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EXPANDINGTHE BOUNDARIESOF LEARNING.
SUMMER CONFERENCEBOSTON, JULY 2008
WELCOME BLUENOSE CONTEST WINNERS!
Winning entries will be featured on Thursday’s dinner cruise!
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Welcometo Blc 08
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Faces in the Crowd ................................................................................................................................................................................................................2General Inormation .............................................................................................................................................................................................................3Main Conerence Schedule ....................................................................................................................................................................................................5Map o Newton Marriott .....................................................................................................................................................................................................6Pre-Conerence Schedule. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................7Main Conerence Day-At-A-Glance ......................................................................................................................................................................................9Keynote Presenters ................................................................................................................................................................................................................15Corporate Sponsors ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................16Pre-conerence Workshop Descriptions .................................................................................................................................................................................17Main Conerence Workshop Descriptions .............................................................................................................................................................................19November Learning Services .................................................................................................................................................................................................39Dear Colleague,It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2008 Building Learning Communities Conerence. It is an honor to have you with us.My hope is that by the end o the week, you will have made new riends, built global partnerships and shared creative ideas orempowered teaching and learning. Get ready to have your brain tickled with ideas rom around the world.BLC rst started as a ‘jam session’ o ideas between riends and education colleagues. oday it has grown into somethingtruly special. Tis is our biggest conerence to date, as well as our most international. We have representatives rom Australia,Belgium, El Salvador, India, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, and rom across the US andCanada. We encourage you to talk to new colleagues at lunch, during breaks, on the cruise – take advantage o the talent andconnections that surround you. ruly immerse yoursel in this amazing community. Friendships and networks made at BLCcan be steadast and long lasting – just ask some o the olks that keeping returning year ater year.Our team has worked hard to put together a world class program. We have some o the most prestigious leaders in our eldat BLC08. And I’m not just reerring to our keynote presenters. Our line-up o breakout speakers eatures amazing talent.Plus not to be missed are the practitioner’s sessions. We have opened up these workshop slots to you - our registered participants - to help showcase and celebrate some o theprojects you are working on in your communities. Grab a morning cup o coee and go share with your local and international colleagues. We sincerely wish to apologize or any congestion that may occur during the 2008 Building Learning Communities Conerence. We were promised that we would haveaccess to a new our hundred seat ballroom or this year’s conerence. We just recently ound out that due to building permit delays that we would not have access to thatballroom. When we were told we could not use the ballroom we closed o registration or the conerence. Still, you may experience some overcrowding in the session roomsas a result o the new ballroom not being ready or occupancy. We are truly sorry i that occurs.Tis will not happen in the uture. Next year we are moving to the Park Plaza Hotel. Te Park is a beautiul, historic hotel in downtown Boston. Te Park Plaza willprovide us with more rooms as well as new programming and entertainment options. Again, on behal o the November Learning eam and mysel let me apologize or thisunortunate situation.Our program is designed to have an immediate and long range impact on improving teaching and learning. We appreciate your eedback. I there is anything we can do tomake your stay with us more enjoyable please let me or one o our team members know.Here’s to a truly global and empowering experience!
Sincerely,
Alan C. November
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