November Learning: Expanding the Boundaries of Learning

Main Sessions

Our Main Session runs July 14 – 16 and offers an array of concurrent workshops with top practitioners. The strands running through these sessions will be:

• Critical Thinking and Information Literacy
• Online Community Building
• Leadership and Managing Change
• Transforming and Designing New Schools
• BLC Practitioner’s Strand

The following presenters are from BLC09. We will update this information when we have confirmed the BLC10 presenters.

Alan November, Senior Partner, November Learning, Marblehead, MA
Alas Media, Rosa Ruvalcaba, Miguel Duran and Elizabeth Ruvalcaba, San Fernando, CA
Andrew Rothstein, Senior Director, Curriculum & Academics, National Academy Foundation, Hartford, CT
Angela Maiers, Independent Consultant, Des Moines, IA
Bette Manchester, Executive Director of the Maine International Center for Digital Education, Augusta, ME
Bob Pearlman, 21st Century School and District Consultant, Tucson, AZ
Bob Sprankle, Technology Integrator, Wells Elementary School, Wells, ME
Brad Flickinger, Education Futurist, Fort Collins, CO
Brian Mull, Director of Innovation, November Learning, Slidell, LA
Camilla Gagliolo, Instructional Technology Coordinator, Arlington County Public Schools, Arlington, VA
Carol James, Co-Director Center for Innovative Education, Kean University, Union, NJ
Carolyn Staudt, Curriculum Developer/Prof. Development, The Concord Consortium/ KidSolve, Inc., Concord, MA
Carrie Kotcho, Education Technologist, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC
Clarence Fisher, Grade 7/ 8 Teacher, Snow Lake, MB
Cyndy Everest, Training and Development Manager, Apple Inc., Las Vegas, NV
Darren Kuropatwa, Dept Head Mathematics, Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute, Winnipeg, MB
David Jakes, Coordinator of Instructional Technology, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, IL
David Kirkpatrick, Chairman and Executive Managing Officer, Plymouth Rock Studios, Plymouth, MA
David Truss, Principal, Dalian Maple Leaf Foreign Nationals School, Dalian, China
David Weinberger, Fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Institute For Internet and Society, Cambridge, MA
Elaine Barnett, Primary Grades Teacher at West Tisbury School, West Tisbury, MA
Eric Marcos, Math Teacher, Lincoln Middle School, Santa Monica, CA
Howie DiBlasi, Educational Technology Trainer and Speaker, Durango, CO
Jeff Utecht, Elementary Technology and Learning Coordinator for the International School, Bangkok, Thailand
Jeff Windsor, Product Manager, Schoolwires, Inc., Dallas, TX
Jim Wenzloff, Learning Mentor, November Learning, Fort Gratiot, MI
Joel Heinrichs, CEO, Lightspeed Systems, Bakersfield, CA
John Anderson, Honorary professor of education at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
John Davitt, Writer, Educator and Broadcaster, London, UK
Dr. Joyce Valenza, Librarian, Springfield Township HS Library, Erdenheim, PA
Julia Leong, Teacher Professional Development Consultant, Technology Integration, Vancouver, BC
Lainie Rowell, Consultant and Trainer, November Learning, Newport Beach, CA
Lee Kolbert, District Technology Program Specialist, Palm Beach County, FL
Lester Ray, Ontological Engineer, Apple Inc., Monmouth Jct, NJ
Lisa Thumann, Senior Specialist in Technology Education CMSCE, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
Liz Davis, Director of Academic Technology, Belmont Hill School, Belmont, MA
Marc Prensky, Author, Speaker and Consultant, New York, NY
Marco Torres, Teacher, Creative Director, Media Coach, Sylmar, CA
Marie Studer, Education and Outreach Director for the Encyclopedia of Life Project, Cambridge, MA
Mark Nieker, President and Executive Director, Pearson Foundation, New York, NY
Michael Gorman, Technology Integration, Southwest Allen County Schools, Fort Wayne, IN
Mike Davino, Superintendent of the Springfield School District, Springfield, NJ
Mike Dishman, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Nancy Cole, Education Director at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Pat Kyle, Media Specialist, DC Public Schools, Washington, DC
Peggy Sheehy, Virtual Education Consultant, Suffern, NY
Perry Correll, Director of Product Marketing, Xirrus, Newbury Park, CA
Dr. Richard Voltz, Associate Director, Illinois Association of School Administrators, Springfield, IL
Dr. Sara Kajder, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Seth Bowers, Director of Information & Instructional Technology, CCSD 62 Des Plaines, IL
Sonny Magaña, Director of Education Strategy at Promethean, Inc., Seattle, WA
Stephanie Greenhut, Education Technology Specialist, National Archives, Washington, DC
Stephen Heppell, Centre for Excellence in Media Practice at Bournemouth University – Bournemouth, UK
Terrell Tucker, Director of Information & Technology Services, Panama-Buena Vista USD, Bakersfield, CA
Tom Daccord, Educational Technology Trainer, Speaker and Author, Chestnut Hill, MA
Traci Redish, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Valerie Becker, Director of Integrated Technology at West Tisbury School, West Tisbury, MA
Wade Ren, Chairman and Founder, Diigo, Inc., Reno, NV