Alan November is a nationally known leader in educational technology. As practitioner, designer, and author, Alan has guided schools and industry as they plan for the use of technology in their environments. He has been a classroom teacher, a director of an alternative high school, computer coordinator, and technology consultant. He began his career as a teacher and dorm counselor at an island reform school for boys in Boston Harbor. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts and his Masters in Education degree from Harvard University.

Alan has worked with schools, school districts, and state governments on information and communication technology planning across the curriculum, staff development for technology, long-range planning, and community coalition building . He helped Disney and Osseola County establish how technology can help support their vision of the Celebration School.

As a consultant for industry, his work includes market analysis, video production, and school-business partnerships. He has delivered keynote presentations and workshops in 47 states, Canada, Scotland, England, Russia, and Israel. His clients include IBM, Time Warner, Disney, Ameritech, AT&T, Bell South, Harvard Principal Center, Council of Great Lakes Governors, and the George Lucas Education Foundation. He was named one of the nation's 15 most influential thinkers of the decade in K-12 technology by Classroom Computer Learning magazine.

He is most proud of being named one of the original five national Christa McAuliffe Educators.

Publications

Computer Literacy Through Applications

Creating A New Culture of Teaching and Learning

Drill the Teachers, Educate the Kids

The Web -- Teaching Zack to Think

Beyond Technology: The End of the Job and the Beginning of Digital Work