Chris Anderson
New York City, NY
TED Conferences
Speakers
The 2012 Building Learning Communities Conference is designed to have an immediate and long range impact on improving teaching and learning. What first started as a ‘jam session’ of ideas between friends and education colleagues has grown into something truly special. It’s a real treat for those who love learning.
Featured BLC12 Speakers
Keynoter
Geetha Narayanan
Bangalore, India
Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology
Eli Pariser
Brooklyn, NY
New Organizing Institute
Host
Alan November
Marblehead, MA
November Learning
| Note | Below you will find the speakers from BLC11. It will be updated when our 2012 speakers have been selected. |
Speakers from BLC11 Conference
| Aaron Sams | Teacher, Woodland Park Schools, Florissant, CO |
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| Alan November | Senior Partner, November Learning, Marblehead, MA |
| Andrew Zuckerman | Principal, Lawrence Middle School, Lawrenceville, NJ |
| Angela Maiers | Independent Consultant, Maiers Educational Services, Des Moines, IA |
| Annamaria Schrimpf | Director of Educational Technology, Winchester Public Schools, Winchester, MA |
| Ben Woo | Art/Enrichment Teacher, Lafayette Regional School, Franconia, NH |
| Betty-Lou Ayers | Consultant, Edmonton Public Schools, Edmonton, Canada |
| Beverly Knox-Pipes | Assistant Superintendent, Genesee Intermediate School District, Flint, MI |
| Bill Fowler | Director of Global Education, Cisco Systems, Inc., Orange County, CA |
| Brad Ovenell-Carter | Head and World Literature Teacher, Think Global School, San Francisco, CA |
| Brian Mull | Director of Innovation, November Learning, Slidell, LA |
| Camilla Gagliolo | Instructional Technology Coordinator, Arlington Public Schools, Washington, DC |
| Carolyn Staudt | Curriculum Developer / Professional Development, The Concord Consortium / KidSolve, Inc., Concord, MA |
| Cathleen Richardson | Chief Innovation Officer, Cre8tiv Educational Services, Atlanta, GA |
| Chris Anderson | TED Curator, TED Conferences, New York City, NY |
| Chris Bell | Assistant Director, eLearning, Julian Charter School, Yorba Linda, CA |
| Chris Burnett | Mount Clemens Junior High School, Language Arts Chairperson, Mount Clemens, MI |
| Dan November | Student, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Marblehead, MA |
| Darren Kuropatwa | Digital Learning Consultant, Manitoba Education, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Dave McCollom | Education Evangelist, TechSmith, Lansing, MI |
| Denise Altobello | Co-Director of NOLA Travelwriters and NOLA Tweens; English Teacher, Trinity Episcopal School, New Orleans, LA |
| Devin Schoening | K12 Instructional Coach, Council Bluffs Community School District, Council Bluffs, IA |
| Donna Deeds | Executive Director, Blue Valley School District, Overland Park, KS |
| Douglas Kiang | Computer Science Teacher, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI |
| Dr. Eric Mazur | Area Dean of Applied Physics, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| Dr. Patrick Darfler-Sweeney | Superintendent of Schools, Hunter-Tannersville CSD, Tannersville, NY |
| Eli Pariser | Online Organizer, New Organizing Institute, Brooklyn, New York |
| Elizabeth Ruvalcaba | Filmmaker/Studio Manager, Alas Media, San Fernando, CA |
| Eric Marcos | Math Teacher, Lincoln Middle School, Santa Monica, CA |
| Eric Williams | Superintendent, York County School Division, Yorktown, VA |
| Erin Olson | English Teacher, Sioux Central High School, Sioux Rapids, IA |
| Erin Schoening | Primary Years Program Coordinator, Council Bluffs Community School District, Council Bluffs, IA |
| Eryn Springer | First Grade Teacher, Armstrong Elementary School, Dallas, TX |
| Ewan McIntosh | CEO, Edu.blogs.com, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Garret Ferguson | 4th Grade Teacher, Lafayette Regional School, Franconia, NH |
| Garth Holman | 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher, Beachwood Middle School, Beachwood, OH |
| Ged Murphy | Head Teacher, Broughton Hall High School, Liverpool, England |
| Geetha Narayanan | Founder-Director, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India |
| Geoff Gevalt | Executive Director and Founder, Young Writers Project, Inc., Burlington, VT |
| Holly Ludgate | Program Director, Full Sale University, Winter Park, FL |
| Howie DiBlasi | Educational Technology Trainer and Speaker, Digital Journey, Austin, TX |
| Isa Zimmerman | Principal, IKC Advisors, Boston, MA |
| James Lerman | Director of Progressive Science Initiative, Kean University, Union, NJ |
| James Sfayer | Senior Marine Instructor, Marine Corps JROTC Program, Abraham Clark High School, Roselle, NJ |
| James Tracy | Headmaster, Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, MA |
| Jeff Horwitz | Second Grade Teacher, MICDS, St. Louis, MO |
| Jeff Utecht | Elementary Technology and Learning Coordinator, International School, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Jeffrey Beard | Manager, International Baccalaureate Organization, Bethesda, MD |
| Jennifer Beine | Director of Building Learning Communities, November Learning, Philadelphia, PA |
