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BLC Information Center Georgian Coat Room

1:00pm EDT

Image is Everything: Exploring Critical Thinking with Visual LiteraciesLIMITED White Hill RoomAmy Burvall

7:00am EDT

BLC Information Center Georgian Coat Room

8:00am EDT

RemixED: The Power of Remix, Mashup, and Re-contextualization for the ClassroomLIMITED Beacon Hill RoomAmy Burvall The Lead LearnerLIMITED Cambridge RoomDarren Kuropatwa

1:00pm EDT

Collaborative Learning Using Google Tools and Google ClassroomLIMITED St. James RoomLainie Rowell The First Five DaysLIMITED Stuart RoomAlan November • Sara Wilkie

7:00am EDT

BLC Information Center Georgian Coat Room

8:00am EDT

Assessment: Engaging and TransformativeLIMITED White Hill RoomLainie Rowell Genius Hour: Reasons & resources for bringing passion-driven learning into your curriculumLIMITED Cambridge RoomJoy Kirr Google Apps for Education Implementation SchoolwideLIMITED St. James RoomKern Kelley Making Student Thinking VisibleLIMITED Whittier RoomDarren Kuropatwa Make du Jour: Cultivating Creativity on a Daily BasisLIMITED Beacon Hill RoomAmy Burvall

1:00pm EDT

Create, Learn and Share In Our BLC MakerspaceLIMITED Whittier RoomShannon McClintock Miller Google Classroom and Digital PortfoliosLIMITED St. James RoomKern Kelley iPads for Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking and Creativity? It’s Elementary!LIMITED White Hill RoomLainie Rowell Leadership: Managing the TransitionLIMITED Cambridge RoomAlan November

5:00pm EDT

BLC Registration Statler Room BLC Opening Reception Plaza Ballroom

6:00am EDT

BLC Boston Runners Boston Park Plaza Main Lobby

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Plaza Ballroom BLC Information Center Georgian Coat Room BLC Registration Statler Room

7:15am EDT

BLC15 Orientation Georgian Room

8:30am EDT

Welcome and Keynote with Dr. Dylan Wiliam Imperial BallroomDylan Wiliam

10:20am EDT

American Studies: A 21st Century Approach to teaching American History and Culture Berkeley RoomLaura Robertson Breakout EDULIMITED Boylston RoomTech Sherpas Calling All Creatives: Time to Make Your Mark Georgian RoomPaul Reynolds • Peter H. Reynolds Finding Meaning in the Masses: Maximizing Your Professional Learning Community Arlington Room Keynote Followup Imperial BallroomDylan Wiliam PBL and the Flipped Learning Connection Statler RoomMike Gorman Show, Play, Plan Clarendon RoomErin Olson STEM Across State Lines: What are we learning? Cambridge RoomLarisa Schelkin • Isa Zimmerman Students as Tech Support Whittier RoomKern Kelley The Cloud is our Campfire: Crowdsourced and Combinatorial Creativity White Hill RoomAmy Burvall Digital Tools that Transform the Teaching and Learning of Writing Beacon Hill RoomDoug Silver • Christine Hopkinson • Judy Silver Less (Teaching) Is More Learning: A Master Class Mini Stuart RoomSara Wilkie

10:30am EDT

Small things make a big difference.... Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Julie Lowerre Drop-in Center Commonwealth RoomTech Sherpas

11:00am EDT

Smart Start Your School Culture for Maximum Academics Plaza BallroomJon Corippo

11:15am EDT

Lunch Kiosk Mezzanine

11:30am EDT

Book Signing - Paul and Peter Reynolds MezzaninePaul Reynolds • Peter H. Reynolds

11:45am EDT

Breakout EDULIMITED Boylston RoomTech Sherpas Goal Control: The ultimate in academic ownership Whittier RoomMelinda Gardner Humor as an Assessment Tool Berkeley RoomCharles Cooper iPad Tips and Tricks - Getting the Most Learning Out of Your Device Georgian RoomLainie Rowell Leadership, Technology, and Technology-Leadership Arlington RoomShawn Fortin Planning for Success Clarendon RoomErin Olson Students as Lesson Designers Cambridge RoomErin Griffith We Learn Through Stories White Hill RoomDarren Kuropatwa Activating student voice as a driver for deeper, personalized learning Statler RoomPhil Stubbs • Verso Learning

