Alan November has a chapter in Heidi Hayes Jacobs newly released book Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World. Through his contribution, Alan discusses how educators can rethink control in their classrooms by introducing new roles for developing empowered learners. In this book, World-renowned curriculum designer Heidi Hayes Jacobs leads an all-star cast of [...]
In support of the tragic event and ongoing relief efforts in Haiti, we urge you to consider making a donation to the American Red Cross. According to the American Red Cross: Countless requests have come from people wanting to help. The best way to do that is to make a donation to the American Red [...]
Many of you who follow us or have been to BLC are quite familiar with the work of Marco Torres and Alas Media. This holiday season, they are heading up an exciting and worthwhile endeavor. This weekend, they are hosting a day of family portraits, and their goal is to photograph families who might not [...]
We are pleased to announce our keynoters for BLC10. Rahaf Harfoush has accepted our invitation to travel from Geneva to share her insights as a key member of President Barack Obama’s campaign media team. Her extensive knowledge of building social networks provides critical insight into building empowering learning environments. She is also the author of [...]
In this month’s issue of THE Journal, November Learning was highlighted on pg. 16 within the article Boundless Opportunity. In this section, Alan offers three quick ways to get students excited about global collaboration. Follow this link to read Alan’s suggestions.
Do to a possibility of rain this evening, the location of tonight’s concert has changed. The location will be at Jordan Hall. Go out the main hotel door on St. James Ave. Walk one block and take a right on Berkley St. Cross the street to get to the Arlington T-stop. Take the Heath St. [...]
This year, we are working to give you more opportunities to make your time with us at BLC09 as helpful as possible. One way we are doing this is through our new Build-A-Session and Job-Alike opportunities. On Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, we are opening up time for you, our participants, to organize meetings around common [...]
Here we are, merely weeks away from our 10 year anniversary of BLC. We have just completed putting together our conference program, we are finalizing details for all of our events and we are ready to welcome all of our national and international friends. This year, we will host representatives from Australia, Bahrain, China, Croatia, [...]
We are announcing that due to concern over the nation’s current economic situation and in response to budget planning for this year, we have again extended our early registration pricing of $695 until June 15th. After June 15th, registration will be adjusted to $745. We will not raise costs after this point. The $795 price [...]
Promethean in partnership with Cisco, is currently developing a new webcast series entitled Innovation in Education. This series will feature candid interviews with some of the top thought leaders in K-12 education. To kick off the series, Alan November sits down with Sonny Magana to discuss student-centered learning, dynamic learning communities and 21st century learning [...]
We're proud to partner with Texas ASCD to host Southwest BLC, our first regional version of BLC, held in Dallas, TX.