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Sunday
, July 21
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
11:30am •
Pre-Conference Check-in
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
1:00pm •
Implementing the Three Pillars of Web Literacy
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
1:00pm •
Apps Task-Onomy, Part 1: Digging into the Application of Apps
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
12:30pm •
FLIP your classroom into the BEST production studio and collect evidence of learning along the way!
Monday
, July 22
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)
8:00am •
So you just got some iPads. Now what?
1:00pm •
The Art of APPlication, Part 2: Using Apps to Design Collaborative Opportunities for Students to Create and Contribute Content
6:00pm •
Using cameras to Paint with Light and Improve writing
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Pre-Conference Registration & BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
1:00pm •
First 5 Days: Building a Culture for Year Long Success
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:00am •
The Problem Finders
1:00pm •
Re-designing Assessment
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
9:00am •
FLIP your classroom into the BEST production studio and collect evidence of learning along the way!
Tuesday
, July 23
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)
8:00am •
Creative and Critical Thinking: Creating Space for Innovation
1:00pm •
Enriching Writing through Technology
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Pre-Conference Registration & BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
1:00pm •
Connected Learning: Google Tools in Education
Newbury - 4th Floor
8:00am •
Creating Flipped Classroom Videos with Camtasia Studio (Windows)
1:00pm •
Creating Flipped Classroom Videos with Camtasia (Mac)
Plaza Ballroom & Statler - 2nd Floor
5:00pm •
Opening Reception and Main Conference Registration - Sponsored by the Pearson Foundation
St. James - 4th Floor (C Wing)
1:00pm •
Mobile learning with iPads for Intermediate-Secondary Grades
Stanbro - 4th Floor
1:00pm •
Technology in the Primary Classroom--Oh, the Possibilities!
Stanhope - 4th Floor (C Wing)
1:00pm •
iPads in the Middle Years for Math & More
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
1:00pm •
Leadership: Managing the Transition
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:00am •
Learning Catalytics: Socrates Meets Facebook and High Academic Standards
1:00pm •
Less (Teaching) Is More (Learning)
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
8:00am •
iPads for Learning? It’s Elementary! (Part 1: Getting Started)
1:00pm •
iPads for Learning? It’s Elementary! (Part 2: Beyond the Basics)
Wednesday
, July 24
Arlington - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Classroom Activities Go Global: Blending Everyday Teaching and Learning with Virtual Cross-cultural Collaboration Activities
11:45am •
Introduction to Personal Learning Networks & Connected Learning
1:10pm •
Using the iPad for Assessment
2:35pm •
Connected from the Start: Global Learning in the Primary Grades
4:00pm •
Collaborative Learning - Google Tools and the Common Core
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:20am •
Writing Across the Curriculum and the Common Core
11:45am •
District Wide Implementation of Google Apps for Education - Advanced
1:10pm •
Students as Tech Support
2:35pm •
Building an Empathetic Student Writing Community
4:00pm •
Oral History as a Flagship Project: The Perfect Marriage of 21st Century Technology and Traditional Historical Methods
Berkeley - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Shift Happens: Are you in denial? And for how long?
11:45am •
A Walk Around the World
1:10pm •
Global Goods, Local Costs: Where Did All My Stuff Come From?
2:35pm •
IPads meet the Common Core
4:00pm •
Twitter as a Class Building Tool
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Check-in & BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:20am •
A Play2Learn Scavenger Hunt
11:45am •
Creative learning through Gaming
1:10pm •
Oral History as a Flagship Project: The Perfect Marriage of 21st Century Technology and Traditional Historical Methods
2:35pm •
Media and Visual Impact
4:00pm •
At the Core of Research: Databases and Wikis are Cool Tools that work for Grades K-2(CC)
Clarendon - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Using the iPad for Assessment
11:45am •
Creating a Participatory Culture in the Primary Classroom
1:10pm •
Rethinking Professional Development
2:35pm •
Making Connections - Learning with Others
4:00pm •
Reading Aware
Downtown Boston
6:00pm •
Duck Boat (Purchased Tickets Only)
FableVision
6:00pm •
Reception at FableVision
Georgian - 2nd Floor
7:15am •
BLC Orientation Session
10:20am •
Using the Power of Story to Advocate for the Most Critical 21st Century Skills - The "4C's" - Plus 1
11:45am •
BYOB (Build Your Own Blend): Tinkering with Time, Place, Path & Pace for Student-Owned Learning
1:10pm •
Small Shifts, Big Impact: Closing the Gap to Empowered Learning
2:35pm •
Leadership: Critical processes and decisions for leadership
4:00pm •
What's All This Change About In The Library?
Imperial Ballroom
8:15am •
Welcome and Keynote - Dr. Yong Zhao
10:20am •
Keynote Follow up with Dr. Yong Zhao
Mezzanine - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Continental Breakfast
11:30am •
Book Signing - Peter Reynolds
4:00pm •
Book Signing - Alan November
Plaza Ballroom
10:30am •
Exploring the Googleverse
11:00am •
Better Feedback, Stronger Interactions and Faster Grading
11:30am •
Make the Web Work for You with IFTTT!
