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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