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Welcome to BLC16! Building Learning Communities Education Conference 2016! Join colleagues from around the world who care deeply about bringing the best innovative and practical learning resources to our students. Our 17th BLC education conference will provide you with inspiration, practical skills and expand your professional network with educators from around the world.

Tracey Winstone

International School of Amsterdam
Teacher
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tracey Winstone is a Grade 3 homeroom teacher with 16 years experience of teaching internationally. Originally trained in the UK she is currently working at the International School of Amsterdam teaching the Primary Years Programme.

5:00pm

BLC Opening Reception Grand Ballroom B - Mezzanine

6:00pm

BLC16 Presenter Briefing Clarendon - Mezzanine/2nd Floor

7:00pm

Most Likely to Succeed - a special screening at BLC16! Arlington - Mezzanine/2nd Floor

10:20am

Keynote Follow-Up with Dr. Eric Mazur Grand Ballroom A - Mezzanine The Fourth Screen White Hill - 4th Floor

11:45am

Making Thinking Visible: Engaging ALL Learners and Transforming Assessment White Hill - 4th Floor

1:10pm

#Q2Learn Cambridge - 4th Floor 2016 50-State Whirlwind Tour - Lessons Across the Country! Georgian - Mezzanine/2nd Floor Making Thinking Visible with Nearpod Whittier - 4th Floor Re-imagining Spaces for Blended Learning: The Cafe, the Studio, and the Stage White Hill - 4th Floor

2:35pm

Making Thinking Even More Visible White Hill - 4th Floor

4:00pm

Providing “Permission To Wonder”: Questions & Questioning as thinking and learning tools Terrace - Lower Level Sketchnoting for Reflection Clarendon - Mezzanine/2nd Floor

8:30am

Thursday Keynotes Grand Ballroom A - Mezzanine

10:30am

GeekSox: Beyond the Curriculum Stuart - 4th Floor

11:45am

Women in EdTech Whittier - 4th Floor

1:10pm

Developing Digital Portfolios Cambridge - 4th Floor

2:35pm

Humor As An Assessment Tool: Part Deux Clarendon - Mezzanine/2nd Floor It's Computer Science, Not Rocket Science Georgian - Mezzanine/2nd Floor

4:00pm

Bots, Code, Robots - How Much Fun Is This? Statler - Mezzanine

7:30pm

Global Speed Networking Georgian - Mezzanine/2nd Floor

9:00pm

BLC Bash Georgian - Mezzanine/2nd Floor

10:20am

Keynote Followup with Linda Liukas Grand Ballroom A - Mezzanine Microblogging, Movies and Math Terrace - Lower Level Transform Learning - Teaching Above the Line Georgian - Mezzanine/2nd Floor Minecraft Education Edition: Rethinking Minecraft, Rethinking Learning Arlington - Mezzanine/2nd Floor

11:45am

Digging into Diigo Berkeley - Mezzanine/2nd Floor Growth Mindset in the Elementary Classroom - How to Transform the Thinking of Your Students and Yourself Stuart - 4th Floor Problem-Based Authentic Learning: Real, Meaningful Instruction Connected to Standards Whittier - 4th Floor

1:10pm

Making is Not Enough: Building a Culture of Creators Schoolwide Arlington - Mezzanine/2nd Floor Transforming Learning: Six Questions Georgian - Mezzanine/2nd Floor