Building Learning Communities Conference
Many say that our number one resource is the Building Learning Communities conference we host each July in Boston, Massachusetts. BLC hosts leading-edge thinkers, international leaders in education and fellow colleagues from around the world. By engaging with insightful conference participants, you will quickly discover new opportunities that lead to immediate and long range impact on improving teaching and learning.
“I thought, he’s having a conductor do the opening keynote? Alan November is crazy! Well, obviously he’s crazy, crazy like a fox! Superb! What an amazing conference!” – Comment from BLC09 participant.
Conference Highlights:
- BLC10 keynotes included Rahaf Harfoush, Michael Wesch and Mitch Resnick.
- 19 engaging pre-conference sessions.
- Over 90 dynamic main-conference sessions
- Numerous opportunities to meet and interact with your global peers.
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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Key Concepts:
- Understanding the structure of information
- Building knowledge without boundaries
- Global collaboration
- Honing critical thinking skills
- 21st Century skills
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.
Subscribe to our series in iTunes and share in the many discussions about teaching, leadership and education technology.
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 starting dialogue within a faculty.
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 be able to find information, we well as determine its validity and appropriateness. Our information literacy materials demystify the process of finding and validating Web information. These vital skills are needed as students prepare for our global economy.
The ability to think critically, communicate globally and be a self-directed learner are essential skills for students today.
Instructional Handouts
RSS, podcasts, screencasts and more. How can you stay on top of all the latest trends and technologies? The November Learning Team has designed a series of publications that can help. Each of our instructional handouts is user-friendly and ready to be printed and distributed to colleagues.
Use our instructional materials at your next professional development session.
