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Building Learning Communities 2013

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

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

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 Flipped Classroom for Real Learning... Definitions, Resources and Tools Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing)

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)

4:00pm EDT

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

10:20am EDT

Going Global - Learning Together in the Early Years Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Inquiry is the Heart of Learning: Practices from International School Classrooms Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Keynote Follow up with Dr. David Weinberger Imperial Ballroom Learning Should Feel Like Play. Reducing Student Anxiety Levels Through the Flipped Model. Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Research, Inquiry and the Common Core: A Collaborative Journey and Smackdown Terrace - Lower Lobby Telling Photo Tales Berkeley - 2nd Floor The three essential tech tools to create, collaborate and update student learning Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing)

11:45am EDT

Digital Portfolios: Not Just for Primary Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Global Education Leadership Challenge from the Perspective of Global Educators Clarendon - 2nd Floor Google Apps on the iPad Arlington - 2nd Floor The Future School Terrace - Lower Lobby

1:10pm EDT

Creating a HS App Programming Computer Elective Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Ideas to meet the Core Curriculum in Language Arts Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) iPad Apps To Support Literacy Strands Georgian - 2nd Floor Let's Start at the Very Beginning - Creating a Learning Environment for Young Learners(CC) Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) ThinkENG Clarendon - 2nd Floor Understanding Student Aspirations: Enhancing the Learning Environment Through Student Voice Statler - 2nd Floor

2:35pm EDT

Authoring Digital Content in the Early Years Stuart - 4th Floor (C wing) Building a Student Learning Network (SLN): Collaborating, Comprehending and Connecting in a Digital World. White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) From 1:1 to 1:World Georgian - 2nd Floor Making Video Instruction a Less Passive Experience Statler - 2nd Floor Quality feedback using technology Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) STEM Meets PBL At The Common Core Berkeley - 2nd Floor

4:00pm EDT

At the Core of Research: Media Literacy for Grades 6-8 (CC) Arlington - 2nd Floor Common Core: Finally Time for PBL Statler - 2nd Floor Creative RightENG the Core Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Models and Probes: Getting Ready for the Common Core St. James - 4th Floor (C Wing) Teachers and Students as Curators: Finding and Employing New Information and Resources for the Digital Classroom Berkeley - 2nd Floor The iPad Journey: An Honest Story Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) The Three Pillars of Web Literacy and the Common Core - Part Two: Developing Organized Learning Libraries with Diigo White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing)

10:20am EDT

An entire PROFESSIONAL production studio in your pocket! REALLY! Statler - 2nd Floor Enabling Student Empowerment and Achievement - Google Apps and Hapara Teacher Dashboard St. James - 4th Floor (C Wing) Keynote Follow-up with Alec Couros Arlington - 2nd Floor Keynote Follow-up with Kathy Cassidy White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Online Learning and What Works for Kids in a Global Classroom Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Storyfinding Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) What makes learning great? A journey through provocative learning and planning student-owned curriculum topics Georgian - 2nd Floor

11:45am EDT

Building Reading Communities using Subtext Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Global STEM Classroom Collaboration Technology and 21st century skills Whittier - 4th Floor (C wing) Keynote Follow up with Tom Barrett Arlington - 2nd Floor Keynote Follow-up with Catlin Tucker Terrace - Lower Lobby Sensing Science: Temperature Readiness for K-2 St. James - 4th Floor (C Wing) The Three Pillars of Web Literacy and the Common Core - Part Three: Using Twitter to Extend Learning Beyond the Classroom White Hill - 4th Floor (C wing) Tiny Researchers: Creating Mindful Researchers in the Age of Common Core Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing)

1:10pm EDT

Be a Fear Fighting Facilitator: How to Empower Teachers to Overcome Fear, Learn from Failure and Take Risks Beacon Hill - 4th Floor (A wing) Building Your Common Core “Apptitude” Statler - 2nd Floor Common Core: Flip Instruction and Create a Student-Centered Classroom Terrace - Lower Lobby Do You Really Know Your Students? Flipping the Classroom to Increase Personalization. Cambridge - 4th Floor (A wing) Managing Complex Change in Technology Integration through Harnessing the Inherent Influence of Building Leaders. Berkeley - 2nd Floor The First Five Days Georgian - 2nd Floor Being Smart with Graphs St. James - 4th Floor (C Wing)

2:35pm EDT

Reflection and Next Steps Imperial Ballroom