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Alan November

Alan November is the keynote speaker and workshop presenter at the Annual Conference on Thursday, November 1st .

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

Alan is well known for applying his humor and wit to inspire us to think about applying technology to improve learning. His areas of expertise include information and communication technology, planning across the curriculum, staff development, long-range planning, building learning communities and leadership development. He has delivered keynote presentations and workshops in all fifty states, in every province in Canada, and throughout the UK, Europe and Asia.

Alan was named one of the nation’s fifteen most influential thinkers of the decade by Classroom Computer Learning Magazine. In 2001, he was named one of eight educators to provide leadership into the future by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse. His writing includes dozens of articles and the best-selling book, Empowering Students with Technology. Alan was co-founder of the Stanford Institute for Educational Leadership Through Technology and is most proud of being selected as one of the original five national Christa McAuliffe Educators.

Dr. Jerry Johnson

Dr. Jerry Johnson is Policy Research and Analysis Manager for The Rural School and Community Trust, a national non-profit organization addressing the crucial relationship between good schools and thriving rural communities. As an educator, he has been a high school principal and has taught English, Journalism, and Political Science at the high school and postsecondary level. His current academic position is in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, where he is an assistant professor and director of advanced graduate studies.

Dr. Johnson’s scholarly work includes more than 30 articles, book chapters, monographs, commissioned reports, and juried and invited presentations. His research has been cited in school funding litigation and legislation, and he has testified before state legislative committees and presented research at the U.S. Capitol. His research interests include rural education, educational equity and achievement gap issues, the effects of school and district size on student achievement, rural demography (especially, rural poverty and demographic changes related to race and ethnicity in rural places), and school finance litigation.