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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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5:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration and Exhibit Hall Opening, and AP Studio Art Reception

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Thursday, July 19, 2012
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8:30am - 4:00pm
AP Biology: Transitioning to Inquiry-Based Labs — New and Experienced

Art History: Experienced

Art History: New

Biology New and Experienced (2)

Biology: New and Experienced (1)

Calculus AB: Experienced

Calculus AB: New

Chemistry: Experienced

Chemistry: New

Chinese Language and Culture: New and Experienced

Computer Science A: Experienced

Computer Science A: New

English Language: Experienced (1)

English Language: Experienced (2)

English Language: Experienced (3)

English Language: New (1)

English Language: New (2)

English Literature: Experienced (1)

English Literature: Experienced (2)

English Literature: New (1)

English Literature: New (2)

Environmental Science: Experienced

Environmental Science: New

Equity and Access Colloquium

French Language and Culture: New and Experienced

French Language and Culture: New and Experienced

German Language and Culture: New and Experienced

Government & Politics: Comparative: Experienced

Government & Politics: Comparative: New

Human Geography: Experienced

Human Geography: New

Italian Language and Culture: New and Experienced

Japanese Language and Culture: New and Experienced

Latin: New and Experienced

Macroeconomics and Microeconomics: Experienced

Macroeconomics and Microeconomics: New

Music Theory: New and Experienced

Organizing Your AP Exam Administration: A Workshop for Coordinators: Experienced (1)

Organizing Your AP Exam Administration: A Workshop for Coordinators: Experienced (2)

Organizing Your AP Exam Administration: A Workshop for Coordinators: New (1)

Organizing Your AP Exam Administration: A Workshop for Coordinators: New (2)

Physics C: New and Experienced

Psychology: Experienced

Psychology: New

Spanish Language: Experienced

Spanish Language: New

Spanish Literature & Culture: New and Experienced

Studio Art: Experienced

Studio Art: New

United States History: Experienced

United States History:New

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Opening Plenary Session with Craig Kielburger

6:15pm - 7:45pm
Welcome Reception and book signing with Craig Kielburger

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Friday, July 20, 2012
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9:00am - 10:15am
A Dialogue with the Advisory Panel on Student Concerns

A Penny for Your Thoughts: Fueling Student Experiences with Outside Funding

APi: Increasing Student Success in AP Biology

Attention! Now that I Have It, How Can I Keep It and What Can You Learn?

Boot Camp Skill-Building Activities that Prepare Students for AP

Bridge to AP Calculus

Building an AP Majority High School in Three Years: An Administrator’s Guide

Challenges to Sovereignty: Globalization and Supranational Organizations

Colonial American Satire

Data-Based Decision Making: The Road to AP Equity

Differentiation Strategies in the AP Chinese Class: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners

Effective Strategies for Teaching Global Warming Concepts in AP Environmental Science

Enhancing the Interpersonal Mode of Communication Through the Thematic Approach

Five Terrific Applets for Teaching Important Statistics Concepts

Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Faulkner and Modern Poetry

Introduction to the Revised AP Spanish Language and Culture Course

Looking at Students’ Work: Assessment Strategies that Inform Instruction

Navigating Between a Literary and a Rhetorical Approach to Literature

Out of This World Physics and Calculus Applications

Powerful Formative Assessment: New Technology to Close Student Learning Gaps

Preparing for the Revised AP Biology Course

Reading War Memorials: The Rhetoric of Public Works

Results from the 2012 AP Art History Exam

Results from the 2012 AP Chemistry Exam

Results from the 2012 AP English Language and Composition Exam

Results from the 2012 AP English Literature and Composition Exam

Results from the 2012 AP European History Exam

Results from the 2012 AP German Language and Culture Exam

Results from the 2012 AP Human Geography Exam

Results from the 2012 AP Italian Language and Culture Exam

Results from the 2012 AP Latin: Vergil Exam

Results from the 2012 AP Spanish Literature Exam

Results from the 2012 AP U.S. History Exam

Results from the 2012 AP World History Exam

Strategies for Teaching the AP French Language and Culture Course in the Multilevel Class

Taming the Multiheaded Monster: Tips and Tricks for Teaching AP U.S. Government and Politics

