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Building Learning Communities 2011

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12:30pm

Turning Classrooms into Learning Studios: Lights, Camera, Learn! White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)

7:00am

Pre-Conference Registration & BLC Information Center Open BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor

8:00am

Design Thinking: Genuine Epic-Scale Problem-Based Learning from Whole-School Planning, to Supporting and Measuring Learning Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)

8:30am

Happily Ever After: Digital Storytelling with Scratch MIT Media Lab

9:00am

Turning Classrooms into Learning Studios: Lights, Camera, Learn! White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) EduBloggerCon East A Wing - 4th Floor

1:00pm

Designing Powerful Tutorials with Camtasia Studio Franklin - 4th Floor (B wing) Planing and Running Your Own Outdoor Learning Adventures Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing) Publishing and Empowering in the Classroom Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)

1:30pm

Let’s Play! Game Design with Scratch MIT Media Lab

6:30pm

Paint the World in a Different Light: Boston City Night Photo Safari Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)

7:00am

Pre-Conference Registration & BLC Information Center Open BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor

8:00am

Building Learning Communities: Putting It All Together Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing) Connective Learning: An Introduction to Google Tools in Education White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Data Reveals Stories: How Open Data Can Be Tapped for Math, Politics, Language and Digital Storytelling Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Orchestrating a Collaborative Classroom Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)

1:00pm

Building Learning Communities: A Hands-on Learning Adventure White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Building Mobile Learning Communities using the iPhone and Android Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Leadership: Managing the Transition Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Narrative Inquiry: Improving Student Writing Through Digital Photography Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)

4:00pm

BLC Orientation Session Georgian - 2nd Floor

5:00pm

Opening Reception & Main Conference Registration Plaza Ballroom & Statler - 2nd Floor

7:00am

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

7:15am

BLC Orientation Session Georgian - 2nd Floor

8:30am

BLC Welcome and Keynote with Dr. Eric Mazur Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

10:15am

Bling vs Bang! (Where is the Learning?) Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Engaging Students in Digital Classrooms - Part I (Students' Perspective) St. James - 4th Floor (C wing) Follow up Q&A with Dr. Eric Mazur Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor How to Plan Cool and Practical Multimedia Projects Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Make Your Mark and See Where it Takes You Georgian - 2nd Floor My Big Campus – A Safe, Collaborative Platform for Authentic Learning Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Nouns Versus Verbs: A Better Way to Look at Technology and Education Arlington - 2nd Floor PSI and PMI: Effective New Approaches to High School Science and K-12 Mathematics Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor Public History and Virtual Museums: Students Opening Doors Franklin - 4th Floor (B wing) Student Success Through Virtual Learning Statler - 2nd Floor The Future of Search is Social - Are You Ready? Terrace - Lower Lobby The ABC's of Challenge-Based Learning in the Elementary Classroom Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing) Worshipping at the Altar of "School" - 21st Century Style Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)

11:30am

BLC Drop-in Center and Charging Station Open Thoreau - 4th Floor (C wing)

11:45am

21st Century Bricoleurs (Part One) Terrace - Lower Lobby Getting Connected: Global Collaboration, Communication and Digital Citizenship Through Social Media Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor How to Measure the Mission: Teaching and Assessing for Global Literacy White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) iWorld Supersession: iOS Devices in Education Georgian - 2nd Floor Kids Teaching Kids: Empowering Students Through Screencasting Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor Learning to Blog; Blogging to Learn Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Managing Risk-Reward With Digital Media in Schools Statler - 2nd Floor Photo Storytelling: Images Tell Amazing Stories Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Twitter – Establishing Your Personal Learning Network Arlington - 2nd Floor When We Last Left Our Show: Legal Issues in Technology and Education Since BLC10 St. James - 4th Floor (C wing) WoW in School: Gaming Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Building Learning Communities, Literally Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Challenge Based Learning Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)

1:00pm

79 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools You May Have Missed Georgian - 2nd Floor Beyond Document Analysis: Creating Online Primary Source-Based Activities with DocsTeach.org from the National Archives St. James - 4th Floor (C wing) Facebook in the First Grade Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Flip Your Classroom: Implementing a Successful 21st Century Classroom Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor Get Globally Connected! Terrace - Lower Lobby Not Another Paper! Alternative Projects and Social Media Arlington - 2nd Floor Reach: Tips and Tricks for Extending and Connecting Your Personal Learning Network Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor Teaching Empathy Through Literature and the Web Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Teaching the Media Strand Statler - 2nd Floor Valuing Education Technology in Schools Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Frame by Frame: Using Stop Motion Animation in the Classroom Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing) iOS Apps for Learning Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)

