, Editor, and Vice President, 1994 to present. Publisher of educational, business, and leisure books and multimedia materials

Previous Assignments
Coordinator of Media Services, University of Southern Indiana Library, Evansville, 1988 to 1999.

• Administrator of campus-wide faculty-support group.
• Adjunct Professor, taught Introduction to Educational Technology, an undergraduate teacher education course.

Coordinator of Instructional Technology, Parkland College Library, Champaign, Illinois, 1986 to 1988.

School Library Media Specialist, held building and multi-building level positions at Middle School and High School, plus districtwide positions, Urbana School District, Urbana, Illinois, 1969 to 1986.

Teacher of Industrial Arts; Urbana Jr. High School, Urbana, Illinois and Edwardsville High School, Edwardsville, Illinois, 1968 to 1969.

Education

Ph.D. Indiana University: Instructional Systems Technology major and Business Management minor, 2001.

 

Ed.S. Eastern Illinois University: Instructional Technology major plus school library media certification, 1976.

 

MS. Eastern Illinois University: Industrial Arts Education major (Now School of Technology), 1971.

 

B.S. Eastern Illinois University: Industrial Arts Education major and minor, 1968.

Professional

Association

Memberships

Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

National Education Association (NEA)

Phi Delta Kappa (PDK)

Published

Books

Lamb, A. & Johnson, L. (2001). 42eXplore: Thematic Internet Integration. Emporia, KS: Vision to Action.

 

Lamb, A., Smith, N., & Johnson, L. (1997, 1998). Surfin' the Internet: Project Ideas from A to Z (2nd Ed.). Emporia, KS: Vision to Action.

 

Lamb, A., & Johnson, L. (1995, 1997). Cruisin' the Information Highway: Internet in the K-12 Classroom (2nd Ed.). Emporia, KS: Vision to Action.

 

Lamb, A. & Johnson, L. (1995, 1997). Strap on Your Spurs: Technology and Change Cowboy Style. Emporia, KS: Vision to Action.

Journal

Articles

Lamb, A. & Johnson, L. (Jan. 2007). Social Technology and Social Networks. School Library Activities Monthly, 23(5), 40-44.

 

Lamb, A. & Johnson, L. (Dec. 2006). Turn Up the Music with Digital Technologies (Access requires login password). Teacher Librarian, 34(2), 55-58.

 

Lamb, A. & Johnson, L. (Oct. 2006). Want to be My "Friend"? What You Need to Know about Social Technologies (Access requires login password). Teacher Librarian, 34(1), 55-57.

Lamb, A. & Johnson, L. (June 2006). Open Source Software in School Libraries (Online database access requires login). Teacher Librarian , 33(5), 55-57.

Lamb, A. & Johnson, L. (May 2006). Blogs and Blogging, Part II. School Library Activities Monthly, (22)9, 40-44.

 

Lamb, A. & Johnson, L. (Spr/Sum 2006). Turning Fiascos into Fiestas: Building Successful Inquiry Experiences. Educators' Spotlight Digest.

 

Lamb, A. & Johnson, L. (April 2006). Flash: Engaging Learners Through Animation, Interaction, and Multimedia. Teacher Librarian, (33)4, 54-56.

 

Lamb, A. & Johnson, L. (April 2006). Blogs and Blogging, Part I. School Library Activities Monthly, (22)8, 40-43.

 

Johnson, L., Lamb, A., & Teclehaimanot, B. (Spr/Sum 2003). Academic Technology: The Convergence of Diverse Disciplines. College & University Review, 9(2).

 

Johnson, L. & Lamb, A. (April 2003). Portals: Rabbit Holes to Grand Gateways. DataBus, 2003(2), 8-9. (Invited article)

 

Lamb, A., Smith, N., & Johnson, L. (1997, April). Wondering, Wiggling, and Weaving: A New Model for Project and Community Based Learning on the Web. Learning and Leading With Technology, 24(7), 6-13.

 

Johnson, L. (1996, Spring). Characteristics and Attitudes of Media Services Administrators. College & University Media Review, 2(2), 85-103.

 

Johnson, L. (1994, September). Characteristics of Media Service Departments at Mid-size Universities. TechTrends, 39(4), 20-23

 

Boling, E., Johnson, L., & Kirkley, S. (1994). A Quick and Dirty Dozen: Guidelines for Using Icons. HyperNEXUS, 4(2), 5-7.

 

Johnson, L. (1992). Characteristics of Media Service Departments at Mid- size Universities. Syracuse, NY: Clearinghouse on Information & Technology. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 364 186).

Presentations,

Consulting,

Staff

Development,

and

Workshops

Association for Educational Communications and Technology

(AECT), Annually since 1989

Brainard Schools, Brainard, Minnesota

Brunswick County Schools, Georgia

Conference of Media Organizations (COMO), Georgia

Evansville School Corporation, Indiana

Georgia Educational Technology Conference (GETC)

Governors Conclave on Distance Education, South Dakota

Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA)

Illinois State Board of Education (ISBOE)

KalKan Inc., Video Production Consultant, Illinois

Metropolitan College of Denver, College of Education PT3

Grant Project

Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME)

National Educational Computing Conference (NECC),

Annually since 1996

New England Association for Education and Technology

North Little Rock Tri-county Schools, Arkansas
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Oregon Educational Media Association (OEMA)

Policy Studies in Education, Video Production Consultant,

New York

Savannah Schools, Georgia

University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio

Washington Library Media Association (WLMA)

Other

Professional

Activities

Board of Directors, AECT Division of Educational Media

Management (DEMM) (1997-2000)

Committee member, Indiana Higher Education

Telecommunications System (IHETS), (1988-1999)

Leadership Chair and Leadership Conference Co-chair, AECT

(1990-1993)

President of Illinois Association for Educational Communications

and Technology (1988-1989)

Reviewer of conference papers for Association for Educational

Communications and Technology (2000-2003)

Visiting committee member, North Central Association (Served

as evaluator of school library media programs for 4 teams)