November Learning: Expanding the Boundaries of Learning

Lainie Rowell

About Lainie Rowell
Consultant and Trainer, November Learning, Newport Beach, CA

Lainie Rowell is a K-12 Educational Technology Coordinator for Newport-Mesa Unified School District. She is also a consultant and trainer for Alan November’s November Learning and CUEtoYOU. In these roles, Lainie works closely with K-12 classroom teachers providing professional development on best practices and ways to integrate technology to improve teaching and learning. Prior to this, Lainie spent 7 years in the classroom teaching Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 6th grade.

She is a presenter at local, national and international conferences including Building Learning Communities (BLC), Macworld, and the Computer Using Educators (CUE) Conference. Lainie is also the Orange County CUE Board President and serves on the CUE Communications Committee.

Lainie holds a Master of Arts in Educational Technology from California State University, Long Beach where she is currently a guest lecturer.

In 2007, Lainie was honored as an Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Teacher. She has also been recognized as Teacher of the Year and was featured in OC Family Magazine as one of 10 Teachers Making a Difference.

Pre-conference Sessions

Building Learning Communities? It’s Elementary!

This session addresses the same content explored in the Building Learning Communities: Putting It All Together workshop, but explores issues and examples from the perspective of an elementary school teacher.

In this four-hour session you will learn the basics of information literacy, plus have the opportunity to work with members of our team as you explore how to build a blog, create a podcast or start a wiki for the elementary classroom. Learn how to integrate all of these tools across the curriculum in meaningful and effective ways. Our team will show you how it all fits together and will be available during the course of the conference week to guide you as you work on projects and integrate new ideas. The results will be expanded opportunities for authentic work, global audiences and concrete ways that your students can make valuable contributions to their learning community.

Connective Learning – An Introduction to Google Tools in Education (presenting with Brian Mull)

Discover Google. It’s more than just an ordinary search engine. Learn how to tap Google’s free online toolset and knock down the walls of your classroom, engage students and make connections in new and exciting ways. During this pre-conference session you will build robust tools that you can immediately begin using in your classroom. Develop a custom search engine based on your particular subject area or unit of study. Create an interactive map for your literature, history, math or science class. With these and other open-ended tools, the options are endless.

Main Session Workshops

Podcasting? It’s Elementary!

Empower your students and yourself with a tool that promotes learner-centered instruction in the elementary classroom. Learn the potential of this medium and discover the tools you can use to produce your own podcast. It is an easy process and a lot of fun!

iMovie 101: Video Production for Educators

Empower students and yourself with technology that promotes learner-centered instruction. In this hands-on session, you will discover the easy and powerful tools available in iMovie for organizing, editing, sharing and even publishing your video. This session will be a rich source of ideas, resources and information about learning and digital video.

iPhone Supersession: The Ultimate Teaching Assistant (Bring Your Own iPhone)

This workshop will explore productivity tools, educational activities, teacher observations and more, using built-in and freely available applications for Apple’s iPhone. We’ll include updates on educational institutions that are leading in iPhone development and innovative uses. New York Times columnist David Pogue describes the iPhone as “the first widespread pocket desktop computer. You’re witnessing the birth of a third major computer platform: Windows, Mac OS X, iPhone.”  Don’t miss out on this innovative workshop. Teachers, administrators, IT professionals, technology coordinators are welcome. This session is targeted toward intermediate and advanced users.

Find, Share and Save Information – Online Knowledge Management for the 21st Century

Learn about Diigo, a collaborative research tool that integrates tags and folders, highlighting and clipping, sticky notes, and group-based collaboration, enabling a whole new process of online knowledge management, learning, and teaching in the 21st Century. This session includes an introduction to Diigo’s free social bookmarking service for education.