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Pre-Conference Workshops

Friday, November 10
Location: Westin Copley Place

1) Teens & Technology

Room: Essex North (3rd Floor)

(RP, 6-12)

8:15 AM – 12:15 PM
The Practical Science of Teenage Attention in the Distracting Age of Snapchat and Instagram
Andrew C. Watson, EdM, MA

2) Agency, Making, & Makerspaces

Room: Staffordshire (3rd Floor)

(RP, K-12)

8:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Build, Tinker, Hack: Fostering Agency Through Maker-Centered Learning
Edward P. Clapp, EdD

3) Digital & Global Literacies

Room: St. George A-B (3rd Floor)

(P, K-12)

8:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Active Literacy Across the Curriculum: Connecting Print, Digital, Media, and Global Literacies, K-12
Heidi Hayes Jacobs, EdD

4) Project-Based Learning

Room: Essex Center (3rd Floor)

(P, K-12)

8:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Teaching and Hacking Project-Based Learning
Ross Cooper, EdD and Erin Murphy, EdD

5) Engaging Deep STEM Learning

Room: Independence (4th Floor)

(RP, PreK-College)

8:15 AM - 12:15 PM
CANCELED - From Snorkelers to Scuba Divers: Engaging Brains in Deeper Thinking in STEM
John T. Almarode, PhD

6) Applying the Science of Learning

Room: Essex South (3rd Floor)

(RP, K-College)

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Part I – The Science of Learning: Implications for Education
John D.E. Gabrieli, PhD

9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Part II – The Science of Learning: Strategies for Effective Teaching and Learning
Megan A. (Smith) Sumeracki, PhD

Group Facilitator: Maya Bialik, EdM

 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS GUIDE

  • (RP)=Brain Research & Practical Strategies/Interventions
  • (R)=Mostly Brain/Child Development Research
  • (P)=Mostly Brain-Based Practical Strategies and Interventions
  • (PREK=16)=Applicable Grade Levels

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change.

Conference Day 1

Friday, November 10
Location: Westin Copley Place

Opening Keynote Addresses

Keynote Room Location: America Ballroom

1:00 PM

Conference Welcome

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Keynote Address I: Bold Moves for Schools: Creating Modern Learning Spaces, Schedules, and Curriculum - Heidi Hayes Jacobs, EdD

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Keynote Address II: Hacking the Old School: Reimagining Schools and Classrooms - Mark D. Barnes, MAEd

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Networking Coffee Break, Exhibit Hall and Book Signings for Heidi Hayes Jacobs, EdD and Mark Barnes, MAEd

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Keynote Address III: From Augmented to Virtual Learning: Affordances of Different Mixes of Reality for Learning - Eric D. Klopfer, PhD

4:30 PM – 5:15 PM

Keynote Address IV: The Rise of Personal Robots in Classrooms: Implications for Education - Cynthia L. Breazeal, ScD

5:15 PM – 5:45 PM

Panel Discussion and Conversation: Transform Schools: What Kinds of Skills and Schools Will Students Need for the Future of Robotics, VR, Automation, Learning Sciences, and Rapid Technological Change?
Panelists: (Education) Heidi Hayes Jacobs, EdD and Mark D. Barnes, MAEd; (Robotics) Cynthia L. Breazeal, ScD, Chris B. Rogers, PhD, and Lisa Freed, MLA; (Virtual Reality) Eric D. Klopfer, PhD, and Caitlin E. Krause, MFA
Panel Moderator: Joseph South, PhD, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

5:45 PM – 6:45 PM

Dana Alliance Meeting of the Minds Wine & Cheese Reception

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change.

 

Conference Day 2

Saturday, November 11
Location: Westin Copley Place

Morning Keynote Addresses

Keynote Room Location: America Ballroom

8:15 AM

Welcome Remarks

8:15 AM – 9:00 AM

Keynote Address I: Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Design Tomorrow's Schools, Today - Eric C. Sheninger, MEd

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Keynote Address II: 3.0: Teaching, Learning, and Leading in Unprecedented Times - Jonathan Bergmann, MAEd

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee Break, Exhibits, Poster Sessions and Book Signings for Eric C. Sheninger, MEd and Jonathan Bergmann, MAEd

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Keynote Address III: Neuroscience Meets Technology: A Vision of the Future of Classroom Learning and Assessments - Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD

11:35 AM – 12:20 PM

Keynote Address IV: Robotics in Education: Teaching Using Robotics and Learning Sciences to Motivate Learning - Chris Rogers, PhD

12:20 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch Break (On your own) and Book Signing for Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions

1:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions ‘A’

1) Creating Tech-Rich, Future Ready Schools

Room: America North (4th Floor)

