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Sunday
, July 24
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
12:30pm •
Turning Classrooms into Learning Studios: Lights, Camera, Learn!
Monday
, July 25
A Wing - 4th Floor
9:00am •
EduBloggerCon East
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Pre-Conference Registration & BLC Information Center Open
Franklin - 4th Floor (B wing)
1:00pm •
Designing Powerful Tutorials with Camtasia Studio
Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)
1:00pm •
Planing and Running Your Own Outdoor Learning Adventures
6:30pm •
Paint the World in a Different Light: Boston City Night Photo Safari
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)
8:00am •
Design Thinking: Genuine Epic-Scale Problem-Based Learning from Whole-School Planning, to Supporting and Measuring Learning
1:00pm •
Publishing and Empowering in the Classroom
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
9:00am •
Turning Classrooms into Learning Studios: Lights, Camera, Learn!
Tuesday
, July 26
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Pre-Conference Registration & BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
8:00am •
Orchestrating a Collaborative Classroom
1:00pm •
Leadership: Managing the Transition
Georgian - 2nd Floor
4:00pm •
BLC Orientation Session
Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:00am •
Building Learning Communities: Putting It All Together
1:00pm •
Narrative Inquiry: Improving Student Writing Through Digital Photography
Plaza Ballroom & Statler - 2nd Floor
5:00pm •
Opening Reception & Main Conference Registration
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:00am •
Data Reveals Stories: How Open Data Can Be Tapped for Math, Politics, Language and Digital Storytelling
1:00pm •
Building Mobile Learning Communities using the iPhone and Android
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:00am •
Connective Learning: An Introduction to Google Tools in Education
1:00pm •
Building Learning Communities: A Hands-on Learning Adventure
Wednesday
, July 27
Arlington - 2nd Floor
10:15am •
Nouns Versus Verbs: A Better Way to Look at Technology and Education
11:45am •
Twitter – Establishing Your Personal Learning Network
1:00pm •
Not Another Paper! Alternative Projects and Social Media
2:15pm •
Using School-Safe Social Media Technology to Break Free from Curriculum’s Rusty Cage
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:15am •
Worshipping at the Altar of "School" - 21st Century Style
11:45am •
Building Learning Communities, Literally
1:00pm •
iOS Apps for Learning
2:15pm •
Something to Think About
Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor
10:15am •
PSI and PMI: Effective New Approaches to High School Science and K-12 Mathematics
11:45am •
Kids Teaching Kids: Empowering Students Through Screencasting
1:00pm •
Reach: Tips and Tricks for Extending and Connecting Your Personal Learning Network
2:15pm •
Primary Digital Portfolios
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Registration & BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:15am •
My Big Campus – A Safe, Collaborative Platform for Authentic Learning
11:45am •
WoW in School: Gaming
1:00pm •
Teaching Empathy Through Literature and the Web
2:15pm •
This Millennium is Starting Out Just Like the Last One!
Downtown Boston
6:00pm •
Duck Boat (Purchased Tickets Only) and Dinner On Your Own
FableVision
6:00pm •
Reception at FableVision
Franklin - 4th Floor (B wing)
10:15am •
Public History and Virtual Museums: Students Opening Doors
2:15pm •
“Super Cool” - Advanced-Geeky Gathering Building Learning Communities
Georgian - 2nd Floor
7:15am •
BLC Orientation Session
10:15am •
Make Your Mark and See Where it Takes You
11:45am •
iWorld Supersession: iOS Devices in Education
1:00pm •
79 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools You May Have Missed
2:15pm •
Student as Contributor: Digital Learning Farm
5:00pm •
Stories of Success Reception
Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor
8:30am •
BLC Welcome and Keynote with Dr. Eric Mazur
10:15am •
Follow up Q&A with Dr. Eric Mazur
11:45am •
Getting Connected: Global Collaboration, Communication and Digital Citizenship Through Social Media
1:00pm •
Flip Your Classroom: Implementing a Successful 21st Century Classroom
2:15pm •
More is Less: A 3:1 Program Demonstrates That More Technology is Paradoxically Less Disruptive Than a Little Technology
3:45pm •
Wrap Up and Keynote with Ewan McIntosh
Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:15am •
The ABC's of Challenge-Based Learning in the Elementary Classroom
11:45am •
Challenge Based Learning
1:00pm •
Frame by Frame: Using Stop Motion Animation in the Classroom
2:15pm •
It Can Happen: Self-Directed Learning in the Secondary Classroom
Mezzanine - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Continental Breakfast
St. James - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:15am •
Engaging Students in Digital Classrooms - Part I (Students' Perspective)
11:45am •
When We Last Left Our Show: Legal Issues in Technology and Education Since BLC10
1:00pm •
Beyond Document Analysis: Creating Online Primary Source-Based Activities with DocsTeach.org from the National Archives
2:15pm •
Models and Probes, Oh My!
