Building Learning Communities 2014 has ended

Create Your Own Event

Building Learning Communities 2014

arrow_back View All Dates

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Mezzanine - 2nd Floor BLC Information Center Open BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor Check-in & BLC Information Center Open BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor

7:15am EDT

BLC Orientation Session Georgian - 2nd FloorLainie Rowell • Sara Wilkie

8:30am EDT

Welcome and Keynote - Michael Fullan Imperial Ballroom

10:20am EDT

Keynote Followup Imperial BallroomMichael Fullan Moving Beyond Textbooks: Free and Open Source Digital Curriculum Whittier - 4th FloorMike Gorman Music Production for NON Musicians Arlington - 2nd FloorElizabeth Ruvalcaba • Rosa Ruvalcaba • Marco Torres So Just How Do You Become A Connected School Leader And Make A Difference? Statler - 2nd FloorShannon McClintock Miller Stories That Matter, Stories That Move: Using the Power of Storytelling to Foster Self-Directed Learners & Purposeful Journeys Georgian - 2nd FloorFableVision Learning ~ Gold Sponsor Teaching Literacy with iPads White Hill - 4th FloorKathy Cassidy Technologies New and Old for the English Classroom Cambridge - 4th FloorStefanie Lia Beyond Googling: Building the Conditions for Structured Inquiry Clarendon - 2nd FloorChris Lehmann • Dr. Adam Seldow Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Common Core Terrace - Lower LevelLainie Rowell Flipping the Classroom using "Just in Time" Recording Stuart - 4th FloorSam Patterson Microsoft's TouchDevelop as a High School Programming Elective Beacon Hill - 4th FloorThomas White

11:00am EDT

Bringing Books to Life Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Bob Greenberg

11:30am EDT

NewsActivist.com- An Academic Social Network Built By and For Teachers and Students Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Gabriel Flacks

11:45am EDT

Book Signing - Paul and Peter Reynolds Mezzanine - 2nd FloorFableVision Learning ~ Gold Sponsor A Kid's Eye View - Student Documentaries Berkeley - 2nd FloorAlycia Zimmerman Challenge, Engage, Learn: An Inquiry-based Approach to Flipped Learning Statler - 2nd FloorPhil Stubbs Creating an iOS Programming Elective for High Schools Beacon Hill - 4th FloorThomas White Designing Online Learning Whittier - 4th FloorBarbara Treacy Document Learning at Your School! Arlington - 2nd FloorElizabeth Ruvalcaba • Rosa Ruvalcaba • Marco Torres Engaged in the Digital Age: Transforming the Way You Teach Cambridge - 4th FloorBrian Boydstun • Chrissy Boydstun Flipping Feedback White Hill - 4th FloorApril Gudenrath iPads for Learning in the 1 iPad Classroom Terrace - Lower LevelLainie Rowell Liberating Student Voice: Classical Strategies, Modern Tools, and the Art of Teaching Quality Writing Georgian - 2nd FloorDaryl "Gus" Grissom • Caitlin Krause Digital Workstations for the K-5 Classroom Clarendon - 2nd FloorErin Klein

12:30pm EDT

How to Start a Copernican Revolution Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Chris Long

1:00pm EDT

Blast Bad Behavior and Conquer Curriculum Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Teresa Johns

1:10pm EDT

A Kid's Eye View - Student Documentaries Berkeley - 2nd FloorAlycia Zimmerman A Student Centered Approach to Assessment and Self-Reporting Stuart - 4th FloorJanet McCarroll Augmented Reality and Stop Motion Animation for Young Learners Clarendon - 2nd FloorPana Asavavatana Change your Focus: Rethinking Assessment Whittier - 4th FloorKristin Hokanson • Teryl Magee Common Core: Transform Your Low-Tech Class with a Mobile Makeover Statler - 2nd FloorDr. Catlin Tucker Cultivating #newliteracies Terrace - Lower LevelAmy Burvall Digital Ethics or The End of the Age of Legends Georgian - 2nd FloorDarren Kuropatwa Finding Meaning in the Masses: Maximizing Your Professional Learning Community Cambridge - 4th Floor Peace Corps: Educating Educators Globally Beacon Hill - 4th FloorKatrina Deutsch Kid Flipping Kids: Producing Student-Created Tutorials White Hill - 4th FloorEric Marcos Mindfulness in the Classroom: Increase the 'Wow!' by Staying in the Now Arlington - 2nd FloorCaitlin Krause

1:30pm EDT

How Movement Helps the Brain Function and May Lead to Higher Test Scores Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Deborah Engen

2:00pm EDT

Student Digital Leaders Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Glyn Barritt

2:30pm EDT

Regain Your Sanity and Desire to Teach Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Teresa Johns

2:35pm EDT

Effective Online Facilitation Arlington - 2nd FloorBarbara Treacy Investment Stuart - 4th FloorStefanie Lia Using Video for Communication White Hill - 4th FloorApril Gudenrath You Can Make a Difference, but Will You? Facilitating E-service Learning for Students Beacon Hill - 4th FloorShawn Fortin Copyrights? Teaching Copyright and Fair Use to the Google Generation Whittier - 4th FloorKristin Hokanson • Teryl Magee District Wide Implementation of Google Apps for Education Statler - 2nd FloorKern Kelley iCan: Integrating Technology in a Global Learning Environment - How it All Comes Together Cambridge - 4th FloorBrian Boydstun • Chrissy Boydstun Learner-Driven Curriculum - Flipped Asynchronous and Flipped Discussion Models Berkeley - 2nd FloorIan VanderSchee Rethinking Professional Development Clarendon - 2nd FloorJulia Leong Tapping Passion and Reflection for Learning- The Vlogger Terrace - Lower LevelAmy Burvall

3:00pm EDT

Greatness with Google Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Michael Fore • Catherine McGuinness

4:00pm EDT

A Student Centered Approach to Assessment and Self-Reporting Stuart - 4th FloorJanet McCarroll Blogs as Digital Portfolios: It's Elementary White Hill - 4th FloorKathy Cassidy Bringing A New "Voice" To Libraries & Schools Through Makerspaces Terrace - Lower LevelShannon McClintock Miller Common Core: Integrating Informational Texts & Teaching Academic Vocabulary Statler - 2nd FloorDr. Catlin Tucker Elevating the Craft of Writing through Revision and Conferring for K-3 Authors Clarendon - 2nd FloorErin Klein Global STEM Classroom and 21st Century Skills Whittier - 4th FloorLarisa Schelking • Isa Zimmerman Peace Corps: Educating Educators Globally Beacon Hill - 4th FloorKatrina Deutsch The First Five Days Georgian - 2nd FloorAlan November BLC Learning Design Space Plaza BallroomSara Wilkie Thirty Years of Flipping Classroom Instruction Berkeley - 2nd FloorBarry Sponder

6:00pm EDT

Duck Boat (Purchased Tickets Only) Downtown Boston Reception at FableVision FableVision