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Building Learning Communities 2011

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Maria Knee

Kindergarten Teacher, Deerfield Community School
Deerfield NH

About Maria Knee
Kindergarten Teacher, Deerfield Community School, Deerfield, NH

Maria Knee is an award winning New Hampshire educator who is passionate about teaching and learning. She continuously seeks ways to expand learning opportunities for her students and for herself. Maria teaches five and six year olds in her kindergarten classroom in Deerfield, New Hampshire. Through collaborative projects, a classroom blog, a class Twitter account and their our blogs, her students communicate with a global audience.

In addition to teaching, Maria is a frequent conference presenter and is a co-host for the Conversations webcast which is broadcasted on EdTechTalk.com. You can find Maria on Twitter.

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

8:30am

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

10:15am

The Future of Search is Social - Are You Ready? Terrace - Lower Lobby

11:45am

Learning to Blog; Blogging to Learn Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)

1:00pm

Facebook in the First Grade Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Get Globally Connected! Terrace - Lower Lobby Frame by Frame: Using Stop Motion Animation in the Classroom Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)

2:15pm

Primary Digital Portfolios Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor

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

7:00am

Continental Breakfast Mezzanine - 2nd Floor

8:30am

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

10:00am

The iPad Revolution, Innovative Learning in the Classroom Statler - 2nd Floor

11:30am

Be The Change You Want To See In The World Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor

12:45pm

Going Global: Learning Together Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor

2:00pm

Inspiring Passion Driven Learning Terrace - Lower Lobby

3:30pm

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

9:00pm

Annual BLC Bash Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

7:00am

Continental Breakfast Mezzanine - 2nd Floor

8:30am

Design Matters! Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor Global Rock Stars: Building a Community of Learners White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)

10:00am

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

11:45am

Transform the Culture of the Classroom: What About 21st Century Skills, Literacies and Fluency? Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor

1:00pm

Let Us Start at the Very Beginning - Creating a Learning Environment for Young Learners Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)

2:15pm

How Do I Get Connected and Create Collaborative Global Relationships? Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor

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