Catie Bell let me know this morning that free online courses from Alan November Learning are available at no cost to Lab School teachers and administrators through pooled Title II funds. These are high quality, high impact online experiences that will absolutely improve your ability to conduct effective web searches, evaluate the information you find, and share what you’ve learned with your students. Web Literacy for Educators, and an Advanced version of the same course moves on to building learning communities and online safety. There is also a course called Blogging for Educators. These courses each take between 4 and 6 hours and can be done at your own pace any time before the start of the next school year. This is a fabulous opportunity for even the most technophobic people to get some accessible, useful experience in making sense of the web as part of your teaching practice. You’ll be pleasantly surprised by how much you learn. Alan November is a noted presenter and educator and has been a real leader in bringing sensible technology use to progressive pedagogy for many years. If you are interested in participating, kindly contact Catie Bell for details on how to access this valuable resource.