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Sunday
, July 15
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
11:30am •
Pre-Conference Check-in
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
1:00pm •
iPad Apps for Creativity
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
12:30pm •
Turning Classrooms into Learning Studios: Lights, Camera, Learn!
Monday
, July 16
A Wing - 4th Floor
9:00am •
EduBloggerCon East
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Pre-Conference Registration & BLC Information Center Open
MIT Media Lab
8:30am •
Happily Ever After: Digital Storytelling with Scratch
1:30pm •
Let's Play! Game Design with Scratch
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
1:00pm •
Student as Contributor: The Digital Learning Farm
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:00am •
Design Thinking: Genuine Epic-Scale Problem-Based Learning from Whole-School Planning, to Supporting and Measuring Learning
1:00pm •
Re-designing Assessment
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
9:00am •
Turning Classrooms into Learning Studios: Lights, Camera, Learn!
6:00pm •
Paint the World in a Different Light: Boston City Night Photo Safari
Tuesday
, July 17
Arlington - 2nd Floor
1:00pm •
Building a Bridge While Walking on It. iPads and Possibilities for Mobile Learning
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)
8:00am •
Helping Our Students See The Stories Behind The Mountain Of Available Data
1:00pm •
Think like a Detective, Produce like an Investigative Reporter: Connecting the Common Core with deeper thinking, learning and sharing.
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Pre-Conference Registration & BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
8:00am •
Connective Learning: An Introduction to Google Tools in Education
1:00pm •
Building Learning Communities: A Hands-on Learning Adventure
Plaza Ballroom & Statler - 2nd Floor
5:00pm •
Opening Reception and Main Conference Registration (sponsored by Pearson Foundation)
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:00am •
Designing Powerful Tutorials with Camtasia Studio (for Macintosh)
1:00pm •
Designing Powerful Tutorials with Camtasia Studio (for Windows)
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:00am •
Catalyzing Learning Using Peer Instruction and Learning Catalytics
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:00am •
iPads for learning? It's Elementary!
1:00pm •
Leadership: Managing the Transition
Wednesday
, July 18
Arlington - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
A Practical Map for School Change: Strategies, Considerations, and Applications for Authentic Innovation
11:45am •
Small Shifts, Big Impact: Closing the Gap to Empowered Learning
1:10pm •
Small Shifts, Big Impact: Closing the Gap to Empowered Learning
2:35pm •
Leaving Positive Digital Footprints: What’s Your Legacy?
4:00pm •
Give Your Students a Global VOICE!
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:20am •
Deploying Effective Collaborative Social Learning Platforms Designed for K12
11:45am •
High School Journalism Can Change the World
1:10pm •
High School Journalism Can Change the World
2:35pm •
Students as Tech Support
4:00pm •
21st Century Learning in Singapore: Lessons Learned from One of the World's Exemplary School Systems
Berkeley - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
TeachUNICEF: Fostering Global Citizenship through Online Resources
11:45am •
What Happens When Second Graders Own Their Timetable
2:35pm •
An Easy Way to Globalize Classroom Activities: Intercultural Virtual Exchange for 21st Century Global Citizenship
4:00pm •
Thinking About Flipping? What Does the Research Say?
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Check-in & BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:20am •
Situated Learning - Making the Real-World Clickable with QR Codes
11:45am •
Curation for Learning
1:10pm •
The State of Play: How Gaming Can Enhance Learning
2:35pm •
Global Virtual STEM Classroom and Global Team-Work as 21st century skills
4:00pm •
Building the ∞:1 Program, or why your 1:1 program is short-sighted
Clarendon - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
iMovie & Final Cut Pro X Tips
11:45am •
Gaming to Create and Learn
1:10pm •
Developing 21st Century Learners with 19th Century Content
2:35pm •
The Power of Video
4:00pm •
Becoming a Mobile Learner
Downtown Boston
6:00pm •
Duck Boat (Purchased Tickets Only)
FableVision
6:00pm •
Reception at FableVision
Georgian - 2nd Floor
7:15am •
BLC Orientation Session (sponsored by ePals)
10:20am •
Mapping the Road to Innovation: Lessons Learned Visiting Over 20 Schools and Districts
11:45am •
Scaling Up: System Wide Transformation
1:10pm •
Faculty Research Project: A Year Long Study of Best Practices Across the Curriculum
2:35pm •
Leadership: Managing the Transition
4:00pm •
Learning is ...
Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor
8:30am •
BLC Welcome and Keynote with Chris Anderson
10:20am •
Chris Anderson's Keynote Follow up
Mezzanine - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Continental Breakfast
Statler - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Go Above and Beyond Using the 4 C's ~ Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, & Creativity
11:45am •
Habitudes for Leading and Learning in the 21st Century
1:10pm •
Formative assessment rules, OK? - 101 Wrong Metaphors About The Only Assessment that Matters
2:35pm •
Connected from the Start - Global Learning in the Primary Grades
4:00pm •
iPads for Learning? It's Elementary!
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
Flat Stanley Goes Digital
2:35pm •
Podcasting for Beginners
4:00pm •
Models and Probes, Oh My!
Terrace - Lower Lobby
10:20am •
Kids Teaching Kids: Empowering Students through Screencasting
11:45am •
BLC in the Classroom: Ideas From Previous Conferences Put Into Action
1:10pm •
Learning by Inquiring
2:35pm •
The Future of the Flipped Classroom
4:00pm •
Flipping the Classroom? … Definitions, Resources, and Tools to Keep You on Your Feet
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
Assessment 2.0
11:45am •
The Values Exchange Community: Enhancing critical thinking, persuasive reasoning and social awareness across the curriculum
1:10pm •
Reimagining Schools - How to sustain Professional development
2:35pm •
Stepping it Up: Learning to Blog FOR your Students
4:00pm •
Creating Student Feedback and Authentic Assessments with Screencasts
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
11:45am •
Where will you take your reading?
1:10pm •
Reading and Writing Aware
2:35pm •
Photo Storytelling: Images Tell Amazing Stories
4:00pm •
Music production for NON Musicians!
Thursday
, July 19
Arlington - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Primary Digital Portfolios
11:45am •
Empower Your Students To Connect, Create and Collaborate With Each Other
1:10pm •
Harnessing the power of the teacher and student voice to create a truly collaborative teaching environment.
2:35pm •
Empowering Students to Manage Their Own Learning
4:00pm •
Reboot, Read, Write
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)
11:45am •
Gaming to Create and Learn
1:10pm •
Reimagining Schools - How to sustain Professional development
4:00pm •
Twitter Tips and Tricks
Berkeley - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
The Globally Connected Classroom: A Study of ePals in Written Language Development and Learning
11:45am •
Getting to Angry Birds
1:10pm •
Reading and Writing Aware
2:35pm •
Learning Design & New Media
4:00pm •
Modern Abolitionists: Developing Empathy Through Technology
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
BLC Information Center Open
Boston Park Plaza
5:30pm •
Topic/Question & Tool Hands-on Gatherings (BYOD)
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:20am •
Filter In, Not Out, Using Google Search
11:45am •
Building Biodiversity Knowledge and Tools for 21st Century Learning
1:10pm •
Building Biodiversity Knowledge and Tools for 21st Century Learning
2:35pm •
Finding Meaning in the Masses: Maximizing Your Professional Learning Community
4:00pm •
The Flipped Social Studies Classroom
Clarendon - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
WoW in School: The Hero's Journey Continues
11:45am •
Developing 21st Century Learners with 19th Century Content
1:10pm •
Teaching Empathy Through Literature and the Web
2:35pm •
Combining Traditional Skills with 21st Century Tools to Improve Student Writing and Vocabulary Development in Class and At Home
4:00pm •
My Big Campus and Safe Web 2.0 in Education: Blogging, Messaging, Sharing and Collaborating
Georgian - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Less (Teaching) Is More (Learning)
11:45am •
Flip School: A Game Changer
1:10pm •
Collaborative Learning Using Google Tools
2:35pm •
Who Owns the Learning
4:00pm •
Transforming That Past Lesson For The 21st century classroom... A Ten Step Approach
Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor
8:30am •
Announcements w/ Alan November and Keynote with Geetha Narayanan - Innovations for Insights: 5Ws and an H (Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
10:20am •
Geetha Narayana's Keynote Follow up
9:00pm •
Annual BLC Bash (sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Mezzanine - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Continental Breakfast
Statler - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Creating Your Window to the World: Students Leaving a Legacy
11:45am •
Building the ∞:1 Program, or why your 1:1 program is short-sighted
1:10pm •
To Flip or Not to Flip
2:35pm •
iPads in Education- Examples from the Classroom
4:00pm •
Digital Literacy: Show Me Don't Tell me
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
Creating Collaborative Presentations!