| Jenny Velasquez | Co-Director of NOLA Travelwriters and NOLA Tweens; History Teacher, Trinity Episcopal School, New Orleans, LA |
| Jim Wenzloff | Learning Mentor, November Learning, Macomb, MI |
| Joe Brennan | Instructor/Consultant, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| John Anderson | Professor, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
| John Davitt | Digital Toolmaker and Director, WordRoutes, London, UK |
| Jonathan Bergmann | Lead Technology Facilitator, Kenilworth Schools, Woodland Park, CO |
| Julia Leong | Creative Communications Director, , Vancouver, BC |
| Kate Seche | National Education Coordinator, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Washington, DC |
| Kathy Cassidy | Grade One Teacher, Prairie South, Moose Jaw, SK, Canada |
| Kathy Hobbs | Technology Integration Specialist, Bradford County Schools, Starke, FL |
| Keith Koehne | Principal, Mariemont Junior High School, Cincinnati, OH |
| Kelly Ford | Assistant Principal, Thompson Middle School, Middletown, NJ |
| Ken Graham | Assistant Superintendent, Hauppauge Public Schools, Hauppauge, NY |
| Kern Kelley | Education Technologist, Regional School Unit #19, Newport, ME |
| Lainie Rowell | Consultant and Trainer, November Learning, Huntington Beach, CA |
| Larisa Schelkin | Executive Director and Lead Founder, Global Technology and Engineering Consortium, Boston, MA |
| Lisa Thumann | Senior Specialist in Technology Education CMSCE, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ |
| Liz Davis | Director of Academic Technology, Belmont Hill School, Belmont, MA |
| Lorraine Orenchuk | English Teacher and Graduation Project Coordinator, Buncombe County Early College, Asheville, NC |
| Marc Prensky | Author, Speaker, Consultant, Games2Train, New York, NY |
| Marco Torres | Teacher, Creative Director, Media Coach, Torres21 LLC, Sylmar, CA |
| Maria Knee | Kindergarten Teacher, Deerfield Community School, Deerfield, NH |
| Mark Schulte | Director of Online Initiatives, Washington International School, Washington, DC |
| Mark Wise | Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction, West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District, Windsor, NJ |
| Michael Gorman | Technology Integration, Southwest Allen County Schools, Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Michael Lambert | Educator, Concordia International School Shanghai, Shanghai, PRC |
| Michael Pennington | 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher, Chardon Middle School, Chardon, OH |
| Mike Dishman | Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA |
| Mitch Resnick | Professor, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA |
| Nancy Boyle | Coordinator of 21 Century Curriculum and English teacher, Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, MA |
| Pat Gould | Member Services Consultant, ERB, Trumbull, CT |
| Pat Kyle | Deputy Secondary School Principal, KIS International School, Bangkok |
| Peggy Sheehy | Facilitator/Visionary Ramapo Islands A Virtual Learning Space on Teen Second Life, Metaversed Ltd., Suffern, NY |
| Pete Just | CTO, MSD of Wayne Township, Indianapolis, IN |
| Peter H. Reynolds | Founder & New York Times Best Selling Author and Illustrator, FableVision, Boston, MA |
| Rob Evans | Clinical and Organizational Psychologist and Executive Director, The Human Relations Service, Wellesley, MA |
| Robert Goodman | Director, New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning, Trenton, NJ |
| Rosa Ruvalcaba | Filmmaker/Educator, Alas Media, San Fernando, CA |
| Sara Wilkie | Teacher, Learning Mentor and Professional Development Coach, Birmingham Public Schools, Birmingham, MI |
| Sarah Broas | Language Arts Specialist, Easton/Redding Public Schools, Trumbull, CT |
| Seth Bowers | Director of Information & Instructional Technology, CCSD 62, Des Plaines, IL |
| Shaelynn Farnsworth | English Teacher, BCLUW, Conrad, IA |
| Shannon McClintock Miller | District Teacher Librarian and Technology Specialist, Van Meter Community School, Van Meter, IA |
| Shelley Paul | Assistant Director of IT, Woodward Academy, College Park, GA |
| Silvia Tolisano | 21st Century Learning Specialist / Independent Consultant, Martin J. Gottlieb School / Globally Connected Learning, Jacksonville, FL |
| Sonny Magaña | Head of Global Research, Promethean, Seattle, WA |
| Stacy Brown | English Teacher, Sioux Central Community School, Sioux Rapids, IA |
| Stephanie Greenhut | Education Technology Specialist, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC |
| Stephen Wolfram | Founder and CEO, Wolfram Research, Boston, MA |
| Sue Bedard | Course Director, Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL |
| Sue Howard | Instructional Technology Specialist, Thoreau School, Concord, MA |
| Sue Miller | Teacher, West Tisbury School, Martha's Vineyard, MA |
| Susan Erickson | Teacher, Thoreau School, Concord, MA |
| Tom Daccord | Educational Technology Trainer, Speaker and Author, EdTechTeacher, Chestnut Hill, MA |
| Traci Redish | Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Instructional Technology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA |
| Tracy Barbaro | Project Coordinator, Encyclopedia of Life Learning + Education Group, Cambridge, MA |
| Valerie Becker | Teacher, West Tisbury School, Martha's Vineyard, MA |