This event has ended. View the official site or create your own event site + mobile app here → Check it out

Building Learning Communities 2011

View analytic

12:30pm

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

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)

1:00pm

Planing and Running Your Own Outdoor Learning Adventures Lexington - 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)

8:00am

Building Learning Communities: Putting It All Together Lexington - 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)

1:00pm

Building Mobile Learning Communities using the iPhone and Android Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Narrative Inquiry: Improving Student Writing Through Digital Photography Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)

10:15am

Bling vs Bang! (Where is the Learning?) Stuart - 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 The Future of Search is Social - Are You Ready? Terrace - Lower Lobby Worshipping at the Altar of "School" - 21st Century Style Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)

11:45am

Getting Connected: Global Collaboration, Communication and Digital Citizenship Through Social Media Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor iWorld Supersession: iOS Devices in Education Georgian - 2nd Floor Kids Teaching Kids: Empowering Students Through Screencasting Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor 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) Challenge Based Learning Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)

1:00pm

79 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools You May Have Missed Georgian - 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 the Media Strand Statler - 2nd Floor Valuing Education Technology in Schools Whittier - 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) 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 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) It Can Happen: Self-Directed Learning in the Secondary Classroom Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)

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) 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

11:30am

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 The Game Plan: How Gaming Can Enhance Learning Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Where to Begin Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)

12:45pm

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 iPhone Photography-The Best Tool Is the One You Have With You and Can Use Easily Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Using Google Apps for Global Collaborations Whittier - 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) Inspiring Passion Driven Learning Terrace - Lower Lobby 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 Express Polls: “Express”ly Create Life-Long Critical Thinkers Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)

8:30am

3D Assessment: Visual, Design and Multimedia Arlington - 2nd Floor Building Biodiversity Knowledge and Tools for 21st Century Learning St. James - 4th Floor (C wing) 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 Express Polls: “Express”ly Create Life-Long Critical Thinkers Lexington - 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 Follow up Q&A with Rob Evans Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor I'm on Twitter, Now What? Terrace - Lower Lobby 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 Global Technology and Engineering Consortium (GTEC) St. James - 4th Floor (C 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 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) Student Tools for Collaboration Arlington - 2nd Floor

2:15pm

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)

Get Adobe Flash player