Teaching Altered States of Consciousness to Students

Teaching Physics by Inquiry and Conceptual Challenge Model

Teaching Poetry Through Technology

Teaching the Toughest Graphs

The Progressive Era: A Project-Based Approach in Diverse Environments

Thinking About Musical Phrases, Not Merely Chords

Tools of the Trade: Using Constructivist Strategies and Internet Resources

Upcoming Developments and Changes in the AP Program and Open Q&A

Vertical Teaming for AP Studio Art Success

10:45am - 12:00pm
Activities that Motivate Students to Speak

AP 2-D Design with Photography as the Medium

Building and Sustaining College Readiness Pathways

Building Cultures of Thinking in the Japanese Classroom

Combining the Technological World with the AP World: Meeting AP Students Halfway

Creating a College-Going Culture Through Expanding AP

Creating a Hybrid Course

Designing Instruction for AP Biology

Effective Vertical Articulation: The Journey to AP Success

Engaging Human Geography Students in Economic Geography Concepts

Enhancing Literary and Cultural Analysis in the Revised AP Spanish Literature and Culture Course

Exploring Science and Technology in AP Spanish Language and Culture

Formative Feedback: Involving AP Teachers as Partners to Increase Student Achievement

Future Direction of the AP Physics B Course

Historical Thinking Skills: There’s an App for That

Interacting with Grammar

Magnum Opus: Sight-Reading Techniques for the AP Latin Course

Managing the Paper Load for Rookie Rhetoricians

Pre-AP® Science: Climb the Ladder to Success with Inquiry

Project-Based Learning

Putting Student Success at the Core of Strategic Instruction

Reading, Writing and Detecting

Results from the 2012 AP Calculus AB and BC Exams

Results from the 2012 AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam

Results from the 2012 AP Computer Science A Exam

Results from the 2012 AP Microeconomics and Macroeconomics Exams

Results from the 2012 AP Statistics Exam

Results from the 2012 Psychology Exam

Results from the 2012 U.S. Government and Politics Exam

Strategies for Addressing the Theme of Beauty and Aesthetics Using Authentic Resources from Bénin

Structuring an Effective AP Art History Framework

Teaching and Assessing Interpersonal Communication

Teaching Taylor’s Theorem

The Ear Is Quicker than the Eye

The Journey of a Thousand Miles ...

Understanding the Revised AP Chemistry Course

Using National History Day to Enhance AP History Programs

Using Online Government Resources for Inquiry-Based Lessons in AP Environmental Science

Using Social Media to Improve AP Writing

Using Technology in AP Classes: Beyond the Internet

Without a Net: Testing the Limits of AP for All

“It’s the Economy, Stupid”: How To Teach Political Economy to AP Comparative Government and Politics Students

“Peopling” as a Theme of AP U.S. History

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Plenary Session with Dr. Tony Wagner

3:30pm - 4:45pm
"Alea Iacta Est": The New AP Latin Curriculum Framework

Active Learning Activities for Introductory Psychology

AP and Higher Education: Leveraging Data to Inform Policy

AP Report to the Nation: A Closer Look at the Nation and Florida

Argument Analysis in the AP English Literature Classroom

Art and Art History Visual Resources via Technology

Calculus, Computers, and Collaboration

Cities of Dream: Urban History and AP U.S. History Themes

Connecting Contemporary Art to the AP Studio Art Portfolios

Creating Blockheads in AP U.S. History and AP English Language and Composition

Developing Academic Success Targeting Diverse Learners in AP

Ear Training and Music Literacy

Emphasizing Contextual Analysis in the Teaching of Literature and Culture

Every Document Tells a Story

Exploring Nash Equilibria Without Dominant Strategies

Extreme Makeover: Shifting to Open Enrollment or AP for All

Have AP Experience, Will Travel: Opportunities for AP Teachers to Work Internationally

High School AP Academy: Building Excellence

Leadership and the American Presidency

Linearizing in AP Physics B and C

Moving Your AP Classroom from Technology 1.0 to Technology 2.0

Performance Assessments to Integrate the Modes of Communication

Primary Source Gold

Putting Student Success at the Core of Strategic Instruction

Resources and Best Practices for Teaching the Population Unit

Results from the 2012 AP Biology Exam

Results from the 2012 AP Environmental Science Exam

Results from the 2012 AP French Language and Culture Exam

Results from the 2012 AP Japanese Exam

Rigor or Rigor Mortis

Scaffolding Inquiry to Increase Student Success in the AP Science Classroom

Strengthening an AP Program

Teaching Satire with "The Onion"

Teaching the New AP Chemistry Course with Inquiry

The Art of Questioning

The Art of the Excerpt

The First Week of AP Calculus

The Power of Voice Against the Voices of Power: Orwell and Kincaid

Thematic Lesson Ideas for the AP German Classroom

Tools for Two Common Student Mistakes on the AP Exam

Using Authentic Materials in the AP Classroom

Using Media Texts to Teach Literary Analysis

What Did You Expect? The Importance of Using Rubrics in AP Computer Science

Write from the Start

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Saturday, July 21, 2012
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9:00am - 10:15am
Active Learning to Deepen Understanding and Motivate Students

