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Concurrent Session Guide

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

Friday, November 18
Pre-Conference Workshops

Workshops
8:30 AM
to
12:45 PM

Location:
Westin Hotel



Breaks: various times, 9:45-10:15 AM

Brain and Learning
(P, K-16)
21st Century Instruction
(P, K-16)
Thinking in Young Children
(P, PreK-6)
Executive Function
(P, K-16)
Creative Teens
(RP, 6-12)
Reading ghj_amp Literacy Skills
(RP, PreK-12)

Part I ghj_amp II: 8:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Brain Reaserch and the Learner-Friendly Classroom


David A. Sousa, EdD



Room:
Commonwealth
Ballroom C (Concourse)

Part I ghj_amp II: 8:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Instruction and Curriculum Tools for 21st Century Minds and Brains


Judy Willis, MD, EdM and Jay McTighe, MA



Room:
Commonwealth
Ballroom A-B (Concourse)

Part I ghj_amp II: 8:30 - AM 12:45 PM

How to Think: A Cognitive Approach to Prevention of Early High-Risk Behaviors in Young Children


Myrna Shure, PhD


12:45 PM Book Signing



Room: Hancock
(Lobby Level)

Part I ghj_amp II: 8:30 - AM 12:45 PM

Building the Eight Pillars of Capable Young Minds

Adam J. Cox, PhD



Room: Webster
(Lobby Level)

Part I: 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Creativity as Inside-the-Box Thinking: Implications for Education


Robert W. Weisberg, PhD

Part II: 10:00AM - 12:45 PM

The Creative Teen: Sparking, Harnessing, and Directing Creativity in the Classroom

Willy Wood, MA



Room: Stone (Lobby Level)

Part I: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

New Literacies for a New Time

Donald J. Leu, PhD, Et Al


Part II: 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

NeuroFuture

John D.E. Gabrieli, PhD

Part III: 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

How Digital Technologies Are Redefining Reading Disorders

Joanna Christodoulou, EdD and Samantha G. Daley, EdD



Room: Otis
(Lobby Level)

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own)
Friday, November 18- Conference Day 1
Opening Keynote Addresses: Teaching and Training 21st Century Minds
1:30 PM Welcome: Daniel A. LaGattuta, PhD, President, Public Information Resources, Inc.
Opening Remarks: Kenneth S. Kosik, MD, The Neuroscience Research Institute, UCSB

1:45 PM
to
2:45 PM

Keynote Address I: Teaching, Learning and Leading in the 21st Century
Tony Wagner, EdD

Room: Grand Ballroom (Concourse)
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Networking Coffee Break and Book Signing
3:00 PM LEARNING ghj_amp the BRAIN Foundation and IMBES present the 2011 Transforming Education Through Neuroscience Award
Award Presenter: Kurt W. Fischer, PhD, Harvard Graduate School of Education

3:05 PM
to
4:00 PM

Keynote Address II: Training Brains: Improving Behavior, Cognition and Neural Mechanisms of Attention in Lower SES Children
Helen J. Neville, PhD

Room: Grand Ballroom (Concourse)

4:05 PM
to
5:30 PM

Keynote Address III: Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World
Heidi Hayes Jacobs, EdD

Room: Grand Ballroom (Concourse)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Dana Alliance "Meeting of the Minds" Reception and Book Signing (Grand Ballroom Foyer)
Saturday, November 19 - Conference Day 2
Morning Keynote Addresses: Instructing Creative ghj_amp Innovative Minds
8:30 AM Welcome Remarks: Mariale M. Hardiman, EdD, Co-Director, Neuro Education Initiative, Johns Hopkins University

8:30 AM
to
9:45 AM

Keynote Address I: 21st Century Skills: The Imperative for Teaching Creativity and Innovation in Schools
Charles K. Fadel, MBA

Room: Grand Ballroom (Concourse)
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Networking Coffee Break, Poster Sessions and Book Signing

10:15 AM
to
11:15 AM

Keynote Address II: Creative Brains: Maximizing Imagination and Innovation in Students
Shelley H. Carson, PhD

Room: Grand Ballroom (Concourse)
11:15 AM
to
12:30 PM
Keynote Address III: Shine: Using Brain Science to Get Imagination and the Best From Your Students
Edward M. Hallowell, MD

Room: Grand Ballroom (Concourse)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) and Book Signings
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 'A'

A Sessions 1:45 PM
to
5:30 PM




(Breaks: Various times, 2:45 - 4:00 PM)

Future Minds and Skills
(P, K-16)
Creative and Gifted Minds
(RP, K-16)
Critical Thinking Minds
(RP, K-12)
Global, Cultural and Moral Minds
(RP, K-16)
Training and Teaching Minds
(RP, K-16)
Autistic Minds with Talents
(RP, PreK-16)

Part I: 1:45 -3:15 PM

21st Century Skills: The Imperative for Teaching Creativity and Innovation in Schools

Christopher J. Dede, EdD

Part II: 3:30-5:30 PM

21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times

Charles K. Fadel, MBA and Bernie Trilling, MA



Room: Grand
Ballroom A

Part I: 1:45-2:55 PM

How the Gifted Brain Learns in the 21st Century

David A. Sousa, EdD


2:55 PM Book Signing


Part II: 3:10-4:10 PM

The Neuroscience of Creativity, the Arts and Learning

Kenneth S. Kosik, MD

Part III: 4:10-5:10 PM

Habits of Mind Taught in the Art Studio: Do They Transfer?

