Nancy+at+BLC09




 * Wednesday July 29**
 * Keynote: Benjamin Zander - A Metaphor for Leadership

Creating Immersive Learning Environments with Mixed Media - David Jakes, Coordinator of Instructional Technology, South High School, Glenview, IL**

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 * Tear Down the Walls - Bob Sprankle, Technology Integrator, Wells Elementary School, Wells, ME**


 * Web 2.0: New Tools for Schools, Howie Diblasi, Educational Technology Trainer and Speaker, Durango, CO**

I didn't go to this session (although I wanted to), but found this SlideShare Presentation from the workshop here: []
 * The P.O.D.s Are Coming!, David Truss, Vice-Principal, Maillard Middle School, Coquitlam BC, Canada**


 * Job-A-Like: Scratch

__Thursday, July 30__**


 * Keynote: Professor Stephen Heppel - Centre for Excellence in Media Practice at Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK** (also cousin to Who's drummer)
 * Beyond the Great Crash: Why Learning Should Never Be the Same Again**

Diigo - a collaborative research tool that integrates tags and folders, highlighting and clipping, sticky notes and group-based collaboration []
 * Find, Share, and Save Information: Online Knowledge Management for the 21st Century, Lainie Rowell, Consultant and Trainer, November Learning, Newport Beach, CA**


 * Moving from Consumers to Producers of Knowledge: What the Web is Really About, Jeff Utecht, Elementary Technology and Learning Coordinator for the International School, Bangkok, Thailand**

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 * Twitter: Establishing Your Personal Learning Network, Liz Davis, Director of Academic Technology, Belmont Hill School, Belmont, MA and Lisa Thumann, Senior Specialist in Technology Education CMSCE, Rutgers Univesity, Piscataway, NJ


 * Lights, Camera, Learning: Movie-Making Made Simple - And Fun! Marco Torres, Teacher, Creative Director Media Coach, Sylmar CA**

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 * Keynote: The Future of Story in a Snack Culture World, David Kirkpatrick, Chairman and Executive Managing Officer, Plymouth Rock Studios, Plymouth, MA**


 * Job-A-Like: Diigo**


 * __Friday, July 31__**


 * Connective Learning - An Introduction to Google Tools in Education, Brian Mull, Director of Innovation, November Learning, Slidell, LA**

Knowledge in the Age of the Internet**
 * Keynote: David Weinberger, Fellow at Harvard's Berkman Institute for Internet and Society, Cambridge, MA

tr.im/dkblc09 or []
 * Forget Best Practice: It's All About Beta Baby! Clarence Fisher, Grade 7/8 Teacher, Snow Lake MB and Darren Kuropatwa, Department Head, Mathematics, Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute, Winnipeg MB, Canada**