AP Computer Science: Principles

AP Exam Security

Argument with the World Versus Argument with the Self: The Rhetoric of Poetry

Assessment and the New AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam

Balancing Interests in Global Sustainable Development

College Readiness for All Students

Culture of Spanish Language Teaching: Sharing Resources from Outside the United States

Designing Thematic Instruction with Authentic Resources: Personal and Public Identities

Enhancement, Not Replacement

Flipping the Lab in AP Biology and AP Environmental Science

In Their Shoes: Simulation and Role-Playing Strategies

Increasing Opportunities for Underserved Students

Interactive Reader-Response Journaling Using Social Media

Interdisciplinary Units for the AP Italian Course

Mirabile Visu! Resources for the New AP Latin Course

Modus Operandi for Part Writing

Motivate Heritage Students with Tailored Curricula and Strategies

NASA Data and Problems in AP Labs and Free-Response Questions

Political Philosophy and U.S. Government

Preparation for All

Results from the 2012 AP Calculus AB and BC Exams

Results from the 2012 AP Comparative Government and Politics Exam

Results from the 2012 AP English Language and Composition Exam

Results from the 2012 AP English Literature and Composition Exam

Results from the 2012 AP Physics Exams

Results from the 2012 AP U.S. History Exam

Rhetoric and Argument: The 1960s American Civil Rights Movement

Sanity Check — A Coordinator’s Guide to Staying Sane

SAT Subject Tests™ in Math: Complementing AP Math

Statistics Applications of Space Exploration

Teaching and Assessing Presentational Communication

The AP Spanish Language and Literature Student: Strategies for Success

The Canonical and the New

The Foreign Currency Market

The Web of Connections Across the Art History Curriculum

Upcoming Developments and Changes in the AP Program and Open Q&A

Using 21st Century Skills to Look to the Past

Using Google Online Software to Facilitate Collaborative Learning

Using Manipulatives to Improve Student Understanding of Continuity

Using Student Technology to Accomplish Writing Objectives in AP World History

Using Visual Aids to Illustrate Key Concepts

Varied Approaches to Critiquing for Success

Web-Based Authentic Materials for Success from Pre-AP to AP Japanese

10:45am - 12:00pm
A Thematic Approach for AP Italian: Science and Technology

Approaches to Teaching José Martí’s “Nuestra América”

Bridging the Gap Between Pre-AP and AP Courses

Classroom Simulations for American and Comparative Government

Common Assessments and Data Reporting Aligned to Ensure AP Success

Culturally Responsive Teaching: Highlights for Black/Brown Students

Defining Best Practices: Supporting AP Teachers Through Mentoring

Developing Quality Multiple-Choice Questions for the New AP Biology Curriculum

Differentiating Instruction

Discovering Species Richness and Evenness Through Herpetological Survey

Enhancing the AP Classroom Using C-SPAN’s Online Resources

Experiential Blended Learning: Local History and Online Collaboration

Five Areas of Focus for the DBQ

Flipping the AP Chemistry and AP Physics Labs

Francophone Techniques and Resources: The View from Abroad

Getting Beyond Source A, Source B and Source C

Going Digital: The ELA Classroom Without Borders

Incorporating Prereading and Prewriting Strategies

Inspect What You Expect: What to Look for in Rigorous Instruction

Instructional Strategies to Build Collaboration in Online Courses

Interpreting Tables and Graphs in AP Calculus

Literacy Strategies for Nontraditional AP Students

Liu Method: A Reading Strategy for Rhetorical Analysis

Money Creation

Overview and Updates of AP Development in China

Podcasting in the World Language Classroom

Power and Authority in Medieval Art

Raising AP History Scores by Dispensing with Lectures

Reach the Higher Levels of Inquiry in Cell Respiration and Photosynthesis Laboratory Investigations

Results from the 2012 AP Spanish Language Exam

Results from the 2012 AP Studio Art Reading

Results from the 2012 Free-Response Portion of the AP Music Theory Exam

Scaling Word Walls: Breaking Down the Vocabulary Barrier

Seeking Complexity and Nuance in Contemporary Literature

Statistical Analysis of the Real World

Staying Positive About Teaching Biological Psychology

Strategies to Increase AP Computer Science Enrollment

Teaching and Assessing Interpretive Communication

Teaching the Hell out of Inferno

Technology, Formative Assessment and Data Collection with the TI-Nspire Navigator