12:30pm EDT

Empowering Teachers to Change Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Chris Long

1:00pm EDT

How to take a Selfie with a monkey! Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Kern Kelley

1:10pm EDT

Automous Mastery Learning Whittier RoomGarth Holman • Mike Pennington Breakout EDULIMITED Boylston RoomTech Sherpas Making the Most of Digital Resources: Research Skills for Student-Centered Projects Clarendon RoomSuzanna Clavello Model Makers: Getting to the Heavy Lifting of Professional Learning Statler RoomSara Wilkie Role Models and Renegades: Filling the Wellspring of Good Stuart RoomCaitlin Krause ~ Keynote Sharing the Student Voice and Personalize Learning Arlington RoomErin Klein Teaching Graph Literacy Cambridge RoomCarolyn Staudt Transforming Learning: Beyond the $1,000 Pencil (Pencil part is optional) Georgian RoomAlan November

1:30pm EDT

Sharing on a Grand Scale: A New Zealand-wide Teacher Resource Sharing Site. Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Giles Lancaster

2:00pm EDT

Using an LMS: Do This, Not That Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Chris Long

2:35pm EDT

#NoPressure: Achieving Social Justice Through Challenge Based Learning in a CTE Environment Georgian RoomGenesis Jackson • Jordan Kanneh • Anne Marie Mangal • Trisha Samaroo Assessing students in the 21st century Arlington RoomJessica Caviness Breakout EDULIMITED Boylston RoomTech Sherpas Creating 'Choose Your Own' Authentic Multi-Modal Assessments Berkeley RoomCraig Verbruggen Let It Go White Hill RoomJoy Kirr Making Thinking Visible Beacon Hill RoomTracey Winstone • Susan Worsnup Teaching Environmental Sustainability Cambridge RoomCarolyn Staudt The AASL Best Websites.....25 That Rock Each Year! Whittier RoomShannon McClintock Miller There's a Tool for That! Stuart RoomMeghan Snee • Melinda Soliwoda Flip your Classroom with Office Mix Statler RoomShilpa Yarlagadda • Microsoft

4:00pm EDT

Book Signing - Alan November MezzanineAlan November Follow-up Q & A with TA Edison CTE Students Georgian RoomGenesis Jackson • Jordan Kanneh • Anne Marie Mangal • Trisha Samaroo Let It Go White Hill RoomJoy Kirr Live Curiously! Building Thinking Intensive Learners through Creation, Collaboration and Choice Arlington RoomKristin Ziemke Prism: Crowd Sourcing Interpretation to Build Close Reading Skills Berkeley RoomLaura Robertson Recording Student Learning Beacon Hill RoomTracey Winstone • Susan Worsnup Rock Star Lesson Design for Common Core and 1:1 Statler RoomJon Corippo Start With What You Love: Global Education through Passion-Based, Empathy-Rich Learning Cambridge RoomHoma Sabet Tavangar The First Few Weeks; Creating Legacy, Perspective and Leadership Whittier RoomGarth Holman • Mike Pennington There's a Tool for That! Stuart RoomMeghan Snee • Melinda Soliwoda

6:00pm EDT

Reception at FableVision FableVision Studios

6:00am EDT

BLC Boston Runners Boston Park Plaza Main Lobby

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Plaza Ballroom BLC Information Center Georgian Coat Room

8:30am EDT

Announcements and Keynote Panel with Lainie Rowell, Amy Burvall, Blake Copeland and Ozgur Akas Imperial BallroomÖZGÜR AKAS • Amy Burvall • Blake Copeland • Lainie Rowell

10:20am EDT

10 NEW Digital Tools (and a few extra) and Projects for Your Library & Classroom Statler RoomShannon McClintock Miller Assessment: Engaging and Transformative White Hill RoomLainie Rowell Breakout EDULIMITED Boylston RoomTech Sherpas Got a Toolkit? Let's fill it! Berkeley RoomMeghan Snee • Melinda Soliwoda Student Learning Networks: Building digital communities that ignite powerful learning Whittier RoomKristin Ziemke The Global Lens: Tools to Promote Deep Thinking on Big Issues Clarendon RoomMark Schulte This is CS50 Georgian RoomDavid Malan

