This is our second of two episodes with Mitchel Resnick, LEGO Professor of Learning Research, head of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Laboratory and BLC10 opening keynoter. In this episode, Mitch discusses the need for schools to find a balance between being open to new ideas and being able to focus again [...]
This is our first of two episodes with Mitchel Resnick, LEGO Professor of Learning Research, head of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Laboratory and BLC10 opening keynoter. In this episode, Mitch discusses the origin of the visual programming tool, Scratch. Additionally, he explains how the “creative thinking spiral” and this engaging tool [...]
Visit this link for the January 18th, 2010 edition of November Learning News. In this issue, we invite you to:
Learn more about BLC10 keynoter Rahaf Harfoush.
Contribute to Alan’s upcoming book, Students as Contributors: The Digital Learning Farm.
Learn more about and schedule an NL Mini-Conference at your school or in your district.
Contribute to Haiti relief efforts.
We are pleased to announce our keynoters for BLC10.
Rahaf Harfoush has accepted our invitation to travel from Geneva to share her insights as a key member of President Barack Obama’s campaign media team. Her extensive knowledge of building social networks provides critical insight into building empowering learning environments. She is also the author of the [...]
Do to a possibility of rain this evening, the location of tonight’s concert has changed. The location will be at Jordan Hall.
Go out the main hotel door on St. James Ave. Walk one block and take a right on Berkley St. Cross the street to get to the Arlington T-stop. Take the Heath St. train [...]
This year, we are working to give you more opportunities to make your time with us at BLC09 as helpful as possible. One way we are doing this is through our new Build-A-Session and Job-Alike opportunities. On Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, we are opening up time for you, our participants, to organize meetings around common [...]
Here we are, merely weeks away from our 10 year anniversary of BLC. We have just completed putting together our conference program, we are finalizing details for all of our events and we are ready to welcome all of our national and international friends. This year, we will host representatives from Australia, Bahrain, China, Croatia, [...]
We are announcing that due to concern over the nation’s current economic situation and in response to budget planning for this year, we have again extended our early registration pricing of $695 until June 15th. After June 15th, registration will be adjusted to $745. We will not raise costs after this point. The $795 price [...]
Just a quick announcement that EduBloggerCon will be back at BLC09. This free event is being held at the Boston Park Plaza on Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Whether you arrive early to BLC and want to jump in with both feet or if you are a local not attending [...]
