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Welcome to BLC17! We hope you have an amazing experience! Mark the dates: BLC18 will be here in Boston July 22, 2018 through July 27, 2018!

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7:00am EDT

BLC Information Center Open - Information and Registration Georgian Coat Room

7:30am EDT

Continental Breakfast Grand Ballroom B

9:00am EDT

Wednesday Keynote - Zoran Popovic Grand Ballroom A

10:20am EDT

Harju - Breakout EDU - It's Time for Something Different Boylston Bates/Richardson - Growth Mindset in the Elementary Classroom - How to Transform the Thinking of Your Students and Yourself Berkeley Gorman - STEM, STEAM, Makers...Transforming STEM from Nouns to Verbs Terrace Kirr - What's the Big Hoopla Over Genius Hour? Arlington Krause - Mindfulness: Beyond the Buzzword: How mindfulness and empathy-driven movements have been re-shaping education Whittier Lirenman - Self Assessment with the Littles? Absolutely! Stuart Norris/Soloway - It’s About Time: Technological Support for Orchestrating and Leveraging the 1-to-1, Face-to-Face Classroom Newbury Polansky - Authentricity: Beyond the Curriculum Cambridge Reynolds - U Tick Georgian Rosenthal-Tolisano - Blogging as Pedagogy Clarendon Salva - Kahoot! Deeper Uses Beacon Hill Wilkie - #Q2Learn: Students driving their thinking & learning through “Q”uestioning; the essence of an innovative learning environment White Hill Zoran Popovic - Further Conversations Grand Ballroom A

10:30am EDT

Starling - Our Littlest Innovators Statler

11:00am EDT

Robichaud - Makerspaces for any subject Statler

11:30am EDT

Yates - Implementation Ups and Downs Statler Paul and Peter Reynolds - Book Signing Mezzanine

11:45am EDT

Harju - Breakout EDU - It's Time for Something Different Boylston Cassidy - 1,1 Robots Are Fun; 1,2 Coding is Too; 1,2,3 Learn with Me Arlington Clark/Walmsley - The 5 Essential iLearning Workflows Beacon Hill Dunbar - Liberating Genius in Action! Berkeley Leighton/Picillo - Tools for the Blended Classroom Stuart Merrill/Van Ledtje - The Power of the Selfie Center: Moving from a Self-ME to a Self-We Terrace Mull - Making Thinking Visible with Nearpod White Hill Rosenberg - From Passive to Active: Applying Learner-Centered Principles to Cultivate Self-Directed Environments Whittier Roshan - Data driven: using analytics to inform & personalize instruction Clarendon Rothstein - What’s the Most Powerful Learning Technology? The Question Georgian Stubbs - Cultivating Curiosity: Practical strategies for deeper student engagement Grand Ballroom B Swanson - 21st Century Problems Cambridge Winstone/Worsnup - Developing Digital Portfolios St. James

12:00pm EDT

Silverman - Out with the old, in with the new: Realizing Your Organization’s Vision Through Change. Statler

12:30pm EDT

Stearns - Looking At the Mathematical Practices Through the Eyes of A Reading Teacher Statler

1:00pm EDT

Thompson - Your 'Happening' Classroom-Share with iMovie on iPad Statler Joy Kirr - Book Signing Mezzanine

1:10pm EDT

Wilkie - Digging In to the 1st 5 Days…and Beyond! Terrace Baird - Digital Portfolios: Mindful Practices to Develop Reflection and Oracy Skills Beacon Hill Dailey - Collaboration and student engagement: Defining, leading and delivering change Grand Ballroom B Gallagher - Student Data Privacy for the Techie Teacher Berkeley Gould - Are 'U' Ready To Lead For A Sustainable Future for Our Children St. James November - Clearing the Confusion between Technology Rich and Innovative Poor: Six Questions Georgian Rowell - Google Classroom: Community Space That Inspires, Empowers, Engages (And Makes Teachers’ Lives Easier) Arlington Teuber - Make it Real Clarendon Wassmann - Learning CAN Be Fun: Passion Projects Stuart Watrous - Education Innovation Alliance Developing 21st Century Leaders - Learn, Lead, and Innovate to become a 21stCentury District Whittier Ziemke - The Evolution of Literacy in a Digital Age: Read the World NOW White Hill

1:30pm EDT

Jones-Pisano - 10 Lifesavers in 20 Minutes! Classroom Management Strategies that Work! Statler Harju - Breakout EDU - It's Time for Something Different Boylston

2:00pm EDT

Pierides - Creating a Joyful School Statler

2:30pm EDT

T.A.Edison Students - Ship in a Box Statler Alan November - Book Signing Mezzanine

2:35pm EDT

Brennan - Mentoring Passion Beacon Hill Clavello - Leading with Intent and Intuition…Even When You Are not in Charge Terrace Cummings/Lane - The Steam Engines Collaborative: How one school district created a mentoring community for the students that crosses all grade levels. Cambridge Eist - Student-run Virtual Tutoring Program White Hill Everlove - Empowered Personalized Learning for ELA K-5 Arlington Gutierrez - Collaborating on Designing Inclusive Media Berkeley Hale - Upgrade Your Curriculum with Glocal Perspectives Clarendon Kuropatwa - Providing “Permission To Wonder”: Inquiry as thinking and learning tools Georgian Shaver-Hood - Global Education: Connecting Classroom Across Cultures St. James Silk - Bits 'n Pieces Stuart Zimmerman - Student Designers Whittier

2:45pm EDT

Harju - Breakout EDU - It's Time for Something Different Boylston

4:00pm EDT

Harju - Breakout EDU - It's Time for Something Different Boylston Asavavatana - Yes They CAN! Code, Create, and Make in Early Childhood! Terrace Baird - Nurturing Self-directed Professional Development Beacon Hill Cassidy - Connected From the Start Arlington Cooper - Serious Play: Humor as an Assessment Tool White Hill McCurdy - The Creative Learning Exchange: Empowering students to educate students Clarendon Silverman - Promoting Student Growth Through Inquiry, Authentic Learning and Reflection Berkeley Swanson - Digital Wisdom Cambridge Taylor - Developing Strategic and Critical Thinking Skills via Clash of Clans St. James Wassmann - Mindfulness: For Our Staff or Students? Whittier

5:30pm EDT

Meet in the Lobby to walk to FableVision Main Lobby

6:00pm EDT

FableVision Reception FableVision Studios