Alan November

Alan is an internationally known leader in educational technology. As practitioner, designer, and author, Alan has guided schools, government organizations and industry as they plan to improve quality with technology. He has been a classroom teacher, a director of an alternative high school, computer coordinator, technology consultant, and college lecturer. He began his career as an oceanography teacher and dorm counselor at an island reform school for boys in Boston Harbor.

Alan is well known for applying his humor and wit to help people think about applying technology to improve learning for children and adults. His expertise includes: information and communication technology planning across the curriculum, staff development, long-range planning, and community coalition building and leadership workshops. As a consultant for industry, his work includes: market analysis, video production, and school-business partnerships. He has delivered keynote presentations and workshops in 49 states, every province in Canada, across Europe and Asia.

He was named one of the nation’s 15 most influential thinkers of the decade in K-12 technology by Classroom Computer Learning Magazine. His writings include the best selling textbook, Computer Literacy Through Applications and his newest book Empowering Learners With Technology, plus dozens of articles on the emerging roles of teachers and students and restructuring with technology. Alan in cofounder of the Stanford Institute for Educational Leadership Through Technology. He is most proud of being named one of the original five national McAuliffe Educators.