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7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Mezzanine - 2nd Floor

7:30am EDT

BLC Information Center Open BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor

8:30am EDT

Welcome and TED-like Talk with Sara Wilkie, Shilpa Yarlagadda, Shannon McClintock-Miller and Darren Kuropatwa Imperial Ballroom

10:20am EDT

Are Schools Ready for Digital Age Learning? Statler - 2nd FloorSuzanna Clavello Building Online Learning Communities in Distance Learning Courses Berkeley - 2nd FloorBarry Sponder Darren Kuropatwa - Keynote Followup Beacon Hill - 4th FloorDarren Kuropatwa Developing Professional Learning Magazines using Flipboard Georgian - 2nd Floor iPads in Early Childhood: Sharing Ways to Capture Student Thinking and Learning Cambridge - 4th FloorPana Asavavatana Oh, the relationships you'll build! Terrace - Lower LevelStacey Roshan Sara Wilkie - Keynote Followup Imperial BallroomSara Wilkie Copyrights? Teaching Copyright and Fair Use to the Google Generation Arlington - 2nd FloorKristin Hokanson • Teryl Magee De-Mystifying Global Education Tools Clarendon - 2nd FloorHoma Sabet Tavangar iTunes U: A Global Perspective White Hill - 4th FloorMichael Fore • Catherine McGuinness Microsoft's TouchDevelop as a High School Programming Elective St. James - 4th FloorThomas White Mindfulness in the Classroom: Increase the 'Wow!' by Staying in the Now Whittier - 4th FloorCaitlin Krause Problem-Based Authentic Learning: Real, Meaningful Instruction Connected to Standards Stuart - 4th FloorTracy Crowley • Heather Popilek

10:30am EDT

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

11:00am EDT

Motivational and Educational Tips and Strategies for Reading Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Kimberly Melchor

11:30am EDT

NewsActivist.com- An Academic Social Network Built By and For Teachers and Students Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Gabriel Flacks Book Signing - Alan November Mezzanine - 2nd FloorAlan November

11:45am EDT

A Walk Around the World: Year Two Stuart - 4th FloorMark Schulte Beyond Googling: Building the Conditions for Structured Inquiry Arlington - 2nd FloorChris Lehmann • Dr. Adam Seldow Building Literary Social Lives - Book Clubs, Book Reviews, and More Berkeley - 2nd FloorAlycia Zimmerman Flipping Feedback Cambridge - 4th FloorApril Gudenrath HAPARA - Round Table Discussion on Making Learning Visible. Alcutt Understanding Digital Citizenship Terrace - Lower LevelDr. Alec Couros Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Common Core Statler - 2nd FloorLainie Rowell Digital Workstations for the K-5 Classroom Clarendon - 2nd FloorErin Klein Flipping the Classroom using "Just in Time" Recording St. James - 4th FloorSam Patterson iTunes U: A Global Perspective White Hill - 4th FloorMichael Fore • Catherine McGuinness Kids Flipping Kids: Producing Student-Created Tutorials Whittier - 4th FloorEric Marcos Tapping Passion and Reflection for Learning- The Vlogger Georgian - 2nd FloorAmy Burvall The World Is My Audience Beacon Hill - 4th FloorJon Smith

12:30pm EDT

Flip One Thing: Assessment Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Chris Long

1:00pm EDT

Beat the Clock! Teach More in Less Time Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Teresa Johns

1:10pm EDT

Building a Personal Learning Network Statler - 2nd FloorSilvia Tolisano Global STEM: Your students who will work at Apple, Microsoft, Google, Novartis, GE – are we preparing them? St. James - 4th FloorLarisa Schelking • Isa Zimmerman Growing Up in a Global Classroom Clarendon - 2nd FloorHoma Sabet Tavangar iPads in Early Childhood: Sharing Ways to Capture Student Thinking and Learning Cambridge - 4th FloorPana Asavavatana Leadership: Managing the Transition Terrace - Lower LevelAlan November Making it more than just a video Arlington - 2nd FloorStacey Roshan Models and Probes: Preparing for NGSS Berkeley - 2nd FloorCarolyn Staudt Make du Jour: Fostering Daily Creativity and a Personalized Learning Strategy with Choice and Voice Georgian - 2nd FloorAmy Burvall Dynamic Digital Portfolios Whittier - 4th FloorTracey Winstone • Susan Worsnup Learner-Driven Curriculum - Flipped Asynchronous and Flipped Discussion Models White Hill - 4th FloorIan VanderSchee Problem-Based Authentic Learning: Real, Meaningful Instruction Connected to Standard Stuart - 4th FloorTracy Crowley • Heather Popilek Shilpa Yarlagadda and Friends - Keynote Followup - Club Academia Beacon HillKelsey Chan • Roya Huang • Sara Ma • Shilpa Yarlagadda

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

Peace Corps: Educating Educators Globally Plaza BallroomKatrina Deutsch

2:30pm EDT

The Common Core and Listening Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Monica Brady-Myerov

2:35pm EDT

Connected From the Start: Global Learning in the Elementary Grades Arlington - 2nd FloorKathy Cassidy Developing Student Agency Through Reflection and Self-Reporting St. James - 4th FloorJanet McCarroll First Five Days - Research Skills White Hill - 4th FloorIan VanderSchee Global Journalism Stuart - 4th FloorMark Schulte Introduction to Digital Storytelling Terrace - Lower LevelDr. Alec Couros PBL in a Blended Learning Model Georgian - 2nd FloorDr. Catlin Tucker Sensing Science: Temperature Readiness for K-2 Berkeley - 2nd FloorCarolyn Staudt Shannon Miller - Keynote Followup Clarendon - 2nd FloorShannon McClintock Miller Do You Know What Kids Are Doing With Their Smartphones When You Are Not Watching? Statler - 2nd FloorSuzanna Clavello Feeling overwhelmed? ... So were we! Beacon Hill - 4th FloorMeghan Snee • Melinda Soliwoda My Dream Classroom Model Whittier - 4th FloorSusan Fisher Thirty Years of Flipping Classroom Instruction Cambridge - 4th FloorBarry Sponder

3:00pm EDT

Google Mania Plaza BallroomDr. Christine Olmstead • Michael Fore • Catherine McGuinness

4:00pm EDT

A Play2Learn Scavenger Hunt Statler - 2nd FloorDarren Kuropatwa Challenge, Engage, Learn: An Inquiry-based Approach to Flipped Learning White Hill - 4th FloorPhil Stubbs Designing Online Learning Arlington - 2nd FloorBarbara Treacy Students as Tech Support Clarendon - 2nd FloorKern Kelley The PBL and Flipped Learning Connection ... A Timely Discussion Terrace - Lower LevelMike Gorman Thinking Hyperbolically! A Math/Art+Design Mashup St. James - 4th FloorMelissa Silk Using Online Community to Promote Continued Professional Development Whittier - 4th FloorSusan Fisher BLC Learning Design Space Plaza BallroomSara Wilkie iCan: Integrating Technology in a Global Learning Environment - How it All Comes Together Cambridge - 4th FloorBrian Boydstun • Chrissy Boydstun Rethinking Professional Development Georgian - 2nd FloorJulia Leong Technologies New and Old for the English classroom Berkeley - 2nd FloorStefanie Lia The World Is My Audience Beacon Hill - 4th FloorJon Smith

9:00pm EDT

Annual BLC Bash Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor