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Sunday
, July 13
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
11:30am •
Pre-Conference Master Class Check-in and BLC Information Center Open
White Hill - 4th Floor
12:30pm •
Build a Worldwide Learning Community--In Your Elementary Classroom!
LIMITED
Whittier - 4th Floor
12:30pm •
FLIP your classroom into the BEST production studio and collect evidence of learning along the way!
LIMITED
Monday
, July 14
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor
8:00am •
Introduction to Personal Learning Networks & Connected Learning
LIMITED
1:00pm •
Making Students Thinking Visible
LIMITED
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Pre-Conference Master Class Check-in and BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor
1:00pm •
First 5 Days: Building a Culture for Year Long Success
LIMITED
MIT Media Lab
9:00am •
Learn to Code, Code to Learn
LIMITED
White Hill - 4th Floor
9:00am •
Build a Worldwide Learning Community--In Your Elementary Classroom!
LIMITED
Whittier - 4th Floor
9:00am •
FLIP your classroom into the BEST production studio and collect evidence of learning along the way!
LIMITED
Tuesday
, July 15
Arlington and Georgian Rooms - 2nd Floor
5:00pm •
Opening Reception and Main Conference Registration
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor
8:00am •
Digital Portfolios using Google Tools
LIMITED
1:00pm •
Leadership: Managing the Transition
LIMITED
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Pre-Conference Master Class Check-in and BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor
8:00am •
iPads for Learning? iPads for Creating? It's Elementary!
LIMITED
1:00pm •
iPads for Learning? It’s Elementary! (Part 2: Beyond the Basics)
LIMITED
Statler - 2nd Floor
4:00pm •
Presenter Orientation
7:00pm •
Presenter Orientation
White Hill - 4th Floor
8:00am •
Less (Teaching) Is More (Learning)
LIMITED
1:00pm •
There's A Digital Tool For That!
LIMITED
Whittier - 4th Floor
1:00pm •
(Re)inventing Reading
LIMITED
Wednesday
, July 16
Arlington - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Music Production for NON Musicians
11:45am •
Document Learning at Your School!
1:10pm •
Mindfulness in the Classroom: Increase the 'Wow!' by Staying in the Now
2:35pm •
Effective Online Facilitation
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Microsoft's TouchDevelop as a High School Programming Elective
11:45am •
Creating an iOS Programming Elective for High Schools
1:10pm •
Peace Corps: Educating Educators Globally
2:35pm •
You Can Make a Difference, but Will You? Facilitating E-service Learning for Students
4:00pm •
Peace Corps: Educating Educators Globally
Berkeley - 2nd Floor
11:45am •
A Kid's Eye View - Student Documentaries
1:10pm •
A Kid's Eye View - Student Documentaries
2:35pm •
Learner-Driven Curriculum - Flipped Asynchronous and Flipped Discussion Models
4:00pm •
Thirty Years of Flipping Classroom Instruction
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
BLC Information Center Open
7:00am •
Check-in & BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Technologies New and Old for the English Classroom
11:45am •
Engaged in the Digital Age: Transforming the Way You Teach
1:10pm •
Finding Meaning in the Masses: Maximizing Your Professional Learning Community
2:35pm •
iCan: Integrating Technology in a Global Learning Environment - How it All Comes Together
Clarendon - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Beyond Googling: Building the Conditions for Structured Inquiry
11:45am •
Digital Workstations for the K-5 Classroom
1:10pm •
Augmented Reality and Stop Motion Animation for Young Learners
2:35pm •
Rethinking Professional Development
4:00pm •
Elevating the Craft of Writing through Revision and Conferring for K-3 Authors
Downtown Boston
6:00pm •
Duck Boat (Purchased Tickets Only)
FableVision
6:00pm •
Reception at FableVision
Georgian - 2nd Floor
7:15am •
BLC Orientation Session
10:20am •
Stories That Matter, Stories That Move: Using the Power of Storytelling to Foster Self-Directed Learners & Purposeful Journeys
11:45am •
Liberating Student Voice: Classical Strategies, Modern Tools, and the Art of Teaching Quality Writing
1:10pm •
Digital Ethics or The End of the Age of Legends
4:00pm •
The First Five Days
Imperial Ballroom
8:30am •
Welcome and Keynote - Michael Fullan
10:20am •
Keynote Followup
Mezzanine - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Continental Breakfast
11:45am •
Book Signing - Paul and Peter Reynolds
Plaza Ballroom
11:00am •
Bringing Books to Life
11:30am •
NewsActivist.com- An Academic Social Network Built By and For Teachers and Students
12:30pm •
How to Start a Copernican Revolution
1:00pm •
Blast Bad Behavior and Conquer Curriculum
1:30pm •
How Movement Helps the Brain Function and May Lead to Higher Test Scores
2:00pm •
Student Digital Leaders
2:30pm •
Regain Your Sanity and Desire to Teach
3:00pm •
Greatness with Google
4:00pm •
BLC Learning Design Space
Statler - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
So Just How Do You Become A Connected School Leader And Make A Difference?
11:45am •
Challenge, Engage, Learn: An Inquiry-based Approach to Flipped Learning
1:10pm •
Common Core: Transform Your Low-Tech Class with a Mobile Makeover
2:35pm •
District Wide Implementation of Google Apps for Education
4:00pm •
Common Core: Integrating Informational Texts & Teaching Academic Vocabulary
Stuart - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Flipping the Classroom using "Just in Time" Recording
1:10pm •
A Student Centered Approach to Assessment and Self-Reporting
2:35pm •
Investment
4:00pm •
A Student Centered Approach to Assessment and Self-Reporting
Terrace - Lower Level
10:20am •
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Common Core
11:45am •
iPads for Learning in the 1 iPad Classroom
1:10pm •
Cultivating #newliteracies
2:35pm •
Tapping Passion and Reflection for Learning- The Vlogger
4:00pm •
Bringing A New "Voice" To Libraries & Schools Through Makerspaces
White Hill - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Teaching Literacy with iPads
11:45am •
Flipping Feedback
1:10pm •
Kid Flipping Kids: Producing Student-Created Tutorials
2:35pm •
Using Video for Communication
4:00pm •
Blogs as Digital Portfolios: It's Elementary
Whittier - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Moving Beyond Textbooks: Free and Open Source Digital Curriculum
11:45am •
Designing Online Learning
1:10pm •
Change your Focus: Rethinking Assessment
2:35pm •
Copyrights? Teaching Copyright and Fair Use to the Google Generation
4:00pm •
Global STEM Classroom and 21st Century Skills
Thursday
, July 17
Alcutt
11:45am •
HAPARA - Round Table Discussion on Making Learning Visible.
Arlington - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Copyrights? Teaching Copyright and Fair Use to the Google Generation
11:45am •
Beyond Googling: Building the Conditions for Structured Inquiry
1:10pm •
Making it more than just a video
2:35pm •
Connected From the Start: Global Learning in the Elementary Grades
4:00pm •
Designing Online Learning
Beacon Hill
1:10pm •
Shilpa Yarlagadda and Friends - Keynote Followup - Club Academia
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Darren Kuropatwa - Keynote Followup
11:45am •
The World Is My Audience
2:35pm •
Feeling overwhelmed? ... So were we!
4:00pm •
The World Is My Audience
Berkeley - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Building Online Learning Communities in Distance Learning Courses
11:45am •
Building Literary Social Lives - Book Clubs, Book Reviews, and More
1:10pm •
Models and Probes: Preparing for NGSS
2:35pm •
Sensing Science: Temperature Readiness for K-2
4:00pm •
Technologies New and Old for the English classroom
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:30am •
BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor
10:20am •
iPads in Early Childhood: Sharing Ways to Capture Student Thinking and Learning
11:45am •
Flipping Feedback
1:10pm •
iPads in Early Childhood: Sharing Ways to Capture Student Thinking and Learning
2:35pm •
Thirty Years of Flipping Classroom Instruction
4:00pm •
iCan: Integrating Technology in a Global Learning Environment - How it All Comes Together
Clarendon - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
De-Mystifying Global Education Tools
11:45am •
Digital Workstations for the K-5 Classroom
1:10pm •
Growing Up in a Global Classroom
2:35pm •
Shannon Miller - Keynote Followup
4:00pm •
Students as Tech Support
Georgian - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Developing Professional Learning Magazines using Flipboard
11:45am •
Tapping Passion and Reflection for Learning- The Vlogger
1:10pm •
Make du Jour: Fostering Daily Creativity and a Personalized Learning Strategy with Choice and Voice
2:35pm •
PBL in a Blended Learning Model
4:00pm •
Rethinking Professional Development
Imperial Ballroom
8:30am •
Welcome and TED-like Talk with Sara Wilkie, Shilpa Yarlagadda, Shannon McClintock-Miller and Darren Kuropatwa
10:20am •
Sara Wilkie - Keynote Followup
Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor
9:00pm •
Annual BLC Bash
Mezzanine - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Continental Breakfast
11:30am •
Book Signing - Alan November
Plaza Ballroom
10:30am •
Blast Bad Behavior and Conquer Curriculum
11:00am •
Motivational and Educational Tips and Strategies for Reading
11:30am •
NewsActivist.com- An Academic Social Network Built By and For Teachers and Students
12:30pm •
Flip One Thing: Assessment
1:00pm •
Beat the Clock! Teach More in Less Time
1:30pm •
How Movement Helps the Brain Function and May Lead to Higher Test Scores
2:00pm •
Peace Corps: Educating Educators Globally
2:30pm •
The Common Core and Listening
3:00pm •
Google Mania
4:00pm •
BLC Learning Design Space
St. James - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Microsoft's TouchDevelop as a High School Programming Elective
11:45am •
Flipping the Classroom using "Just in Time" Recording
1:10pm •
Global STEM: Your students who will work at Apple, Microsoft, Google, Novartis, GE – are we preparing them?
2:35pm •
Developing Student Agency Through Reflection and Self-Reporting
4:00pm •
Thinking Hyperbolically! A Math/Art+Design Mashup
Statler - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Are Schools Ready for Digital Age Learning?
11:45am •
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Common Core
1:10pm •
Building a Personal Learning Network
2:35pm •
Do You Know What Kids Are Doing With Their Smartphones When You Are Not Watching?
4:00pm •
A Play2Learn Scavenger Hunt
Stuart - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Problem-Based Authentic Learning: Real, Meaningful Instruction Connected to Standards
11:45am •
A Walk Around the World: Year Two
1:10pm •
Problem-Based Authentic Learning: Real, Meaningful Instruction Connected to Standard
2:35pm •
Global Journalism
Terrace - Lower Level
10:20am •
Oh, the relationships you'll build!
11:45am •
Understanding Digital Citizenship
1:10pm •
Leadership: Managing the Transition
2:35pm •
Introduction to Digital Storytelling
4:00pm •
The PBL and Flipped Learning Connection ... A Timely Discussion
White Hill - 4th Floor
10:20am •
iTunes U: A Global Perspective
11:45am •
iTunes U: A Global Perspective
1:10pm •
Learner-Driven Curriculum - Flipped Asynchronous and Flipped Discussion Models
2:35pm •
First Five Days - Research Skills
4:00pm •
Challenge, Engage, Learn: An Inquiry-based Approach to Flipped Learning
Whittier - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Mindfulness in the Classroom: Increase the 'Wow!' by Staying in the Now
11:45am •
Kids Flipping Kids: Producing Student-Created Tutorials
1:10pm •
Dynamic Digital Portfolios
2:35pm •
My Dream Classroom Model
4:00pm •
Using Online Community to Promote Continued Professional Development
Friday
, July 18
Arlington - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Global Learning as a Pedagogy, not a Project
11:45am •
Apps for the Classroom
1:10pm •
Global Learning as a Pedagogy, not a Project
Beacon Hill
11:45am •
Shilpa Yarlagadda and Friends - Keynote Followup - Club Academia
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Feeling overwhelmed? ... So were we!
1:10pm •
1:1 Devices: For Students, with Students, By Students
Berkeley - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Bringing Real World/Global Learning to Common Core: One District’s Journey with the Out of Eden Walk and Everyday Africa Project
11:45am •
iTunes U for Administrators: Working, Learning, and Thriving
1:10pm •
Oh, the relationships you'll build!
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:30am •
BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Screencasts that Pop
11:45am •
Being Smart with Graphs
Clarendon - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Dynamic Digital Portfolios
11:45am •
My Dream Classroom Model
1:10pm •
Do You Know What Kids Are Doing With Their Smartphones When You Are Not Watching?
Georgian - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
STEM to STEAM to STEAMIE: Turning up the Temperature on STEM Education
11:45am •
We Learn Through Stories
1:10pm •
Teaching Zack to Think: Developing Critical Thinking Skills
2:35pm •
Reflection and Next Steps
Imperial Ballroom
8:30am •
Welcome and Keynote - Alec Couros
10:20am •
Keynote Followup
Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor
11:45am •
Designing for Online & Blended Courses
Mezzanine - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Continental Breakfast
Plaza Ballroom
10:30am •
Twitter for Beginners - The Why and How of Tweeting in Your Classroom
11:00am •
Leading Change by Leveraging Technology
11:30am •
Putting the 'E' in Engagement
12:00pm •
Motivational and Educational Tips and Strategies for Reading
12:30pm •
Not All Roses Have to be Red!
1:00pm •
Creating Instructional Tutorials for a Diverse Audience
2:00pm •
Twitter for Beginners - The Why and How of Tweeting in Your Classroom
Statler - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Challenge, Engage, Learn: An Inquiry-based Approach to Flipped Learning
11:45am •
The World Is My Audience-A How To Session
1:15pm •
District Wide Implementation of Google Apps for Education
White Hill - 4th Floor
10:20am •
So Just How Do You Become A Connected School Leader And Make A Difference?
Whittier - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Common Core: Flip Instruction & Create Student-Centered Classrooms
11:45am •
De-Mystifying Global Education Tools
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