November

=﻿Alan November=

 Alan November is a worldwide leader in education technology who has helped schools, governments and industry. He started in education as an oceanography teacher and counselor at a reform school in Boston. It is believed that he may have been the first educator with a student project online in 1984 while he was a computer science teacher. In his education career, he has held positions as a computer coordinator, technology consultant, director of an alternative high school and uni versity lecturer.

 November speaks at many different workshops about pushes boundaries of how to improve teaching and learning. He strongly believes that students should own their learning. In 2001, November was listed as one of eight educators to provide leadership into the future by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse. He was chosen to speak at the Cisco Public Services Summit in 2007. He is a well-published author with articles published in education journals like: //Technology & Learning//, //School Library Journal//, and //Middle Ground//. He has also co-authored two books: //Web Literacy for Educators// and //Empowering Students with Technology//.

November has also started a company, November Learning, that is pioneering technology education. The company offers online courses to improve teachers’ understanding and use of technology in the classroom. The company also offers a series of podcasts featuring interviews with leaders in education with the goal of share important discussions of education. Each summer, November Learning presents a summer conference, the Building Learning Communities, that focuses on the following:

**Conference Strands**
 * 1) Designing Rigorous and Motivating Assignments Across the Curriculum
 * 2) Nurturing Creativity, Curiosity, Empathy and Courage
 * 3) Teaching Global Communication Skills
 * 4) Contributing to Professional Learning Communities
 * 5) Crafting Vision and Managing Change

November is an interesting man, with an incredible knowledge of technology and the variety of uses in the classroom. I have an interest in not only reading more, but also taking the online course that is offered through November Learning. As a teacher, it is hard to change how we do things, November, like all the other “voices,” is motivating me to try to change my traditional ways of teaching to help my students be successful!

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