10:30am EDT

Teaching, Learning, and Other 21st Century Buzzwords Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Shawn Fortin Drop-in Center Commonwealth RoomTech Sherpas

11:00am EDT

Data vs. Knowledge Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • TeachPitch

11:15am EDT

Lunch Kiosk Mezzanine

11:45am EDT

Breakout EDULIMITED Boylston RoomTech Sherpas Coding with Elementary School Students Beacon Hill RoomChristina Carroll Developing Professional Learning Magazines using Flipboard Arlington Room Mindfulness: Beyond the Buzzword St. James RoomCaitlin Krause ~ Keynote Model Makers: Getting to the Heavy Lifting of Professional Learning Berkeley RoomSara Wilkie PBL Plus: Using Social Media to Turn 'Projects' Into Service Stuart RoomShawn Fortin Problem-Based Authentic Learning: Real, Meaningful Instruction Connected to Standards Clarendon RoomTracy Crowley Sketchnoting- Visual Note Taking Cambridge RoomSilvia Tolisano The Fourth Screen White Hill RoomDarren Kuropatwa This is CS50 - Question & Answer with David Malan Georgian RoomDavid Malan • Alan November Tweet Me This, Tweet Me That Whittier RoomJessica Caviness Build a Collaborative Classroom and Increase Productivity using OneNote Statler RoomDr. Kimberly West • Microsoft

1:00pm EDT

The Great Debate on Digital Note-taking and Digital Reading Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Jennifer Santos

1:10pm EDT

Blending Technology… An Exciting Way to get Formative Georgian RoomMike Gorman Breakout EDULIMITED Boylston RoomTech Sherpas Designing Brain-Friendly Spaces for Blended Learning Arlington RoomErin Klein Genius Hour: Reasons & resources for bringing passion-driven learning into your curriculum Statler RoomJoy Kirr Global STEM Classroom ™ and how to start a global collaboration program in your school (STEM, STEAM and more) Clarendon RoomLarisa Schelkin • Isa Zimmerman Keynote Followup with Blake Copeland Cambridge RoomBlake Copeland Learn To Learn: Bring 21st Century PD to Your School Whittier RoomDavid Lourie • Laura Robertson Lesson Crashers Beacon Hill RoomCharles Cooper Making Connections with Visual Note Taking St. James RoomMary Kemper Professional Learning - A Blended Approach Berkeley RoomSusan Fisher RemixED: the Power of remix, Mashup, and Re-contextualization in the Classroom White Hill RoomAmy Burvall To Move the Needle, You Have to Have a Needle Stuart RoomDoug Silver • Christine Hopkinson • Judy Silver

1:30pm EDT

Geek Sox: Transforming School Culture Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Aaron Polansky

2:00pm EDT

Tech Tools for Formative Assessments Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Stephanie Williams

2:30pm EDT

Interactive Simulations in Physics Secondary Education and their Effects on Student Achievement Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Muhammed Riaz

2:35pm EDT

Adjust Your Global Vision Lens Statler RoomHoma Sabet Tavangar Automous Mastery Learning White Hill RoomGarth Holman • Mike Pennington Breakout EDULIMITED Boylston RoomTech Sherpas Individual Student Blogs in Early Childhood: Creating Digital Portfolios for Young Learners with a Focus on Digital Citizenship St. James RoomLaura Richardson Introduction to Google Classroom Arlington RoomKern Kelley Keynote Followup with Ozgur Akas Stuart RoomÖZGÜR AKAS Makers-Spaces for Learning Beacon Hill RoomKavita Sahai Making with Poetry Clarendon RoomErin Olson PLGC: Professional Learning Google Community - Utilizing a Google Community to impact PLCs by increasing collaboration opportunities Whittier RoomMelinda Gardner The First Five Days Georgian RoomAlan November When Pigs Fly: Student Lead Distance Learning Berkeley RoomErin Griffith Your Professional Digital Footprint: Your Informal Resume Cambridge RoomSuzanna Clavello

