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Welcome to BLC19 - Building Learning Communities Conference 2019!

12:00pm EDT

BLC Central Open Georgian Coat Room

2:00pm EDT

November - First Five Days - Part 1LIMITED BerkeleyAlan November

7:00am EDT

BLC Central Open Georgian Coat Room

9:00am EDT

November - First Five Days - Part 2LIMITED BerkeleyAlan November

7:00am EDT

BLC Central Open Georgian Coat Room

8:00am EDT

November - Transforming Learning: Six QuestionsLIMITED BerkeleyAlan November Rowell - Innovative Leadership: Cultivating a Culture of Ongoing Professional LearningLIMITED ClarendonLainie Rowell

1:00pm EDT

Rowell - Designing Innovative Learning Experiences to Engage All Learners - Bueller?... Bueller?... Bueller?... NO MORE!LIMITED ClarendonLainie Rowell

5:00pm EDT

BLC19 Registration and Opening Reception Georgian

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Statler

8:30am EDT

Announcements and Keynote - Dr. Karen Brennan GeorgianDr. Karen Brennan

10:20am EDT

BLC19 - Session 1 Boston Park Plaza Brennan - Keynote Followup ArlingtonDr. Karen Brennan Cox - Failing to Learn: An Educator and Parent's Perspective on the Value of Learning from our Mistakes Studio 1Tracy Cox Driscoll/Macchia - S.T.E.M.-ifying the History Curriculum The LoftNate Macchia • Katherine Driscoll Hall/Russac - When Intent Meets Agency: Reimagining A Curriculum Based On Social Justice ClarendonMercer Hall • Patricia Russac Reynolds/Calvin - FabMaker Crew: Paper Prototyping for STEAM-Powered Learning GeorgianPaul Reynolds • Andrea Calvin Roshan - Shifting Your Meeting Culture: Making Your Meetings More Engaging and Active TerraceRobert Pollicino • Stacey Roshan Santana - How to Build More Effective Partnerships with Families BerkeleyLuz Santana Staudt - Precipitating Change Studio 2Carolyn Staudt

11:30am EDT

Booksigning - FableVsion MezzanineAndrea Calvin • Peter Reynolds • Paul Reynolds

11:45am EDT

BLC19 - Session 2 Boston Park Plaza Bruzzese -Moving from 21st Century Skills to New Pedagogies for Deep Learning (NPDL) ClarendonSam Bruzzese Gallagher - How School Should Change in the Age of Artificial Intelligence BerkeleyKerry Gallagher Gorman - A Project Based Learning Splash: The What ... Why... and How for PBL that Works GeorgianMichael Gorman Hartrich - It's Not my Job . . .Or is it? Teaching Classroom expectations to students The LoftSharon Hartrich Marotta/Gue - Art Appreciation through City Collaboration (Montreal) Studio 1Sonia Marotta • Kish Gue Rosenthal-Tolisano - Digital Portfolios & Documenting Learning TerraceSilvia Tolisano Rowell - “What Are They Thinking?” Strategies for Transparency in Learning to Tailor Instruction and Meet the Needs of All Learners ArlingtonLainie Rowell Zapata - Encouraging and Supporting Leaders to Foster Social Emotional Learning through Technology Studio 2Christine Zapata • Jaclyn Patanio • Vincenza Gallassio

1:10pm EDT

BLC19 - Session 3 Cox - Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Studio 1Tracy Cox Freedman - Engaging Students the Learning Process ClarendonRayna Freedman Krause - Mindful by Design: Mindfulness, Design Thinking, Storytelling, Beyond the Buzzwords BerkeleyCaitlin Krause Miller - Lead the Transformation with Microsoft Edu: Engage, Empower, Optimize GeorgianJane Miller Rowell - Evolving Learner: Shifting from Traditional Professional Development to Personalized Professional Learning ArlingtonLainie Rowell Staudt - Sensing Science Through Modeling Matter Studio 2Carolyn Staudt

2:15pm EDT

Book Signing -Caitlin Krause MezzanineCaitlin Krause

2:35pm EDT

BLC19 - Session 4 Collins - Teaching by Tinkering: Creative Learning in Classrooms TerraceAlisha Collins Hall - Reflection and the Development of a Learning Mindset Studio 1Scott Hall Hartrich - Classroom Management: What they didn't teach you in college - How to eliminate unruly misbehavior and get back to instruction The LoftSharon Hartrich Joseph - Develop your Instruction Road Map BerkeleyDr. Matthew X. Joseph Kirr - Healthy Grading ClarendonJoy Kirr Lewis - Leading Students in the Power of Reflection ArlingtonKimberly Lewis November - Six Questions to Transform Leadership GeorgianAlan November Staudt - SimCity in the Real World Studio 2Carolyn Staudt

4:00pm EDT

BLC19 - Session 5 Wednesday Afternoon Social Think and Snacks GeorgianAlan November

5:00pm EDT

Evening Receptions LearnLaunch Reception and Showcase LearnLaunch, 281 Summer Street , #Floor 2, Boston, MA 02210

6:00pm EDT

FableVision Reception - 308 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210 FableVision StudiosPaul Reynolds • Andrea Calvin • Peter Reynolds

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Statler BLC Central Open Georgian Coat Room

8:30am EDT

Announcements and Keynote Panel - Scott Womack, Elliot Soloway and Cathie Norris, Shaya Zarkesh GeorgianElliot Soloway • Cathie Norris • Scott Womack • Shaya Zarkesh