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Part I – Assess, Impact, Engage: Using Technology to Meet Diverse Student Needs
Eric M. Carbaugh, PhD
(RP, K-12)

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Part II – Transform Schools, Curriculum, and Assessments to Four Dimensions to Create Future Ready Students
Maya Bialik, EdM
(RP, K-12)

3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
Part III – Transform Learning Using AI, Intelligent Tutors, Learning Science, and Data-Driven Education
Beverly P. Woolf, PhD
(RP, K-12)

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Part IV –  Transform Schools with Learning Science, Technology, and Redesigning Environments
Jennifer S. Groff, EdD
(RP, K-12)

2) Redesigning Learning Spaces

Room: Essex South/Center (3rd Floor)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Part I – Designing Learning Spaces That Matter
Robert W. Dillon, EdD
(RP, K-College)

3:10 PM – 3:55 PM
Part II – Designing Learning Environments for School Change
David Stephen, MEd
(RP, K-College)

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Part III – Preparing Teachers for Tomorrow: Gaming, Learning Science, and Designing Teacher Practice Spaces
YJ Kim, PhD
(RP, K-College)

4:45 PM – 5:30 PM
Part IV – 15 min. Presentation: Transform Classrooms into EPIC Learning Studios
Peggy Sheehy, MLIS, MALS
25 min. Panel Discussion: Benefits and Challenges to Redesigning Learning Spaces

(RP, K-College)

3) Engaging Minds with Virtual Worlds

Room: America Center (4th Floor)

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Part I – Teaching with Immersive Augmented Realities and Virtual Environments: Preparing Students for the Real World
Chris J. Dede, EdD
(RP, K-College)

2:40 PM – 3:40 PM
Part II – Using Neuroscience with Virtual Environments for PreK-12 Teacher Training & Student Engagement
Richard L. Lamb, PhD
(RP, K-College)

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
Part III – Enhancing Science Learning Through Embodied, Mixed, Virtual Environments
Robb W. Lindgren, PhD
(RP, K-College)

4:45 PM – 5:30 PM
Part IV – Teaching High School Students to Create Virtual Worlds
Jordan Budisantoso, BA
(RP, K-College)

4) Teaching Early STEM with Robotics

Room: Staffordshire (3rd Floor)

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Part I – Engaging Children in Early STEM Education Through Interactive Robots, Tangibles, and Games
Ayanna M. Howard, PhD
(RP, PreK-5)

2:40 PM – 3:40 PM
Part II – How to Redesign Classrooms (and Robotics) to Reduce Gender Disparities in Computer Science
Sapna Cheryan, PhD
(RP, PreK-5)

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
Part III – Kids Can Code: Promoting STEM Learning in Preschoolers with Active Play
Helen S. Hadani, PhD, Deb Weber, PhD, Kate Kennedy, PhD Candidate
(RP, PreK-5)

4:45 PM – 5:30 PM
Part IV – Using Maker Spaces and Robotics to Create Meaningful Learning Experiences in Early Education
Amanda Strawhacker, PhD Candidate
(RP, PreK-5)

5) Teaching with the Science of Learning

Room: America South (4th Floor)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Part I – Transform Teaching and Assessments for 21st Century Learners
Ian Kelleher, PhD and Mariale M. Hardiman, EdD
(RP, K-12)

3:10 PM – 3:55 PM
Part II – The Science of Motivation and Learning
Christina Hinton, PhD
(RP, K-12)

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Part III – Unleash the Science of Learning: Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies to Transform the Classroom (Hands-on)
Pooja K. Agarwal, PhD
(RP, K-12)

6) Transform Digital Literacy

Room: Essex North (3rd Floor)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Part I – Putting WOW into School: Engaging Literacy with World of Warcraft
Peggy Sheehy, MLIS, MALS
(RP, 6-12)

3:10 PM – 4:10 PM
Part II – Connected, Digital, Different: Teaching Adolescents to Read and Write in a Digital World
Kristen H. Turner, PhD
(RP, 6-12)

4:15 PM – 5:30 PM
Part III – Make Writing: A Writing Workshop Redesign with Making in Mind (Hands-on)
Angela Stockman, MS
(RP, 6-12)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS GUIDE

  • (RP)=Brain Research & Practical Strategies/Interventions
  • (R)=Mostly Brain/Child Development Research
  • (P)=Mostly Brain-Based Practical Strategies and Interventions
  • (PREK=16)=Applicable Grade Levels

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change.