The Emancipation Proclamation and AP U.S. History Themes

The Last Station: Argentina’s Ghost Towns and Urban Decay

Using Online Labs with Physics Free-Response Questions

Vocabulary Work for Seen and Sight

Weaving AP Students into a World of Excellence

12:15pm - 2:15pm
AP District Awards Luncheon and Plenary Session

2:45pm - 4:00pm
A Collaborative Approach to AP Computer Science Free-Response Questions

A New Approach to Teaching Chemical Equilibrium

Active Learning Strategies for AP Economics

Advanced AP Calculus Inquiry Using Technology

AVID and AP: Closing the Achievement Gap

Balancing Rigor with Student Wellness

Cheap and Powerful Inquiry Lessons for AP Science

Chicken Soup for the Sans-Satire Student Soul

Classroom Activities from Level 1 to AP

Crafting Historical Arguments

Differentiation Strategies for All Students

Diverse Learners in AP Physics — Plan for Success

Driving Students to Academic Excellence in AP Calculus and Beyond

Easing Urban Students into AP Reading Skills

Faulkner and the Contemporary AP Literature Student

Incorporating Backward Design into Curriculum Development

Innovative Online Science Labs Deliver Compelling Exam Scores

iPads in the Hands of AP Instructors and Learners

Motivating Students to Enroll in AP Courses

Narratology: A Way into the Prose Prompt

Navigating the New Waters

Rhetorical Reading of Primary Documents

Sharing Pictures and Lessons: Using a Networked Digital Library for AP Art History

Subtle but Important Distinctions in AP Statistics

Taking Positions: Engaging Students in Real-World Sustainability and Development Issues

Teaching Timed Writing: Gradual Release of Responsibility Model

The Artistic Process: Decide for Creativity

Two Birds, One Stone: Using Released AP World History DBQ’s to Teach Content

Two Schools and Two Plans to Promote Achievement

Underrepresented Students and Closing the Achievement Gap

Using Web-Based Tools in AP Spanish Literature

Utilizing NASA Mathematics and Science to Promote Cultural Diversity

Visual Works in AP Spanish Language and Culture

Why Not Us?

Winging Your Way to a Successful Year in AP Psychology

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Sunday, July 22, 2012
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8:30am - 4:00pm
AP Biology: Transitioning to Inquiry Based Labs - New and Experienced

Biology: New and Experienced

Building an AP® Program: A Workshop for Administrators -- Experienced (1)

Building an AP® Program: A Workshop for Administrators -- New

Calculus BC: Experienced

Calculus BC: New

European History: Experienced

European History: New

Government & Politics: U.S.: Experienced

Government & Politics: U.S.: New

Interpersonal Communication in Pre-AP® World Languages and Cultures

NOSCA: Use of Data as a Tool for Systemic Change for School Counselors

Physics B: Experienced

Physics B: New

Pre-AP® Interdisciplinary Strategies for English and the Social Sciences

Pre-AP® Strategies in English: Beyond Acronyms: Inquiry-Based Close Reading

Pre-AP® Strategies in English: Composition

Pre-AP® Strategies in English: Differentiated Instruction in Middle School Language Arts

Pre-AP® Strategies in English: Rhetoric

Pre-AP® Strategies in English: Writing Tactics Using SOAPstone

Pre-AP® Strategies in History and the Social Sciences: Crafting Historical Arguments

Pre-AP® Strategies in Mathematics: Analyzing and Describing Data

Pre-AP® Strategies in Mathematics: Developing Algebraic Thinking

Pre-AP® Strategies in Mathematics: Rate

Pre-AP® Strategies in Mathematics: Using Technology to Understand Systems of Linear Equations

Pre-AP® Strategies in Science: Energy Systems

Pre-AP® Strategies in Science: Inquiry-Based Labs

Pre-AP® Strategies in Social Studies: Using Visual Materials in Middle School Classrooms

Pre-AP® Strategies: AP Vertical Teams® in World Languages and Cultures

Pre-AP®: Advanced Topics for Vertical Teams® in Mathematics - Assessments

Pre-AP®: Advanced Topics for Vertical Teams® in Social Studies - Developing Reading Habits

Pre-AP®: Effective Thinking Strategies for All Students

Pre-AP®: Instructional Leadership: Using Data to Improve Student Performance

Pre-AP®: Interdisciplinary Strategies - Argumentation and the Writing Process

Pre-AP®: Setting the Cornerstones for the AP Vertical Teams®

Statistics: Experienced

Statistics: New

World History: New and Experienced (1)

World History: New and Experienced (2)

8:30am - 4:30pm
Building an AP® Program: A Workshop for Administrators -- Experienced (2)

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