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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!

10:20am EDT

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

11:45am EDT

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

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

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

4:00pm EDT

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

10:20am EDT

Brennan - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You Need?: Design Thinking and PK-5 ELA Berkeley Clavello - Practical Things You Can Do to Lead by Example Terrace Cummings - Science Buddies: How 5th grade students became inquiry experts and spread the joy of being a scientist to lower elementary students in Pelham, NH. Clarendon Gorman - Powerful and Effective Technology Integration: The importance of Going Beyond SAMR Georgian Gutierrez - Technology and Special Education: A Shared Vision Cambridge Kirr - Shift the Culture of Your Classroom St. James Malan - Birds of a Feather Who'd Like to Share Software Together: Teaching Tools that Improve Efficiency and Outcomes Arlington McCurdy - Fostering Curiosity in Student Learning Beacon Hill Richards - Entrepreneurship as an Antidote to Grades and Knowledge Silos Whittier Rowell - Making Thinking Visible: Engaging ALL Learners and Tailoring Instruction White Hill Silk - Mini Machina Stuart Van Ledtje - Introducing…Livbit: Igniting Student Voice and Engaging Audience through Video Sharing Grand Ballroom A

11:45am EDT

Doe/Liston - Collaboration through Genius Hour and Personalized Professional Development Cambridge Kuropatwa - Things That Suck About Digital Citizenship Georgian LaPaglia - Continuing the Conversation Arlington Leighton/Picillo - Gamifying Education Berkeley Marotta - History Comes Alive through Podcasts Beacon Hill Rodriguez - Universally Designed Professional Development White Hill Salva - Refugees? Under-Schooled Learners? Boost Everyone's Achievement Clarendon Stubbs - Collaborative Classrooms: Surface to deep in 50 minutes Grand Ballroom B Taylor - Top Tips for Professional Learning Communities Newbury Venables - Content Curation - the new wave of text dependent analysis, media literacy, and social media responsibility Stuart Wilkie - Digging In to the 1st 5 Days…and Beyond! Terrace Winstone/Worsnup - Get Going with Apps Whittier

1:10pm EDT

Asavavatana/Van Ledtje - Talking “Technology”: Teaching Fluent Communicators in the 21st Century Terrace Cassidy - Digital Daily Five Whittier Clark - The Professional Passion Project Clarendon Gould - Design Thinking as an Essential Leadership Tool to Nurture Creativity and Inquiry In Schools St. James Keynote Followup with Eric Williams Arlington Quick - Standards Based Grading Using Digital Resources Cambridge Rodriguez - UDL: Universally Designed Leadership Beacon Hill Rogers - Teachers’ Perspectives on PEER Professional Development and How it Has Changed Teaching and Learning Stuart Rothstein - Better Questions, Better Decisions: Building Consensus with the Right Question Strategy Georgian Smith - When You Have Powerful Data on Your Side, Change is No Longer a Dirty Word Berkeley Starling - Promoting School Culture with Digital Literacy Newbury

2:35pm EDT

Doe/Liston - Around the World in 20 Classrooms Cambridge Kuropatwa - Providing “Permission To Wonder”: Inquiry as thinking and learning tools Georgian Lirenman - Innovate with iPad Whittier Norris/Soloway - Supporting Synchronous Collaboration with the Collabrify Construction Tools Newbury Polansky - Authentricity: Beyond the Curriculum Stuart Richards - Blended Meeting Design: Saving Time and Serving Talents Arlington Richardson - Twitter for Beginners -The Surprisingly Easy Way to Connect Your Students with the World Berkeley Teuber - Design Sprint Part 1 White Hill Vidler - Ensuring prosperity through education Beacon Hill Walmsley - Anything TV Clarendon

4:00pm EDT

Asavavatana - Yes They CAN! Code, Create, and Make in Early Childhood! Terrace Cooper - Problem Based Learning: Scaleable Inquiry! Arlington Dunbar - Global Communication and Collaboration in the Classroom with Skype Stuart Leighton - Authentic Assessment St. James November - Critical Thinking on the Web Georgian Rogers - The ABCs of Designing Rigorous Assignments that Students Love Beacon Hill Shade - Rebranding Schools through Social Media Berkeley Teuber - Design Sprint Part 2 White Hill Thompson - FUN with Augmented Reality Cambridge Valentine - Superconnect Your Education World: Leveraging the power of relationships, networks, and a learning mindset to effectively re-design the classroom to bring schools into the 21st century. Clarendon Wilkie - #Q2Learn: Students driving their thinking & learning through “Q”uestioning; the essence of an innovative learning environment Whittier

10:45am EDT

Cassidy - Microblogging, Movies and Math Arlington Dr. Robert Evans - Continuing the Conversation Grand Ballroom A Hopkin - Teaching Thinkers and Thinking Teachers St. James Marotta - Simple Technology in the Classrooms Stuart Quick - Collaboration and Engagement in a 1:1 Classroom Beacon Hill Rosenthal-Tolisano - Sketchnoting: Visual Note taking Clarendon Roshan - Using Technology to Empower Students and Personalize the Learning White Hill Spieldenner - Play, Craft, Learn with Minecraft Whittier Staudt - Sim City in the Real World Berkeley Ziemke/Van Ledtje - Digital Identity: Growing Up in a Connected Culture Georgian

12:00pm EDT

Gallagher - No Textbooks, Tests, or Paper. Just Engaged Learners. Clarendon Gorman - Inside PBL and Technology Integration...What Would Dewey Do? Georgian Hopkin - Building a Culture of Classroom Coaching St. James Mull - Using the Question Formulation Technique to Guide School Decision Making Grand Ballroom B Spieldenner - Play, Craft, Learn with Minecraft Whittier Staudt - Sensing Science Berkeley Valentine - Ahead By a Century: Innovation as a Catalyst for Change Arlington Zimmerman - Leading Legacy through Social Media: Publishing Student Work for Professional Development Beacon Hill

1:15pm EDT

Krause - Virtual Worlds & Immersive Storytelling: Mindfulness & Empathy in #VR#AR#MR White Hill Leighton - Student Self Assessment Clarendon November - Making Thinking Visible Georgian Richardson - Individual Student Blogs in Early Childhood: Creating Digital Portfolios forYoung Learners with a Focus on Digital Citizenship Arlington Smith - The Secret to Student Engagement Berkeley