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American Studies: A 21st Century Approach to teaching American History and Culture Berkeley RoomLaura Robertson 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 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

11:45am EDT

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

1:10pm EDT

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

4:00pm EDT

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

10:20am EDT

10 NEW Digital Tools (and a few extra) and Projects for Your Library & Classroom Statler RoomShannon 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 EDT

Developing Professional Learning Magazines using Flipboard Arlington Room 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 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

1:10pm EDT

Blending Technology… An Exciting Way to get Formative Georgian RoomMike Gorman Designing Brain-Friendly Spaces for Blended Learning Arlington RoomErin Klein 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

2:35pm EDT

Adjust Your Global Vision Lens Statler RoomHoma Sabet Tavangar 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 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 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 Digital Ethics or The End of the Age of Legends White Hill RoomDarren Kuropatwa Keynote Followup with Jenny Magiera Imperial BallroomJennie Magiera Listening to Learn Clarendon RoomMonica Brady-Myerov Activating student voice as a driver for deeper, personalized learning Statler RoomPhil Stubbs • Verso Learning

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 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 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 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