Virtual Conference

Register for the Virtual Conference

Can't make it to DC? Join us online for the first ever NBPTS Virtual Conference!

Not everyone can make the trip to Washington, DC. With that in mind, NBPTS is offering a Virtual Conference option. Attend online at home, or join a group of your colleagues together in one room to attend. You can attend live, interact with other virtual attendees online, and ask questions to the presenter in the room along with the attendees in DC.

The Virtual Conference offers all seven general sessions, two concurrent sessions to choose from during each of the concurrent session time slots through lunch on Saturday, and pre-recorded video and professional development to watch at your leisure. Have questions? Visit the Frequently Asked Questions Virtual Conference section.

Virtual Conference Schedule (all times are EDT)

Thursday, July 28, 2011
1:30 pm 2:50 pm Opening General session with Dan Pink
3:00 pm 4:45 pm Network with other online attendees/view additional online content
4:45 pm 6:00 pm General session with Diane Ravitch

Friday, July 29, 2011
8:00 am 9:30 am General session with Sarah Brown Wessling, 2010 National TOY

9:45 am - 11:00 am Concurrent sessions (choose 1 of 2)

EITHER Patrick Ledesma - Affecting Education Policy: Lessons from the US Department of Education TAF Program
OR Mary Ann Joseph - Wired for Analysis: New Tools for Reflection

11:15 am - 12:30 pm Concurrent sessions (choose 1 of 2)

EITHER Sandra Dean - Teachers and Education Policy: Finding our Voice

OR Jennifer Van Pelt - No More Lists! Generative Vocabulary Instruction for All Content Areas

12:30 pm 2:00 pm General session with Karen Cator

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Concurrent sessions (choose 1 of 2)

EITHER Leah Van More - Implementing Practical Differentiated Instruction Strategies

OR Tom White - Blogging for Teacher Leadership

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Special General Session with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

4:45 pm – 6:00 pm Concurrent sessions (choose 1 of 2)

EITHER Holly Gamble - Closing the Achievement Gap through Take One!

OR Julie Ramsay - Empowering Students with Web 2.0 to Create, Collaborate, and Communicate

Saturday, July 30, 2011
8:00 am - 9:30 am General session with Pedro Noguera
9:45 am - 11:00 am Concurrent sessions (choose 1 of 2)

EITHER Jill Harrison Berg - The Boston Teacher Leadership Certificate: Teachers as Resources for District Reform
OR Teresa Petty - Using Technology Tools with Colleagues, Students and Parents

11:15 am 12:15 pm Concurrent sessions (choose 1 of 2)

EITHER Elizabeth Foster - Team Up for 21st Century Teaching & Learning
OR Jacie Maslyk - STEAM: A Hot Topic in Education

12:30 pm 2:00 pm General session with Linda Darling-Hammond

If you miss a session, don't worry, you can view the recording later. However, we encourage as much live participation as possible, so you can ask questions of the presenters and discuss the content in the chat room with your fellow virtual attendees. You can always view the concurrent session from each slot that you didn't attend at a later date as well.

Need to register for the virtual conference with a purchase order?

If you need to register for the virtual conference using a P.O., email us at conference@nbpts.org and we can help.