Ellen Winner, PhD

Panel Discussion: 5:10-5:30 PM

Room: Commonwealth

Part I: 1:45-2:55 PM

Education for Thinking

Deanna Kuhn, PhD


Part II: 3:10-4:10 PM

Empowering Students with Networked Learning for Critical Thinking

Martha Stone Wiske, EdD

Part III: 4:10-5:10 PM

Creating Critical Explorers in the Classroom

Eleanor R. Duckworth, PhD

Panel Discussion: 5:10-5:30 PM

Room: Grand Ballroom B

Part I: 1:45-2:45 PM

Culture, History and Psychological Fitness

Jerome Kagan, PhD

Part II: 3:00-4:00 PM

Dogmatism in the Global Age

Don Ambrose, PhD

Part III: 4:00-5:00 PM

Developing the Ethical Minds of Adolescents

Scott C. Seider, EdD

Panel Discussion: 5:00-5:30 PM

Room: Seaport Hotel

Part I: 1:45-3:45 PM

Brain Research to Help Students Develop Their Highest Cognitive Potential

Judy Willis, MD, EdM

3:45PM Book Signing



Part II: 4:00-5:30 PM

Technology as Tools to Shape Tomorrow's Minds

Suzy Cox, PhD

Room:
Grand Ballroom C-D

Part I: 1:45-2:45 PM

Electro-physiological ghj_amp Neuroimaging Tools for Early Autism ID ghj_amp Treatment

Charles A. Nelson III, PhD

Part II: 3:00-4:30 PM

Maximizing Success with Autism

Stephen M. Shore, EdD


Part III: 4:30-5:30 PM

Autistic Brains: Visual Talents, Intelligence and Reasoning Skills

Isabelle Soulieres, PhD

Room:
Webster (Lobby Level)

Sunday, November 20 - Conference Day 3
Morning Keynote Addresses: Teaching Thinking, Moral ghj_amp Global Minds
8:30 AM Welcome Remarks: Kurt W. Fischer, PhD, Harvard Graduate School of Education
8:30 AM to 9:45 AM Keynote Address I: Five Minds for the Future
Howard E. Gardner, PhD

Room: Grand Ballroom (Concourse)
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Networking Coffee Break, Book Signing and Poster Sessions
10:15AM to 11:15AM Keynote Address II: Critical Thinking and 21st Century Skills
Daniel T. Willingham, PhD

Room: Grand Ballroom (Concourse)
11:15AM to 12:15PM Keynote Address Part III: Alone Together: A Meditation on the Future of Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
Sherry R. Turkle, PhD

Room: Grand Ballroom (Concourse)
12:15PM to 12:45PM Panel Discussion: How Can Schools Promote the Cognitive Skills Students Need to Compete in the 21st Century?
Room: Grand Ballroom (Concourse)
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) and Book Signing
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 'B'
B Sessions 1:45 PM to 5:00 PM



(Breaks: Various times, 2:45 pm -3:15 pm)
Future Minds and Skills
(RP, K-16)
Creative Minds and Teaching
(RP, K-16)
Thinking Minds and Technology Tools
(RP, K-16)
Global, Cultural and Moral Minds
(RP, K-16)
Training Minds: Brain ghj_amp Reading
(P, PreK-6)
LD/Gifted Minds: with Talents
(P, PreK-16)

Part I: 1:45-2:45 PM

Mind in the Making: The Essential Skills Every Child Needs for the Future

Ellen Galinsky, MS

2:45PM Book Signing



Part II: 3:00-4:00 PM

Grounding 21st Century Learning in Good Thinking

Robert Swartz, PhD


Part III: 4:00-5:00 PM

Helping Students Develop Their 21st Century Minds

Erich Engelhardt, MA, EdD

Room:
Grand Ballroom B

Part I: 1:45-3:00 PM

Innovative Teaching: Implications of Creativity Research in the Classroom

Mark A. Runco, PhD

Part II: 3:15-5:00 PM

The Creative-Artistic Brain: Education in the 21st Century

Mariale M. Hardiman, EdD

Room: Grand Ballroom C-D

Part I: 1:45-2:45 PM

Leveraging 21st Century Tools to Meet the Needs of Struggling Math Students

David A. Dockterman, EdD

Part II: 3:00-4:00 PM

Learning from Scratch: Tools for 21st Century Skills

Natalie Rusk, PhD

Part III: 4:00-5:00 PM

The Promise of Technology in Developing 21st Century Skills

Betsy Hill, MA, MBA and Curtis Boehmer, MA

Room:
Seaport Hotel

Part I: 1:45-2:45 PM

Social Brain: Implications of Cultural Differences for Education ghj_amp Learning

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD

Part II: 3:00-4:00 PM

Educating Students as Citizens of the World

Kurt W. Fischer, PhD

Part III: 4:00-5:00 PM


Teen Brains: Thinking ghj_amp Reflection in the Global Age

Thomas J. Cottle, PhD

Room:
Commonwealth Ballroom

Part I ghj_amp II: 1:45-5:00

Five Facts about the Reading Brain and What These Mean for the Classroom

Willy Wood, MA

Room:
Grand Ballroom A
Part I: 1:45-2:45 PM

Seeing What Others Do Not See: Engines of Discovery for the 21st Century

Thomas G. West, MA

2:45 PM Book Signing

Part II: 3:00-4:00 PM

Connections Between ADHD and Creativity

Holly A. White, PhD

Part III: 4:00-5:00 PM

Different Minds: Creative Talents of Gifted with LD

Dierdre V. Lovecky, PhD

Discussion:

4:45-5:00 PM

Room: Webster