12:00pm •
CollabraGoogle
12:30pm •
Augmented Reality, with iPads, iPhones
1:00pm •
From Collector to Curator with Symbaloo
1:30pm •
Open Badges Accreditation for Student Digital Leaders
2:00pm •
Make the Web Work for You with IFTTT!
2:30pm •
Creating Movie Trailers on the Fly for Fun and Adventure
Statler - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Your school library--mobile, flipped, and curated
11:45am •
Personalized Learning: Beyond the Hype
1:10pm •
Common Core: Rethink Research and Engage Students
2:35pm •
At the Core of Research: Reflective Note-Taking Strategies for Grades 3-5 Using Various Tools(CC)
4:00pm •
Apps for the Classroom
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
How apps can empower change and even save students!
1:10pm •
Flipped Classroom for Real Learning... Definitions, Resources and Tools
2:35pm •
Get Inspired! Three Ways to Increase Student Engagement - Lesson Capture, LMS’s and Virtual Fieldtrip
4:00pm •
Awakening Your Creative Genius
Terrace - Lower Lobby
10:20am •
Crowdsourcing edu content Ideas for activating your network to not only connect but to create
11:45am •
Teaching Literacy with Your iPad(s)
1:10pm •
There's A Web 2.0 Tool For That!
2:35pm •
Music Production for NON-Musicians!
4:00pm •
The Three Pillars of Web Literacy and the Common Core - Part One: Advanced Search Techniques that Promote Deeper Thinking
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
Creativity and Academic Excellence
11:45am •
Cell Phones: The Secret Learning Weapon:
1:10pm •
How can I use Yahki to transform my 1st 5 days?
2:35pm •
Web 2.0 Tools that will Rock Your Classroom
4:00pm •
Advanced Searching For Inquiry Meets The Common Core
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Common Core
11:45am •
Learn Like a Kid - 24/7 Learning Networks with Mobile Devices
1:10pm •
Club Academia - Inspiring Ideas by Students
2:35pm •
Autonomous Mastery Learning in a Digital Classroom
4:00pm •
I think, therefore I teach
Thursday
, July 25
Arlington - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Creativity and Academic Excellence
11:45am •
Google Apps on the iPad
1:10pm •
Rethinking Professional Development
4:00pm •
At the Core of Research: Media Literacy for Grades 6-8 (CC)
5:15pm •
Speed Networking at BLC!
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:20am •
Going Global - Learning Together in the Early Years
11:45am •
How apps can empower change and even save students!
1:10pm •
Let's Start at the Very Beginning - Creating a Learning Environment for Young Learners(CC)
2:35pm •
Building an Empathetic Student Writing Community
4:00pm •
Global Goods, Local Costs: Where Did All My Stuff Come From?
Berkeley - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Telling Photo Tales
11:45am •
Tweets for Family and Global Communication
1:10pm •
A Walk Around the World
2:35pm •
STEM Meets PBL At The Common Core
4:00pm •
Teachers and Students as Curators: Finding and Employing New Information and Resources for the Digital Classroom
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
BLC Information Center Open
Brandeis - 4th Floor
10:20am •
Connected from the Start: Global Learning in the Primary Grades
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:20am •
Learning Should Feel Like Play. Reducing Student Anxiety Levels Through the Flipped Model.
11:45am •
Digital Portfolios: Not Just for Primary
1:10pm •
Google Search Tips and Tricks
2:35pm •
Quality feedback using technology
4:00pm •
The iPad Journey: An Honest Story
Clarendon - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Tweet me this, Tweet me that
11:45am •
Global Education Leadership Challenge from the Perspective of Global Educators
1:10pm •
ThinkENG
2:35pm •
IPads meet the Common Core
4:00pm •
Make the APPsolute Fit! Select the Right Mobile Device Apps to Include Learners with Special Needs
Georgian - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Flip with Precision: If the first step of the journey is the Flip, the second has to be Precision.
11:45am •
Personalized Learning: Beyond the Hype
1:10pm •
iPad Apps To Support Literacy Strands
2:35pm •
From 1:1 to 1:World
Imperial Ballroom
8:30am •
Welcome and Keynote - Dr. David Weinberger
10:20am •
Keynote Follow up with Dr. David Weinberger
Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor
9:00pm •
Annual BLC Bash
Mezzanine - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Continental Breakfast
11:30am •
Book Signing - Dr. David Weinberger
1:00pm •
Book Signing with Tom Barrett
4:00pm •
Book Signing - Alan November
4:30pm •
Book Signing - Kristin Ziemke-Fastabend
Plaza Ballroom
10:30am •
CCSS Apps
11:00am •
Easy Widgets for iBooks Authors
11:30am •
10 Writing Tools to Improve Student Writing
12:00pm •
Telling the Story of Learning
12:30pm •
Exploring the Googleverse
1:30pm •
CollabraGoogle
2:00pm •
Augmented Reality with iPads, iPhones
2:30pm •
From Collector to Curator with Symbaloo
4:00pm •
Design Thinking for School Improvement A *NEW* session from the NoTosh team for BLC13!
