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=Plymouth Public Schools= =BLC Conference 2009 (Building Learning Communities)= =Sessions Attended by Julia Zangl Colby=

**Wednesday, July 29 Keynote: Benjamin Zander** Check out TED Talks Video: [] "Teaching Children is God's Work" Think Outside the Box -- What assumptions am I making that I don't know I am making? Rule No. 6: Don't take yourself so seriously. Book: The Art of Possibility

21st Century-Ready Students Start with the Teacher by Brad Flickinger [|www.BradFlickinger.com] Talked about how you know if someone has 21st Century Skills -- Students/Teachers? Listed St udent Skills and Teacher Skills, Roadblocks Listed Student Formula: Skills + Proof = 21st Century Skills Ready Took the Understanding by Design and Adapted to Technology Talked about providing Professional Development to Teacher -- Level 1 and Level 2 Session 2: ** Tear Down the Walls by Bob Sprankle [|http://www.bobsprankle.com/bobsprankle/index.html.] Click on Workshop Links. Wiki set up for Tear Down the Walls Has video, Slideshare, and Links http://teardownthewallsblc09.wikispaces.com/ Blog: Bit by Bit [] Very interesting presentation and worth looking at.
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**Session 3:** Wikis for Collaborative Learning Tom Daccord [] On the right are links for the session: Wikis for Collaborative Learning (pdf file), Hands-On for Beginners, Hands-On for Intermediate Talks about what is a wiki; difference between wiki and blog; 3 Options for Wikis -- Wikispaces, PBWiki is now PBWorks, WetPaint.

**Post-Conference on Wednesday:** Build A Session/Job Alike Topic: Technology Integration Jefferson Parish Public School System Wiki Training Modules set up on the wiki Suggestions: They give awards to teachers using technology Websites Discussed: Louisiana Lagniappe, Wiki; Blabberize at []; Ning; Storing Podcasts at imeem at []; Music Site at []

**Thursday, July 30** Discussed brain training - 15 minutes a day. Talked about EduQuest - Singapore Project. [] Video cameras to under 11 year olds. [|www.teachers.tv] Watch 21st Century Schools Kids do something good. Then they get videotaped talking about what they did. Put on a DVD and DVD goes home with the video. Idea: Technology Praise
 * Keynote**: Professor Stephen Heppell, Beyond the Great Crash: Why Learning Should Neer Be the Same Again

Kids Want To: Learn in Groups Learn From Friends

What Kids Want Teachers To Do: Upload a Video to YouTube and make a comment Edi a Wiki Subscribe to a Podcast Turn on or off predictive text.

Classroom of the Future will be open and colorful.

Session 4: Classroom Review: Examining Globalization with 21st Century Tools by Seth Bowers

Sessions 5: Moving from Consumers to Producers of Knowledge: What the Web is Really About by Jeff Utecht

Session 6: Advanced Diigo 4.0 Sneak Preview -- A Power Tool for Research and Knowledge-Sharing by Diigo Creators

Session 7: Lights, Camera, Learning: Movie-Making Made Simple and Fun by Marco Torres

Thursday Special Guest Keynote David Kirkpatrick, Plymouth Rock Studios

Job-Alike Session Diigo

Friday, July 31

Session 8: Creating Digital Projects for the 21st Century Classroom by Howie Diblasi

Session 9: iMovie 101: Video Production for Educators by Lainie Rowell