Statler - 2nd Floor
10:15am •
Student Success Through Virtual Learning
11:45am •
Managing Risk-Reward With Digital Media in Schools
1:00pm •
Teaching the Media Strand
2:15pm •
The Five Skills Framework for Problem Solving
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:15am •
Bling vs Bang! (Where is the Learning?)
11:45am •
Learning to Blog; Blogging to Learn
1:00pm •
Facebook in the First Grade
2:15pm •
District Wide Implementation of Google Apps for Education
Terrace - Lower Lobby
10:15am •
The Future of Search is Social - Are You Ready?
11:45am •
21st Century Bricoleurs (Part One)
1:00pm •
Get Globally Connected!
2:15pm •
No Future Left Behind: 21 Century Classrooms… Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants… Converge… Learn… Create!
Thoreau - 4th Floor (C wing)
11:30am •
BLC Drop-in Center and Charging Station Open
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
11:45am •
How to Measure the Mission: Teaching and Assessing for Global Literacy
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:15am •
How to Plan Cool and Practical Multimedia Projects
11:45am •
Photo Storytelling: Images Tell Amazing Stories
1:00pm •
Valuing Education Technology in Schools
2:15pm •
Designing for the Future! Online Learning That Doesn't Put You To Sleep
Thursday
, July 28
Arlington - 2nd Floor
10:00am •
Harnessing the Power of Web 2.0: Technologies to Connect and Engage Our 21st Century Learners
11:30am •
Getting Rid of Google Grip: Nine Great Alternatives To Google
12:45pm •
Celebrating the Speech: Raising Ambition Through Speaking and Writing in an English Elementary School
2:00pm •
Story Book Adventures in Project Based Learning… Plugging Web Technology and Resources into Project Based Learning
5:00pm •
Special Session for International Registrants
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:00am •
Cool, Free Online Tools to Motivate and Engage Every Student
11:30am •
Celebrate Learning: Starting a Film Festival in Your Community!
12:45pm •
Going from Web 0.0 to Web 2.0 in 4.0 Years: A Leaders/Team Guide to Transforming the “November Effect” to Action
2:00pm •
Express Polls: “Express”ly Create Life-Long Critical Thinkers
Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor
10:00am •
Students Leaving a Legacy: A Student Created Digital Wiki Textbook
11:30am •
Be The Change You Want To See In The World
12:45pm •
Going Global: Learning Together
2:00pm •
Flipped Videos: Creating Videos Teenagers Will Love
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Registration & BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:00am •
Podcasts: From Planning to Publication
11:30am •
Where to Begin
12:45pm •
iPhone Photography-The Best Tool Is the One You Have With You and Can Use Easily
2:00pm •
Emerging Issues – The Law and “Bring Your Own Device” Initiatives
Conference Level - 4th Floor
5:00pm •
Job-Alike Meetings
Franklin - 4th Floor (B wing)
10:00am •
Connecting to the Past: The Power of Primary Sources in the Classroom
11:30am •
Travelin’ Teens and Tweens: Tourism’s Savviest Secret Weapon
12:45pm •
Developing Uncommon Education Leaders
2:00pm •
Partnering Technology and Best Practices to Improve Student Writing and Math Skills
Georgian - 2nd Floor
10:00am •
Leadership: Managing the Transition
11:30am •
21st Century Bricoleurs (Part Two)
12:45pm •
The Reformers are Leaving our Schools in the 20th Century: Why most U.S. school reformers are on the wrong track, and how to get our kids' education right for the future
2:00pm •
Active Learning in a World of Difference
Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor
8:30am •
Announcements and Keynote with Geetha Narayanan
11:30am •
"Bac" to the Future: The International Baccalaureate's Technology Transformation
12:45pm •
They All Have a Computer, Now What?
2:00pm •
The Digital Learning Farm as Core Practice
3:30pm •
Wrap Up and Keynote with Dr. Stephen Wolfram
9:00pm •
Annual BLC Bash
Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:00am •
Just One Tweet
Mezzanine - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Continental Breakfast
St. James - 4th Floor (C wing)
11:30am •
The New SAT: Students as Teachers
12:45pm •
Local Lives in Global Times: Connecting Students to the Global Issues that Affect Their Lives
2:00pm •
Developing a Skills Based, Thematic Approach to Learning in a Knowledge and Test Dominated Schools System
Statler - 2nd Floor
10:00am •
The iPad Revolution, Innovative Learning in the Classroom
11:30am •
Assessing Change in Changing Classrooms
12:45pm •
Music Production for Anyone Interested. Really!
2:00pm •
The iPhone Takes on the Android: Winner? YOU! Build Mobile Learning Communities Using Either One!
