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Building Learning Communities 2011

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Jeff Horwitz

About Jeff Horwitz
Second Grade Teacher, MICDS, St. Louis, MO

Jeff presented at ISTE 2010 on Global Collaborations in the Elementary Classroom. He has also presented at the Midwest Educators of Technology Conference. Jeff has been using Voicethread and other Web 2.0 products for many years in his classroom. Jeff was recently published in the September issue of Language Arts Magazine on his use of Twitter in the Elementary Classroom.

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5:00pm

Opening Reception & Main Conference Registration Plaza Ballroom & Statler - 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

The ABC's of Challenge-Based Learning in the Elementary Classroom Lexington - 4th Floor (C wing)

11:45am

Learning to Blog; Blogging to Learn Stuart - 4th Floor (C 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 Facebook in the First Grade Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Flip Your Classroom: Implementing a Successful 21st Century Classroom Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

2:15pm

Primary Digital Portfolios Berkeley/Clarendon - 2nd Floor The Five Skills Framework for Problem Solving Statler - 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

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

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)

12:45pm

Creating Student Feedback and Authentic Assessment with Screencasts White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)

2:00pm

Is It Really Real?: Augmented Reality in Education White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)

3:30pm

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

5:00pm

Job-Alike Meetings Conference Level - 4th 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

Empathy: The 21st Century Skill Georgian - 2nd Floor Ten Things to Teach Your Students About Failure Statler - 2nd Floor Global Technology and Engineering Consortium (GTEC) St. James - 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

2:15pm

QR Codes: Connecting the Physical and Digital World One Scan at a Time White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)

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