Conference Day 3

Sunday, November 12
Location: Westin Copley Place

Morning Keynote Address

Keynote Room Location: America Ballroom

8:30 AM

Award Ceremony: Transforming Education Through Neuroscience Award (L&B Society)

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Keynote Address: Reading and Learning After the Digital Revolution - Daniel T. Willingham, PhD

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Coffee Break, Poster Sessions, Exhibit Hall, and Book Signing for Dan Willingham, PhD

Morning Concurrent Sessions

10:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Morning Concurrent Sessions ‘B’

1) Creating Tech-Rich High Schools & Colleges

Room: Essex North (3rd Floor)

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Part I – Time, Space, and Activity: Redesigning College Classes for Flipped Learning Experiences
Robert Talbert, PhD
(RP, 9-College)

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Part II – Transforming the High School Experience: Learning Reimagined
Robert W. Dillon, EdD
(RP, 9-College)

2) Merging Making, Gaming, & Inquiry

Room: America South (4th Floor)

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Part I – Learning by Making: The Benefits of Makerspaces and Games Design for Agency and Inquiry
Kimberly M. Sheridan, EdD
(RP, K-12)

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Part II – Designing Creative Maker Environments and Experiences for Children to Support Novel Modes of Inquiry, Passion, and Expression with New Technologies
Alisha Panjwani, MS
(RP, K-12)

3) Engaging Empathy with Virtual Reality

Room: America North (4th Floor)

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Part I – Studying Empathy and Human Behavior Through Immersive, Virtual Experiences
Elise Ogle, MA
(RP, K-College)

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Part II – Virtual Worlds and Immersive Learning: Amplifying Engagement, Empathy, Mindfulness, and Storytelling with Virtual Reality in Education
Caitlin Krause, MFA
(RP, K-College)

4) Teaching STEM Skills with Robotics

Room: Staffordshire (3rd Floor)

10:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Part I – Sparking STEAM Learning: Merging Making, Robotics, Coding, and Wearables
Sue Cusack, MEd and Jacy Edelman, MEd
(RP, K-8)

5) Assessing with Technology

Room: Essex South/Center (3rd Floor)

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Part I – Hacking Assessments, Grades and Homework
Starr Sackstein, MS
(RP, K-12)

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Part II – #FormativeTech: Meaningful, Sustainable, and Scalable Formative Assessments
Monica Burns, EdD
(RP, K-12)

6) Transform Digital Literacy

Room: America Center (4th Floor)

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Part I – Byte-sized Potential in a Digital World of Possibilities (K-12)
Shelly S. Terrell, MEd
(RP, PreK-12)

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Part II – Learning Vocabulary from Educational Digital Media: The Role of Pedagogical Supports for Low-Income Preschoolers
Susan Neuman, EdD
(RP, PreK-12)

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch Break (On your own)

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions ‘C’

1) Creating Tech-Rich Classrooms

Room: America South (4th Floor)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Tasks Before Apps: Designing Rigorous Learning in a Tech-Rich Classroom (Hands-on, BYOD)
Monica Burns, EdD
(RP, K-12)

2) Designing Your Own Learning Spaces

Room: Essex South/Center (3rd Floor)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Human-Centered Learning Spaces: Designing for Students with Students (Hands-on)
Jane Zhang, MDes and Grace O’Shea, MAT
(RP, K-College)

3) Engaging Minds with Embodied VR

Room: America North (4th Floor)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Merging AR/VR with Wearables and Physical, Social Spaces
Presentations/Panel: Xin Liu, MFA (MIT), Jeff Jacobson, PhD (BostonVR), Scott W. Greenwald, PhD (MIT), Rus Gant (Harvard), and Caitlin E. Krause, MFA (MindWise)
Moderator: Caitlin E. Krause, MFA
(RP, K-College)

4) Teaching STEM with Making & Coding

Room: Staffordshire (3rd Floor)

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Part I: Engaging and Empowering Students Through Making
Diane Brancazio, MS
(RP, K-12)

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM
Part II: EXCALIBUR: Learning Beyond STEAM
Peggy Sheehy, MLIS, MALS
(RP, K-12)

5) Teaching with Robotics

Room: Essex North (3rd Floor)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Bringing Educational Robotics into Your Educational Setting (Teacher Training)
Jennifer S. Kay, PhD
(RP, K-12)

6) Transform Digital Literacy

Room: America Center (4th Floor)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Mission Possible: Getting Students to Use Technology Purposefully
(Hands-on, BYOD)
Shelly S. Terrell, MEd
(RP, K-12)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS GUIDE

  • (RP)=Brain Research & Practical Strategies/Interventions
  • (R)=Mostly Brain/Child Development Research
  • (P)=Mostly Brain-Based Practical Strategies and Interventions
  • (PREK=16)=Applicable Grade Levels

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change.