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:00am •
Schools, Technology and the Law: A Beginner’s Guide
11:30am •
The Game Plan: How Gaming Can Enhance Learning
12:45pm •
Digital Storytelling: Makin' Movies
2:00pm •
District Wide Implementation of Google Apps for Education
Terrace - Lower Lobby
10:00am •
Building Learning Communities – Making The Global Connection
11:30am •
How to Create Global Connections in the Curriculum?
12:45pm •
Finding Meaning in the Masses: Maximizing your Professional Learning Community
2:00pm •
Inspiring Passion Driven Learning
Thoreau - 4th Floor (C wing)
11:30am •
BLC Drop-in Center and Charging Station Open
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:00am •
PSI and PMI: Effective New Approaches to High School Science and K-12 Mathematics
11:30am •
Collaborative Tools for Collaborative Projects
12:45pm •
Creating Student Feedback and Authentic Assessment with Screencasts
2:00pm •
Is It Really Real?: Augmented Reality in Education
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:00am •
Engaging Students in Digital Classrooms - Part II (Teachers' Perspective)
11:30am •
Creating iPhone and iPad Apps in the Classroom
12:45pm •
Using Google Apps for Global Collaborations
2:00pm •
West Tisbury Students: Connoisseurs of Their Own Learning
Friday
, July 29
Arlington - 2nd Floor
8:30am •
3D Assessment: Visual, Design and Multimedia
11:45am •
Developing Student Collaboration Skills with Google Docs
1:00pm •
Student Tools for Collaboration
2:15pm •
Why Change? Strategies for Communicating the Benefits of 21st Century Learning and Technology Integration
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)
8:30am •
Mapping Your Curriculum with Google Maps
11:45am •
More Than Your Local Paper: Exploding the Bounds of Learning with Global Journalism Online
Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor
8:30am •
Collaborative Teaching Across Geographical Boundaries
11:45am •
Transform the Culture of the Classroom: What About 21st Century Skills, Literacies and Fluency?
1:00pm •
Inventing the Entrepreneurial Faculty
2:15pm •
How Do I Get Connected and Create Collaborative Global Relationships?
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
8:00am •
Registration & BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
8:30am •
Inquiry Learning and Research in the Digital Age History Classroom
11:45am •
Just Point and Shoot: Using Video to Capture Learning
1:00pm •
Let Us Start at the Very Beginning - Creating a Learning Environment for Young Learners
Franklin - 4th Floor (B wing)
8:30am •
Being Smart with Graphs
Georgian - 2nd Floor
8:30am •
Google Search - Hold Onto Your Hats
11:45am •
Empathy: The 21st Century Skill
1:00pm •
Augmented Reality and Location-based Learning: Experiences in the Ether
2:15pm •
Apps for the Classroom
Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor
8:30am •
Design Matters!
10:00am •
Announcements and Keynote with Rob Evans
11:45am •
Follow up Q&A with Rob Evans
1:00pm •
The Annotated World - Getting Ready for The Internet of Things
2:15pm •
Leadership for Engaging Students Digitally
3:45pm •
Reflection and Next Steps with Alan November
Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:30am •
Express Polls: “Express”ly Create Life-Long Critical Thinkers
Mezzanine - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Continental Breakfast
St. James - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:30am •
Building Biodiversity Knowledge and Tools for 21st Century Learning
11:45am •
Global Technology and Engineering Consortium (GTEC)
Statler - 2nd Floor
8:30am •
Digital Storytelling: Simple Special Effects
11:45am •
Ten Things to Teach Your Students About Failure
1:00pm •
Don’t Just Write About It, Produce Documentaries In Your Class
2:15pm •
Bringing Joy to Student Learning: The Power of Inquiry
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:30am •
Podstemic: Changing the Face of STEM Curriculum with Mobile Devices
11:45am •
Students as School Tech Support
Terrace - Lower Lobby
8:30am •
Applying Technology to Character and Leadership Education
11:45am •
I'm on Twitter, Now What?
1:00pm •
Creating Sustainable Change: On-Site Peer Coaching Paired with Innovative Leadership
2:15pm •
Teaching Empathy Through Literature and the Web
Thoreau - 4th Floor (C wing)
11:30am •
BLC Drop-in Center and Charging Station Open
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:30am •
Global Rock Stars: Building a Community of Learners
11:45am •
STEM to STEAM to STEAMIE… Turning Up the Temperature on STEM Education
1:00pm •
Plug Them In: Engaged Learners are "AMP"ed Up
2:15pm •
QR Codes: Connecting the Physical and Digital World One Scan at a Time
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:30am •
Creating an Environment for Innovation: Partnerships, Program and Spaces
11:45am •
Balancing Innovation and Tradition in a Rapidly Changing World
1:00pm •
Finding Meaning in the Masses: Maximizing your Professional Learning Community
2:15pm •
Education in China, Reflections on Our Journey
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