2:15pm

Designing for the Future! Online Learning That Doesn't Put You To Sleep Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Models and Probes, Oh My! St. James - 4th Floor (C wing) More is Less: A 3:1 Program Demonstrates That More Technology is Paradoxically Less Disruptive Than a Little Technology Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor No Future Left Behind: 21 Century Classrooms… Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants… Converge… Learn… Create! Terrace - Lower Lobby Primary Digital Portfolios Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor Student as Contributor: Digital Learning Farm Georgian - 2nd Floor The Five Skills Framework for Problem Solving Statler - 2nd Floor This Millennium is Starting Out Just Like the Last One! Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Using School-Safe Social Media Technology to Break Free from Curriculum’s Rusty Cage Arlington - 2nd Floor “Super Cool” - Advanced-Geeky Gathering Building Learning Communities Franklin - 4th Floor (B wing) District Wide Implementation of Google Apps for Education Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) It Can Happen: Self-Directed Learning in the Secondary Classroom Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing) Something to Think About Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)

3:45pm

Wrap Up and Keynote with Ewan McIntosh Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

5:00pm

Stories of Success Reception Georgian - 2nd Floor

6:00pm

Reception at FableVision FableVision Duck Boat (Purchased Tickets Only) and Dinner On Your Own Downtown Boston

7:00am

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

8:30am

Announcements and Keynote with Geetha Narayanan Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

10:00am

Building Learning Communities – Making The Global Connection Terrace - Lower Lobby Connecting to the Past: The Power of Primary Sources in the Classroom Franklin - 4th Floor (B wing) Engaging Students in Digital Classrooms - Part II (Teachers' Perspective) Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Harnessing the Power of Web 2.0: Technologies to Connect and Engage Our 21st Century Learners Arlington - 2nd Floor Leadership: Managing the Transition Georgian - 2nd Floor Podcasts: From Planning to Publication  Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) PSI and PMI: Effective New Approaches to High School Science and K-12 Mathematics White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Schools, Technology and the Law: A Beginner’s Guide Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Students Leaving a Legacy: A Student Created Digital Wiki Textbook Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor The iPad Revolution, Innovative Learning in the Classroom Statler - 2nd Floor Cool, Free Online Tools to Motivate and Engage Every Student Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Just One Tweet Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)

11:30am

"Bac" to the Future: The International Baccalaureate's Technology Transformation Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor 21st Century Bricoleurs (Part Two) Georgian - 2nd Floor Assessing Change in Changing Classrooms Statler - 2nd Floor Be The Change You Want To See In The World Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor Celebrate Learning: Starting a Film Festival in Your Community! Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Collaborative Tools for Collaborative Projects White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Getting Rid of Google Grip: Nine Great Alternatives To Google Arlington - 2nd Floor How to Create Global Connections in the Curriculum? Terrace - Lower Lobby The Game Plan: How Gaming Can Enhance Learning Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Travelin’ Teens and Tweens: Tourism’s Savviest Secret Weapon Franklin - 4th Floor (B wing) Where to Begin Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Creating iPhone and iPad Apps in the Classroom Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) The New SAT: Students as Teachers St. James - 4th Floor (C wing) BLC Drop-in Center and Charging Station Open Thoreau - 4th Floor (C wing)

12:45pm

Celebrating the Speech: Raising Ambition Through Speaking and Writing in an English Elementary School Arlington - 2nd Floor Creating Student Feedback and Authentic Assessment with Screencasts White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Digital Storytelling: Makin' Movies Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Finding Meaning in the Masses: Maximizing your Professional Learning Community Terrace - Lower Lobby Going Global: Learning Together Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor iPhone Photography-The Best Tool Is the One You Have With You and Can Use Easily Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Music Production for Anyone Interested. Really! Statler - 2nd Floor 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 Georgian - 2nd Floor They All Have a Computer, Now What? Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor Using Google Apps for Global Collaborations Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Developing Uncommon Education Leaders Franklin - 4th Floor (B wing) Going from Web 0.0 to Web 2.0 in 4.0 Years: A Leaders/Team Guide to Transforming the “November Effect” to Action Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Local Lives in Global Times: Connecting Students to the Global Issues that Affect Their Lives St. James - 4th Floor (C wing)

