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1:00pm

Image is Everything: Exploring Critical Thinking with Visual Literacies White Hill RoomLIMITEDAmy Burvall

8:00am

RemixED: The Power of Remix, Mashup, and Re-contextualization for the Classroom Beacon Hill RoomLIMITEDAmy Burvall

1:00pm

Collaborative Learning Using Google Tools and Google Classroom St. James RoomLIMITEDLainie Rowell The First Five Days Stuart RoomLIMITEDAlan November • Sara Wilkie

8:00am

Assessment: Engaging and Transformative White Hill RoomLIMITEDLainie Rowell Genius Hour: Reasons & resources for bringing passion-driven learning into your curriculum Cambridge RoomLIMITEDJoy Kirr Google Apps for Education Implementation Schoolwide St. James RoomLIMITEDKern Kelley Making Student Thinking Visible Whittier RoomLIMITEDDarren Kuropatwa Make du Jour: Cultivating Creativity on a Daily Basis Beacon Hill RoomLIMITEDAmy Burvall

1:00pm

Create, Learn and Share In Our BLC Makerspace Whittier RoomLIMITEDShannon McClintock Miller Google Classroom and Digital Portfolios St. James RoomLIMITEDKern Kelley iPads for Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking and Creativity? It’s Elementary! White Hill RoomLIMITEDLainie Rowell

10:20am

Calling All Creatives: Time to Make Your Mark Georgian RoomPaul Reynolds • Peter Reynolds PBL and the Flipped Learning Connection Statler RoomMike Gorman Students as Tech Support Whittier RoomKern Kelley The Cloud is our Campfire: Crowdsourced and Combinatorial Creativity White Hill RoomAmy Burvall Less (Teaching) Is More Learning: A Master Class Mini Stuart RoomSara Wilkie

11:45am

Humor as an Assessment Tool Berkeley RoomCharles Cooper iPad Tips and Tricks - Getting the Most Learning Out of Your Device Georgian RoomLainie Rowell We Learn Through Stories White Hill RoomDarren Kuropatwa Activating student voice as a driver for deeper, personalized learning Statler RoomPhil Stubbs • Verso Learning

1:10pm

Automous Mastery Learning Whittier RoomGarth Holman • Mike Pennington 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 Sharing the Student Voice and Personalize Learning Arlington RoomErin Klein Transforming Learning: Beyond the $1,000 Pencil (Pencil part is optional) Georgian RoomAlan November

2:35pm

#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 The AASL Best Websites.....25 That Rock Each Year! Whittier RoomShannon McClintock Miller Flip your Classroom with Office Mix Statler RoomShilpa Yarlagadda • Microsoft

4:00pm

Follow-up Q & A with TA Edison CTE Students Georgian RoomGenesis Jackson • Jordan Kanneh • Anne Marie Mangal • Trisha Samaroo 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

10:20am

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 The Global Lens: Tools to Promote Deep Thinking on Big Issues Clarendon RoomMark Schulte This is CS50 Georgian RoomDavid Malan

11:45am

Mindfulness: Beyond the Buzzword St. James RoomCaitlin Krause 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 Build a Collaborative Classroom and Increase Productivity using OneNote Statler RoomDr. Kimberly West • Microsoft

1:10pm

Blending Technology… An Exciting Way to get Formative Georgian RoomMike Gorman 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 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 RemixED: the Power of remix, Mashup, and Re-contextualization in the Classroom White Hill RoomAmy Burvall

2:35pm

Adjust Your Global Vision Lens Statler RoomHoma Sabet Tavangar Automous Mastery Learning White Hill RoomGarth Holman • Mike Pennington Keynote Followup with Ozgur Akas Stuart RoomÖZGÜR AKAS Makers-Spaces for Learning Beacon Hill RoomKavita Sahai Making with Poetry Clarendon RoomErin Olson 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

BLC Learning Design Space Berkeley RoomBrian Mull • Sara Wilkie 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

10:20am

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 Digital Ethics or The End of the Age of Legends White Hill RoomDarren Kuropatwa Keynote Followup with Jenny Magiera Imperial BallroomJennie Magiera 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

11:45am

'You Say You Want A Revolution' : Teacher Directed Professional Development Beacon Hill RoomLaura Robertson 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

1:10pm

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 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