Alan’s Publications
Alan November’s thought-provoking books provide inspiration and practical tips supported by stories of best practices. Alan’s best selling book, Empowering Students With Technology, is an overview of various tools and strategies across the curriculum. His newest book, Web Literacy for Educators, is a practical guidebook that helps teachers and students effectively find, sort, and evaluate information on the Web.
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Book Focuses:
- Understanding the structure of information
- Building knowledge without boundaries
- Global collaboration
- Honing critical thinking skills
- 21st Century skills
Online Courses
Our series of online professional development courses is designed to help educators develop Web literacy and global communication skills. Learn how to best prepare your students for learning in the 21st Century. These courses introduce a full range of skills including search techniques, the Grammar of the Internet, how to use blogs, wikis and other community building tools that can help expand the boundaries of learning and promote critical thinking.
“When I first decided to take this course I thought I knew a lot about the Internet. I did not realize how much I did not know. This was a great class to take and I cannot wait to use the information in my classes and with my colleagues.”
Online Course Focuses:
- Grammar of the Internet
- Information literacy
- 21st Century skills
- Aligning technology use with curriculum
- Tools for developing an authentic audience
- Safety and ethics
Podcasts
The November Learning Podcast Series features interviews with such leading thinkers as Daniel Pink and Yong Zhao, practitioners from the field, plus educational leaders from the Building Learning Communities Summer Conference held each July in Boston, MA. Our goal is to share discussion about teaching, learning, education technology and leadership.
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Podcast Goals:
- Hear new ideas
- Learn from leaders in education and beyond
- Listen to classroom stories from the best of the best
Articles
Alan has written numerous articles that have appeared in many popular education magazines and journals, including Technology & Learning, School Library Journal, Middle Ground and more. These articles make wonderful handouts for faculty dialogue.
Alan’s articles provide great insight into teaching, learning and preparing students for today’s global economy.
Information Literacy Resources
In a world of information overload, it is vital for students to not only find information but also determine its validity and appropriateness. Our information literacy material demystifies the process of finding and validating online information. These vital skills are needed as students prepare for our global economy.
Don’t send students out on the Internet without helping them develop these skills.
Instructional Handouts
RSS, podcasts, screencasts and more. How can you stay on top of them all? The November Learning team has designed a series of handouts that can make any user comfortable with the latest technology tools. Each of our instructional handouts can be read, printed and passed out as needed.
Use these handouts in your next professional development session.