St. James - 4th Floor (C Wing)
10:20am •
Collect, Mash, Share, Learn. Yahki 101
4:00pm •
Models and Probes: Getting Ready for the Common Core
Statler - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Learn Like a Kid - 24/7 Learning Networks with Mobile Devices
11:45am •
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Common Core
1:10pm •
Understanding Student Aspirations: Enhancing the Learning Environment Through Student Voice
2:35pm •
Making Video Instruction a Less Passive Experience
4:00pm •
Common Core: Finally Time for PBL
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
Inquiry is the Heart of Learning: Practices from International School Classrooms
11:45am •
Creative learning through Gaming
1:10pm •
Creating a HS App Programming Computer Elective
2:35pm •
Authoring Digital Content in the Early Years
4:00pm •
Cell phones: The Secret Learning Weapon:
Terrace - Lower Lobby
10:20am •
Research, Inquiry and the Common Core: A Collaborative Journey and Smackdown
11:45am •
The Future School
2:35pm •
Club Academia - Inspiring Ideas by Students
4:00pm •
Student Created Digital WIki-Textbook
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
1:10pm •
Tweet me this, Tweet me that
2:35pm •
Building a Student Learning Network (SLN): Collaborating, Comprehending and Connecting in a Digital World.
4:00pm •
The Three Pillars of Web Literacy and the Common Core - Part Two: Developing Organized Learning Libraries with Diigo
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
The three essential tech tools to create, collaborate and update student learning
11:45am •
Autonomous Mastery Learning in a Digital Classroom
1:10pm •
Ideas to meet the Core Curriculum in Language Arts
2:35pm •
Google Search Tips and Tricks
4:00pm •
Creative RightENG the Core
Friday
, July 26
Arlington - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Keynote Follow-up with Alec Couros
11:45am •
Keynote Follow up with Tom Barrett
1:10pm •
Design Thinking for School Improvement A *NEW* session from the NoTosh team for BLC13!
Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:20am •
Online Learning and What Works for Kids in a Global Classroom
11:45am •
Tiny Researchers: Creating Mindful Researchers in the Age of Common Core
1:10pm •
Be a Fear Fighting Facilitator: How to Empower Teachers to Overcome Fear, Learn from Failure and Take Risks
Berkeley - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
The U.S. Fund for UNICEF & Global Citizenship
11:45am •
The U.S. Fund for UNICEF & Global Citizenship
1:10pm •
Managing Complex Change in Technology Integration through Harnessing the Inherent Influence of Building Leaders.
BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor
7:30am •
BLC Information Center Open
Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)
10:20am •
Make the APPsolute Fit! Select the Right Mobile Device Apps to Include Learners with Special Needs
11:45am •
Building Reading Communities using Subtext
1:10pm •
Do You Really Know Your Students? Flipping the Classroom to Increase Personalization.
Clarendon - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
Tweets for Family and Global Communication
11:45am •
Twitter as a Class Building Tool
1:10pm •
How an actual revolution led to the creation of a democratic learning tool
Georgian - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
What makes learning great? A journey through provocative learning and planning student-owned curriculum topics
11:45am •
Flip with Precision: If the first step of the journey is the Flip, the second has to be Precision.
1:10pm •
The First Five Days
Imperial Ballroom
8:30am •
Keynote: Tom Barrett, Kathy Cassidy, Alec Couros, Catlin Tucker
2:35pm •
Reflection and Next Steps
Mezzanine - 2nd Floor
7:00am •
Continental Breakfast
10:30am •
Book Signing - Tom Barrett
Plaza Ballroom
10:30am •
Read Books With Your Ears
11:00am •
CCSS Apps
11:30am •
From Collector to Curator with Symbaloo
12:00pm •
Better Feedback, Stronger Interactions and Faster Grading
12:30pm •
10 Writing Tools to Improve Student Writing
1:00pm •
A Culture Changing Professional Development Opportunity
St. James - 4th Floor (C Wing)
10:20am •
Enabling Student Empowerment and Achievement - Google Apps and Hapara Teacher Dashboard
11:45am •
Sensing Science: Temperature Readiness for K-2
1:10pm •
Being Smart with Graphs
Statler - 2nd Floor
10:20am •
An entire PROFESSIONAL production studio in your pocket! REALLY!
11:45am •
At the Core of Research: Reflective Note-Taking Strategies for Grades 3-5 Using Various Tools(CC)
1:10pm •
Building Your Common Core “Apptitude”
Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
Get Inspired! Three Ways to Increase Student Engagement - Lesson Capture, LMS’s and Virtual Fieldtrips
11:45am •
Awakening Your Creative Genius
Terrace - Lower Lobby
10:20am •
Student Created Digital WIki-Textbook
11:45am •
Keynote Follow-up with Catlin Tucker
1:10pm •
Common Core: Flip Instruction and Create a Student-Centered Classroom
White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
Keynote Follow-up with Kathy Cassidy
11:45am •
The Three Pillars of Web Literacy and the Common Core - Part Three: Using Twitter to Extend Learning Beyond the Classroom
Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)
10:20am •
Storyfinding
11:45am •
Global STEM Classroom Collaboration Technology and 21st century skills
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