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Building Learning Communities 2012

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Glenda Fahey

5:00pm

Opening Reception and Main Conference Registration (sponsored by Pearson Foundation) Plaza Ballroom & Statler - 2nd Floor

7:00am

Continental Breakfast Mezzanine - 2nd Floor

8:30am

BLC Welcome and Keynote with Chris Anderson Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

10:20am

Deploying Effective Collaborative Social Learning Platforms Designed for K12 Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Go Above and Beyond Using the 4 C's ~ Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, & Creativity Statler - 2nd Floor Kids Teaching Kids: Empowering Students through Screencasting Terrace - Lower Lobby Situated Learning - Making the Real-World Clickable with QR Codes Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)

11:45am

Gaming to Create and Learn Clarendon - 2nd Floor

1:10pm

Formative assessment rules, OK? - 101 Wrong Metaphors About The Only Assessment that Matters Statler - 2nd Floor The State of Play: How Gaming Can Enhance Learning Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)

2:35pm

An Easy Way to Globalize Classroom Activities: Intercultural Virtual Exchange for 21st Century Global Citizenship Berkeley - 2nd Floor Global Virtual STEM Classroom and Global Team-Work as 21st century skills Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Photo Storytelling: Images Tell Amazing Stories Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)

4:00pm

Give Your Students a Global VOICE! Arlington - 2nd Floor Music production for NON Musicians! Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)

6:00pm

Reception at FableVision FableVision

7:00am

Continental Breakfast Mezzanine - 2nd Floor

8:30am

Announcements w/ Alan November and Keynote with Geetha Narayanan - Innovations for Insights: 5Ws and an H (Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

10:20am

Less (Teaching) Is More (Learning) Georgian - 2nd Floor WoW in School: The Hero's Journey Continues Clarendon - 2nd Floor

11:45am

Building Biodiversity Knowledge and Tools for 21st Century Learning Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Empower Your Students To Connect, Create and Collaborate With Each Other Arlington - 2nd Floor Introduction to Creating and Publishing with iBooks Author Terrace - Lower Lobby

1:10pm

Crowdsourcing Edu Content Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Harnessing the power of the teacher and student voice to create a truly collaborative teaching environment. Arlington - 2nd Floor

2:35pm

Who Owns the Learning Georgian - 2nd Floor YOU MATTER: 2 Words Changing Learning and Lives Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)

4:00pm

10 Important Things Librarians Should Teach This Year Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Be a Photography Artist/Genius in Under an Hour Terrace - Lower Lobby Reboot, Read, Write Arlington - 2nd Floor

5:30pm

Topic/Question & Tool Hands-on Gatherings (BYOD) Boston Park Plaza

9:00pm

Annual BLC Bash (sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

7:00am

Continental Breakfast Mezzanine - 2nd Floor

8:30am

Announcements and Keynote with Eli Pariser (Sponsored by ePals) Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

10:20am

Eli Pariser's Keynote Follow up Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor Habitudes for Leading and Learning in the 21st Century Georgian - 2nd Floor Kids Teaching Kids: Empowering Students through Screencasting Arlington - 2nd Floor

11:45am

An entire PROFESSIONAL production studio in your pocket! REALLY! Terrace - Lower Lobby Empower Your Students To Connect, Create and Collaborate With Each Other Statler - 2nd Floor

1:10pm

Bling v Bang! - Where’s the Learning? How Can You Tell? Terrace - Lower Lobby Build a Robust Learning Library with Diigo Arlington - 2nd Floor Empathy: The 21st Century Skill Georgian - 2nd Floor The State of Play: How Gaming Can Enhance Learning Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) United Classrooms: The Australian Connection White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)

2:30pm

Closing Keynote w/ Alan November & Special Guest, Greg Whitby (sponsored by ePals) Imperial Ballroom - 2nd Floor

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