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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

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