Appearances can be deceiving! Does your children know who owns the websites that they’re retrieving information from? Do you? Do you know how to get the information? In this short video Alan November discloses in a workshop he conducted for parents at the Harvey School who really owns the top website that holds the #1 position for the keyword search “Martin Luther King.” Take a guess who the owner is; you’ll be surprised! In this short video Mr. November will show you how to identify the owner for each and every website online. Be an informed Internet surfer…for your sake and for your children’s. (more…)

Raising our children to be global thinkers in a world that is very different from what we grew up in is what technology guru Alan November believes will best prepare American students for today’s world.

And that’s not the only skill that’s important. Being able to deal with “massive” amounts of information - organizing it, understanding it, adding value to it will all be critical to students in this information-rich society.

Finally, college graduates will also need to be self-directed…not waiting for a boss to tell them what to do, they’ll need to adapt to an ever-changing world that is getting “flatter” by the day and have “very good global communication skills,” noted Mr. November.

Following is a short video of Mr. November’s talk… (more…)