10:20am EDT

BLC19 - Session 6 Agena/Zarkesh - Polyup: A Digital STEM Playground for Students and Teachers ArlingtonShaya Zarkesh • Casey Agena Baughcum - Learning Mascots: Awakening the Incredible Learner Within The LoftCarrie Baughcum (she/her/hers) Freedman/Zajac - Sketchnoting: The New Super Brain Power ClarendonKim Zajac • Rayna Freedman Gorman - Beyond the Nouns of STEM and Implementing the Verbs…What would Dewey’s STEM look Like? GeorgianMichael Gorman Hecht/Marallo - Send Your Students on a Goosechase! Studio 2Robin Hecht • John Marallo Jacobs - How To Make a DigCitImpact in Local, Global & Digital Communities Studio 1Marialice Curran • JoAnn Jacobs Joseph - Skills for Innovative Leadership BerkeleyDr. Matthew X. Joseph Krause - Beyond TED Talks: Voice, Influence and Impact TerraceCaitlin Krause Lorraine Leo - World Peace Song Project StatlerLorraine Leo

11:30am EDT

Book Signing -Caitlin Krause MezzanineCaitlin Krause

11:45am EDT

BLC19 - Session 7 Gallagher - Copyright (and fair use) in the Creative Classroom ClarendonKerry Gallagher Hall - Using Digital Tools to Build a Community Around Student Learning Studio 1Scott Hall Lewis - Launch It! Lead It! Love it! Ready to Run PD from Nearpod TerraceKimberly Lewis November - Web Literacy GeorgianAlan November Polubiec - Leadership that Supports Innovation Studio 2Jacek Polubiec Rowell - Learner-Driven Inquiry and Research: Asking Big Questions and Finding the Best Answer ArlingtonLainie Rowell Santana - Increasing Curiosity and Engagement by Teaching Students to Ask their Own Questions The LoftLuz Santana Taylor - Let Model UN Empower Learners for the 21st Century BerkeleyDavid Taylor

1:00pm EDT

Booksigning - Alan November MezzanineAlan November

1:10pm EDT

BLC19 - Session 8 Collins - Amplifying Awareness: Rethinking Classrooms as Playgrounds of Creativity, Empowerment, and Wellbeing TerraceAlisha Collins Hecht/Marallo - Keeping Kids Safe Online Studio 2Robin Hecht • John Marallo Kirr - Shift the Culture of Your Classroom BerkeleyJoy Kirr Marotta/Gue - Creativity, Communication & Collaboration: Exploring different Media and Apps targeting 21st Century Skills Studio 1Sonia Marotta • Kish Gue Miller - Microsoft Education Collaboration and Accessibility Tools to Support Education Transformation GeorgianJane Miller • Microsoft Norris/Soloway - The Collabrify Roadmap Platform: Supporting Educators in Realizing the Promises of Open Education Resources ClarendonElliot Soloway • Cathie Norris Roshan - Making Thinking Visible: Embracing EdTech to Give All Students an Equal Voice ArlingtonStacey Roshan

2:30pm EDT

Booksigning - Stacey Roshan MezzanineStacey Roshan

2:35pm EDT

BLC19 - Session 9 France - The Paradox of Personalized Learning Studio 1Paul France Hall/Russac - Maps vs Mapping: Visualizing the Complexities of Time and Place BerkeleyMercer Hall • Patricia Russac Pellettera - Teacher Leadership at Work in the Classroom: the Demonstration Classroom Teacher Program of San Bernardino City USD TerraceDr. Morgan Pellettera, NBCT Rosenthal-Tolisano - Documenting Learning: Making Thinking Visible, Meaningful, Shareable, and Amplified ClarendonSilvia Tolisano Zucker/Noyce - Teach Students to Resist Scientific Misinformation ArlingtonAndy Zucker • Pendrid Noyce

4:00pm EDT

BLC19 - Session 10 Thursday Afternoon Social Think and Snacks GeorgianAlan November

9:00pm EDT

Evening Receptions Statler BLC Bash Statler

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Statler

7:30am EDT

BLC Central Open Georgian Coat Room

8:30am EDT

Announcements and Keynote - Alan November Georgian

10:20am EDT

BLC19 - Session 11 Baughcum - My Pencil Made Me Do It: Using Visual Thinking and Doodling to Enhance Learning ClarendonCarrie Baughcum (she/her/hers) Freedman/Sockalosky - Learning is a Process Not a Score BerkeleyTracy Sockalosky • Rayna Freedman Gorman - Makerspace Possibilities: Connecting Curriculum Standards and the 4C’s to Student Making ArlingtonMichael Gorman Lyon/Oliveira - Increasing Student Engagement and Ownership with Flipgrid GeorgianKristen Lyon, MEd. • Luis Oliveira • Microsoft

11:45am EDT

BLC19 - Session 12 Darfler-Sweeney - After BLC - Maintaining the Team, Sustaining the Momentum ArlingtonDr. Patrick Darfler-Sweeney Gallagher - Teaching Media Literacy in an Era of Fake News BerkeleyKerry Gallagher Krause - VR and Travel Writing 2020: Where Discovery Meets Storytelling in Learning Worlds ClarendonCaitlin Krause

1:10pm EDT

BLC19 - Session 13 November - Sharing and Ice Cream Social GeorgianAlan November

2:30pm EDT

November - Wrap up and Next Steps GeorgianAlan November