2:00pm

Active Learning in a World of Difference Georgian - 2nd Floor Emerging Issues – The Law and “Bring Your Own Device” Initiatives Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Flipped Videos: Creating Videos Teenagers Will Love Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor Inspiring Passion Driven Learning Terrace - Lower Lobby Is It Really Real?: Augmented Reality in Education White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Partnering Technology and Best Practices to Improve Student Writing and Math Skills Franklin - 4th Floor (B wing) Story Book Adventures in Project Based Learning… Plugging Web Technology and Resources into Project Based Learning Arlington - 2nd Floor The Digital Learning Farm as Core Practice Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor The iPhone Takes on the Android: Winner? YOU! Build Mobile Learning Communities Using Either One! Statler - 2nd Floor West Tisbury Students: Connoisseurs of Their Own Learning Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Developing a Skills Based, Thematic Approach to Learning in a Knowledge and Test Dominated Schools System St. James - 4th Floor (C wing) District Wide Implementation of Google Apps for Education Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Express Polls: “Express”ly Create Life-Long Critical Thinkers Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)

3:30pm

Wrap Up and Keynote with Dr. Stephen Wolfram Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

5:00pm

Job-Alike Meetings Conference Level - 4th Floor Special Session for International Registrants Arlington - 2nd Floor

9:00pm

Annual BLC Bash Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

7:00am

Continental Breakfast Mezzanine - 2nd Floor

8:00am

Registration & BLC Information Center Open BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor

8:30am

3D Assessment: Visual, Design and Multimedia Arlington - 2nd Floor Being Smart with Graphs Franklin - 4th Floor (B wing) Building Biodiversity Knowledge and Tools for 21st Century Learning St. James - 4th Floor (C wing) Collaborative Teaching Across Geographical Boundaries Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor Creating an Environment for Innovation: Partnerships, Program and Spaces Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Design Matters! Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor Digital Storytelling: Simple Special Effects Statler - 2nd Floor Global Rock Stars: Building a Community of Learners White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Google Search - Hold Onto Your Hats Georgian - 2nd Floor Inquiry Learning and Research in the Digital Age History Classroom Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Mapping Your Curriculum with Google Maps Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Podstemic: Changing the Face of STEM Curriculum with Mobile Devices Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Applying Technology to Character and Leadership Education Terrace - Lower Lobby Express Polls: “Express”ly Create Life-Long Critical Thinkers Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)

10:00am

Announcements and Keynote with Rob Evans Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

11:30am

BLC Drop-in Center and Charging Station Open Thoreau - 4th Floor (C wing)

11:45am

Balancing Innovation and Tradition in a Rapidly Changing World Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Developing Student Collaboration Skills with Google Docs Arlington - 2nd Floor Empathy: The 21st Century Skill Georgian - 2nd Floor Follow up Q&A with Rob Evans Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor I'm on Twitter, Now What? Terrace - Lower Lobby Just Point and Shoot: Using Video to Capture Learning Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) STEM to STEAM to STEAMIE… Turning Up the Temperature on STEM Education White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Ten Things to Teach Your Students About Failure Statler - 2nd Floor Transform the Culture of the Classroom: What About 21st Century Skills, Literacies and Fluency? Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor Global Technology and Engineering Consortium (GTEC) St. James - 4th Floor (C wing) More Than Your Local Paper: Exploding the Bounds of Learning with Global Journalism Online Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Students as School Tech Support Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)

1:00pm

Augmented Reality and Location-based Learning: Experiences in the Ether Georgian - 2nd Floor Creating Sustainable Change: On-Site Peer Coaching Paired with Innovative Leadership Terrace - Lower Lobby Don’t Just Write About It, Produce Documentaries In Your Class Statler - 2nd Floor Finding Meaning in the Masses: Maximizing your Professional Learning Community Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Inventing the Entrepreneurial Faculty Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor Let Us Start at the Very Beginning - Creating a Learning Environment for Young Learners Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Plug Them In: Engaged Learners are "AMP"ed Up White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Student Tools for Collaboration Arlington - 2nd Floor The Annotated World - Getting Ready for The Internet of Things Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

2:15pm

Apps for the Classroom Georgian - 2nd Floor Education in China, Reflections on Our Journey Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) How Do I Get Connected and Create Collaborative Global Relationships? Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor Leadership for Engaging Students Digitally Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor QR Codes: Connecting the Physical and Digital World One Scan at a Time White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Teaching Empathy Through Literature and the Web Terrace - Lower Lobby Why Change? Strategies for Communicating the Benefits of 21st Century Learning and Technology Integration Arlington - 2nd Floor Bringing Joy to Student Learning: The Power of Inquiry Statler - 2nd Floor

3:45pm

Reflection and Next Steps with Alan November Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

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