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7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Mezzanine - 2nd Floor Check-in & BLC Information Center Open BLC Information Center - 2nd Floor

7:15am EDT

BLC Orientation Session Georgian - 2nd Floor

8:15am EDT

Welcome and Keynote - Dr. Yong Zhao Imperial Ballroom

10:20am EDT

A Play2Learn Scavenger Hunt Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Classroom Activities Go Global: Blending Everyday Teaching and Learning with Virtual Cross-cultural Collaboration Activities Arlington - 2nd Floor Crowdsourcing edu content Ideas for activating your network to not only connect but to create Terrace - Lower Lobby Keynote Follow up with Dr. Yong Zhao Imperial Ballroom Shift Happens: Are you in denial? And for how long? Berkeley - 2nd Floor Writing Across the Curriculum and the Common Core Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Your school library--mobile, flipped, and curated Statler - 2nd Floor Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Common Core Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Creativity and Academic Excellence White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Using the iPad for Assessment Clarendon - 2nd Floor How apps can empower change and even save students! Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Using the Power of Story to Advocate for the Most Critical 21st Century Skills - The "4C's" - Plus 1 Georgian - 2nd Floor

10:30am EDT

Exploring the Googleverse Plaza Ballroom

11:00am EDT

Better Feedback, Stronger Interactions and Faster Grading Plaza Ballroom

11:30am EDT

Make the Web Work for You with IFTTT! Plaza Ballroom Book Signing - Peter Reynolds Mezzanine - 2nd Floor

11:45am EDT

BYOB (Build Your Own Blend): Tinkering with Time, Place, Path & Pace for Student-Owned Learning Georgian - 2nd Floor Creating a Participatory Culture in the Primary Classroom Clarendon - 2nd Floor District Wide Implementation of Google Apps for Education - Advanced Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Introduction to Personal Learning Networks & Connected Learning Arlington - 2nd Floor Teaching Literacy with Your iPad(s) Terrace - Lower Lobby A Walk Around the World Berkeley - 2nd Floor Cell Phones: The Secret Learning Weapon: White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Creative learning through Gaming Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Learn Like a Kid - 24/7 Learning Networks with Mobile Devices Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Personalized Learning: Beyond the Hype Statler - 2nd Floor

12:00pm EDT

CollabraGoogle Plaza Ballroom

12:30pm EDT

Augmented Reality, with iPads, iPhones Plaza Ballroom

1:00pm EDT

From Collector to Curator with Symbaloo Plaza Ballroom

1:10pm EDT

Common Core: Rethink Research and Engage Students Statler - 2nd Floor Small Shifts, Big Impact: Closing the Gap to Empowered Learning Georgian - 2nd Floor Students as Tech Support Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) There's A Web 2.0 Tool For That! Terrace - Lower Lobby Global Goods, Local Costs: Where Did All My Stuff Come From? Berkeley - 2nd Floor Rethinking Professional Development Clarendon - 2nd Floor Using the iPad for Assessment Arlington - 2nd Floor Club Academia - Inspiring Ideas by Students Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) How can I use Yahki to transform my 1st 5 days? White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Flipped Classroom for Real Learning... Definitions, Resources and Tools Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Oral History as a Flagship Project: The Perfect Marriage of 21st Century Technology and Traditional Historical Methods Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing)

1:30pm EDT

Open Badges Accreditation for Student Digital Leaders Plaza Ballroom

2:00pm EDT

Make the Web Work for You with IFTTT! Plaza Ballroom

2:30pm EDT

Creating Movie Trailers on the Fly for Fun and Adventure Plaza Ballroom

2:35pm EDT

Leadership: Critical processes and decisions for leadership Georgian - 2nd Floor Making Connections - Learning with Others Clarendon - 2nd Floor Media and Visual Impact Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Music Production for NON-Musicians! Terrace - Lower Lobby Web 2.0 Tools that will Rock Your Classroom White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) At the Core of Research: Reflective Note-Taking Strategies for Grades 3-5 Using Various Tools(CC) Statler - 2nd Floor Autonomous Mastery Learning in a Digital Classroom Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Building an Empathetic Student Writing Community Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Connected from the Start: Global Learning in the Primary Grades Arlington - 2nd Floor IPads meet the Common Core Berkeley - 2nd Floor Get Inspired! Three Ways to Increase Student Engagement - Lesson Capture, LMS’s and Virtual Fieldtrip Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)

4:00pm EDT

Book Signing - Alan November Mezzanine - 2nd Floor Advanced Searching For Inquiry Meets The Common Core White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Apps for the Classroom Statler - 2nd Floor At the Core of Research: Databases and Wikis are Cool Tools that work for Grades K-2(CC) Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Collaborative Learning - Google Tools and the Common Core Arlington - 2nd Floor I think, therefore I teach Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Reading Aware Clarendon - 2nd Floor The Three Pillars of Web Literacy and the Common Core - Part One: Advanced Search Techniques that Promote Deeper Thinking Terrace - Lower Lobby What's All This Change About In The Library? Georgian - 2nd Floor Oral History as a Flagship Project: The Perfect Marriage of 21st Century Technology and Traditional Historical Methods Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Twitter as a Class Building Tool Berkeley - 2nd Floor Awakening Your Creative Genius Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)

6:00pm EDT

Duck Boat (Purchased Tickets Only) Downtown Boston Reception at FableVision FableVision