November Learning: Expanding the Boundaries of Learning

Lainie Rowell

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

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

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

Lainie has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from San Diego State University. She has also earned a Multiple Subject Credential and Master of Arts in Educational Technology from California State University, Long Beach where she is a guest lecturer.

Lainie is honored to be an Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Teacher and STAR Discovery Educator. 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

iPhone Supersession: The Ultimate Teaching Assistant

This workshop will explore productivity tools, educational activities and more, using built-in and freely available applications for Apple’s iPhone. Learn how to use your iPhone to develop lesson plans, podcasts and directly access iTunes U content. Also discover tips and tricks to get even more out of your Internet communication device.

New York Time 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, iPhone.” Do not miss out on this innovative workshop. Most content also applies to iPod Touch users. Teachers, administrators, IT professionals and technology coordinators are welcome. This session is targeted toward intermediate and advanced users.

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

Discover Google. It is 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

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

This workshop will explore productivity tools, educational activities and more, using built-in and freely available applications for Apple’s iPhone and iPad. Learn how to use your iPhone/iPad to develop lesson plans, podcast and directly access iTunes U content. Also discover tips and tricks to get even more out of your Internet communication device. New York Time columnist David Pogue describes the iPhones as “the first widespread pocket desktop computer. You’re witnessing the birth of a third major computer platform: Windows, Mac OS, iPhone.” Don’t miss out on this innovative workshop. Most content also applies to iPod Touch users. Teachers, administrators, IT professional and technology coordinators are welcome. This session is targeted toward intermediate and advanced users.

Building Learning Communities – Making The Global Connection

Discover free, Web-based tools that motivate your students to learn and connect with the global community. Make the move from content consumption to content creation and community building while developing more self-directed learners and raising global awareness. This session will be a rich source of ideas, resources and information about learning with technology in the 21st century. This session is targeted toward beginning and intermediate users.

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

Learn about 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.