4:00pm EDT

BLC Learning Design Space Berkeley RoomSara Wilkie BLC Maker Sessions Plaza BallroomKern Kelley • Shannon McClintock Miller Creating with the iPad Tech Share: What’s your favorite app? Georgian RoomKathy Schrock Explore Boston at BLC15: #XploreBosBLC Arlington RoomDarren Kuropatwa • Lainie Rowell Ready, Set, Tweet! Statler RoomJessica Caviness • Laura Richardson Breakout EDULIMITED Boylston RoomTech Sherpas Playing in the Sandbox with Quick Apple Animation Clarendon RoomAmy Burvall

8:00pm EDT

Creating a Global Repository for Exemplars in Educational Technology Plaza BallroomJohn Padula Global Speed Networking Plaza BallroomAlan November Re-designing Learning Spaces Plaza BallroomJennifer Santos Starting Google Classroom Without the Tears Plaza BallroomPatrick Darfler-Sweeney, Ed.D.

9:00pm EDT

BLC Bash Plaza Ballroom

6:00am EDT

BLC Boston Runners Boston Park Plaza Main Lobby

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Plaza Ballroom BLC Information Center Georgian Coat Room

8:30am EDT

Announcements and Keynote with Jennie Magiera Imperial BallroomJennie Magiera

10:20am EDT

Advanced Searching for Inquiry Meets the Common Core Georgian RoomMike Gorman Bringing Authentic, Global Learning Experiences to Common Core: Projects that Make a Difference Cambridge RoomTracy Crowley • Mark Schulte Coding with Elementary School Students Whittier RoomChristina Carroll Digital Ethics or The End of the Age of Legends White Hill RoomDarren Kuropatwa Fostering Peer Instruction Opportunities (With and Without Technology) Beacon Hill RoomCraig Verbruggen Keynote Followup with Jenny Magiera Imperial BallroomJennie Magiera Listening to Learn Clarendon RoomMonica Brady-Myerov Personalized Learning...Beyond Differentiation Arlington RoomSusan Fisher Twitter for Beginners - The Surprisingly Easy Way to Connect Your Students with the World St. James RoomLaura Richardson Activating student voice as a driver for deeper, personalized learning Statler RoomPhil Stubbs • Verso Learning

10:30am EDT

Drop-in Center Commonwealth RoomTech Sherpas

11:00am EDT

Bringing Books to Life Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Bob Greenberg

11:15am EDT

Lunch Kiosk Mezzanine

11:30am EDT

The First Five Days in the Humanities Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Tony Shaffer

11:45am EDT

'You Say You Want A Revolution' : Teacher Directed Professional Development Beacon Hill RoomLaura Robertson Accessing and Visualizing School Data for All the Right Reasons Cambridge RoomPaul Livingston Kids as Creators: Copyright & Fair Use for Remix Generation St. James RoomKristin Hokanson Makers-Spaces for Learning Clarendon RoomKavita Sahai Making Connections with Visual Note Taking Berkeley RoomMary Kemper Personalized Learning...Beyond Differentiation Arlington RoomSusan Fisher SYDNEY STEAM Room White Hill RoomMelissa Silk Office Sway for Education: Engaging Students, Parents, and Teachers with Interactive Content Statler RoomTammy Dunbar • Microsoft

12:30pm EDT

Creating “show me what you know” styles of assessment Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Claire Varner

1:00pm EDT

Animation Creation Plaza BallroomJon Corippo • Kern Kelley

1:10pm EDT

Documentation For Learning Whittier RoomSilvia Tolisano Engaging on Global Issues: A Social Justice Case Study Cambridge RoomMark Schulte Google to the Core St. James RoomKristin Hokanson Helping Students Creating Public Radio-Style Podcasts Clarendon RoomMonica Brady-Myerov Leadership: Managing the Transition Georgian RoomAlan November STEAM Wonder White Hill RoomMelissa Silk Students becoming leaders: Creating, teaching & inspiring students & teachers! Berkeley RoomÖZGÜR AKAS • Metin Ferhatoglu

2:35pm EDT

Reflection and Next Steps with Alan November GeorgianAlan November