4:00pm •
10 Important Things Librarians Should Teach This Year
Terrace - Lower Lobby
10:20am •
Creating Digital Curriculum Content: ePubs & iPads
11:45am •
Introduction to Creating and Publishing with iBooks Author
1:10pm •
Learning by Inquiring
2:35pm •
Apps for the Classroom
4:00pm •
Be a Photography Artist/Genius in Under an Hour
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
Storyfinding
11:45am •
The Values Exchange Community: Enhancing critical thinking, persuasive reasoning and social awareness across the curriculum
1:10pm •
The Values Exchange Community: Enhancing critical thinking, persuasive reasoning and social awareness across the curriculum
2:35pm •
The Common Core and Lifelong Learning: Are We Pouring Concrete or Building Capacity?
4:00pm •
District-wide implementation of Google Apps for Education-Beginners/Intermediate
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
No Future Left Behind: 21 Century Classrooms…Converge… Learn…Create!
11:45am •
Curation for Learning
1:10pm •
Crowdsourcing Edu Content
2:35pm •
YOU MATTER: 2 Words Changing Learning and Lives
4:00pm •
Rebuilding a school from the first building brick - and the first pedagogical brick
Friday
, July 20
Arlington - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Kids Teaching Kids: Empowering Students through Screencasting
11:45am •
PBL Meets STEM... An Incredible Appetizer.... Resources, Ideas, and a Partnership that will Provide the Right Main Course!
1:10pm •
Build a Robust Learning Library with Diigo
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:20am •
Scaling Up: System Wide Transformation
11:45am •
Cultivating Empathy or "Why is she smiling?"
1:10pm •
The State of Play: How Gaming Can Enhance Learning
Berkeley - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
NuVu Studio: Developing Designer Minds
11:45am •
Teaching Empathy Through Literature and the Web
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:30am •
BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:20am •
Being Smart with Graphs
11:45am •
PMI-PSI: Highly Effective K-12 Mathematics and HS Science Courses
1:10pm •
PMI-PSI: Highly Effective K-12 Mathematics and HS Science Courses
Georgian - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Habitudes for Leading and Learning in the 21st Century
11:45am •
The Grass Roots of Cultivating and Managing Change
1:10pm •
Empathy: The 21st Century Skill
Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor
8:30am •
Announcements and Keynote with Eli Pariser (Sponsored by ePals)
10:20am •
Eli Pariser's Keynote Follow up
2:30pm •
Closing Keynote w/ Alan November & Special Guest, Greg Whitby (sponsored by ePals)
Mezzanine - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Continental Breakfast
Statler - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
District-wide implementation of Google Apps for Education-Intermediate/Advanced
11:45am •
Empower Your Students To Connect, Create and Collaborate With Each Other
1:10pm •
Formative assessment rules, OK? - 101 Wrong Metaphors About The Only Assessment that Matters
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
Appetizers - an Un-session sharing
11:45am •
Flip School: A Game Changer
Terrace - Lower Lobby
10:20am •
Creating the 21st Century Assignments: Self-paced mastery learning in a flipped digital environment
11:45am •
An entire PROFESSIONAL production studio in your pocket! REALLY!
1:10pm •
Bling v Bang! - Where’s the Learning? How Can You Tell?
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
To Flip or Not to Flip
11:45am •
Crowdsourcing Edu Content
1:10pm •
United Classrooms: The Australian Connection
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
Twitter Tips and Tricks
11:45am •
Presentation 21 Make-Over
1:10pm •
Getting to Angry Birds
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