flat classroom project presentation: ecis 2007
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Julie Lindsay
Head of Information Technology
Qatar Academy
European Council of International Schools Conference, Madrid November 2007
Flat Classroom Menu Flat Classroom Concepts and 21st
Century Learning Ideals Global Collaboration 3.0 Flat Classroom Project 2006 Horizon Project 2007 Flat Classroom Project 2007 Flat Classroom Pedagogy: The Seven
‘C’s’ of a flat classroom Student examples
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Julie Lindsay
Head of Information Technology
Qatar Academy
A Cultural Exchange: Dune bashing near the inland sea in Qatar
Produced with animoto.com
Video available:
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The Flat Classroom Concept
David Warlick, ‘Flat World, Flat Web, Flat Classrooms’http://www.slideshare.net/dwarlick/flat-world-flat-web-flat-classrooms/
21st Century Learning Objectives
Blooms Revised Taxonomy
21st Century Standards
Engages students with the real world data, tools, and
experts they will encounter in college, on the job, and in life--
students learn best when
actively engaged in solving
meaningful problems
http://21stcenturyskills.org
Framework for 21st Century Learning
From Kim Cofino and ‘Always Learning’http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2007/10/04/essential-understandings-for-21st-century-literacy/
21st Century Literacy's
ISTE NETS.S: The Next Generation
“What students should know and be able to do to learn effectively and live productively in an increasingly digital world……”
Creativity and InnovationCommunication and CollaborationResearch and Information FluencyCritical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision MakingDigital CitizenshipTechnology Operation and Concepts
“Knowledge sharing among students can be a major source of content and pedagogy.”“Jousting for the New Generation:Challenges to Contemporary Schooling”By David Loader
You Know Your Classroom is Flat if…
You and your students use Twitter, Meebo, MSN, Google Chat and other forms of ‘instant’ messaging to communicate with each other and around the world
http://twitter.com/flatclassroom
You Know Your Classroom is Flat if…
You expect to hear from your students via a Ning message rather than an email
http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com
You Know Your Classroom is Flat if…
There is no need to go into lengthy demonstrations of new software.
Good software is intuitive, students get bored with you talking so the best thing to do is let them play and explore it
You Know Your Classroom is Flat if…
You and your students expect to have regular, if not daily, conversations with teachers and students from other countries
Level the ‘Playing Field’ Culturally Emotionally Pedagogically
Provide equal opportunities for ALL participants to succeed
Provide the engagement and competitive element to want to succeed
Global Collaboration: A ReviewGlobal Collaboration 1.0 • Individual classroom work with some commonalities with partner(s)• Shared online via common website• Coordinated by central body e.g Epals, Cyberfair• Some minimal interaction between participants• Low-level use of technology and online tools for interaction
Global Collaboration 2.0• Classrooms get to know another class(es)• Connections and interactions (synchronous and/or asynchronous) are more common and planned• Working towards a shared goal e.g. iEARN Learning Circles
Global Collaboration 3.0• Fully engaged teachers who communicate with all participants• Use of Web 2.0 tools for communication, interaction and creation• Different classrooms globally work together on a theme/project• Common assessment objectives• High expectations for connectivity and collaboration on teachers and students• Extended community partners included• Output may be individual but includes input from others• Output uses multimedia and attempts to make a difference to the immediate or extended environment
Global InteractionDo it, don’t just talk about it
Flat Classroom Project
Julie Lindsay, Qatar Academy
Vicki Davis, Westwood Schools, Georgia, USA
Wiki-centric Global Collaboration using Web 2.0 Tools
Thomas FriedmanThe ten forces that flattened the world
Flat Classroom Project featured pgs 501-503Chapter called “If it’s not happening, it’s
because you’re not doing it”
Let’s join our student’s together from the ‘other side of the flat world’
And the result has fundamentally changed the way we as individual educators approach what we do in the classroom…..how we do it…..and who we do it with……
Education cannot be in isolation…..
HolisticMulticulturalTrans-disciplinary
"I never teach my pupils, I only provide the conditions in which they can learn" Albert Einstein
Flat Classroom Project 2006
Westwood Schools, GA, USA
International School Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://flatclassroomproject2006.wikispaces.com/
Project Requirements
WIKIcontent creation and editing
MULTIMEDIA ARTIFACToutsourced video clip
REFLECTIONEVALUATION
Flattener #2 The new age of
connectivityTopic #1 Connecting the
world online Topic #2 How the WWW has changed the worldFlattener #3
Work Flow Software Topic #3
How workflow software has enhanced productivity and
communicationFlattener #4 Uploading
Topic #4 The changing shape of information
Topic #5 Why we should be promoting Web 2.0 tools for
sharing information
Topics
Flattener #5 Outsourcing Topic #6
Globalization and outsourcing
Flattener #9 Informing
Topic #7Google takes over the world #8: Personal learning environments
and social networking
Flattener #10 The steroids Topic #9 Mobile and ubiquitous
Topic #10 Virtual communication Topic #11 Wireless connectivity
Topics
Flat Classroom Project 2006 in Review
Video available from:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xgc7ERRrLmQ
Casey and Cannelle: The ‘C’ Team Virtual Communication
Casey and Cannelle’s introduction video available fromhttp://flatclassroomproject2006.wikispaces.com/Virtual+Communication
Flat Classroom Project transforms into Horizon Project
Flat Classroom Project 2006 Horizon Project 2007
2 classrooms 22 students 4 judges Wiki-centric Individual rubric
assessment
5 classrooms 56 students 35 educators as judges,
sounding board coaches, researchers and advisors
Wiki-centric Ning for teacher
interaction Elluminate for
synchronous interactions Common rubric
assessment
Horizon Project 2007A trip to the future where we envision, create, and discuss what this future will look like with classrooms around the world.
http://flickr.com/photos/oceanflynn/315385916/
Key Trends Studied
User-Created ContentSocial Networking
Mobile Phones
Virtual WorldsNew Scholarship and Emerging Forms of Publication
Massively Multiplayer Educational Gaming
Keynote Speaker
Five Classrooms
Twenty Judges
Peer Review
Sounding Boards
Six Emerging
Trends (Topics)
Student Project
Managers
Advisory Panel
Researcher Panel
Journalist Panel
Awards Ceremony Student
Summits
Thirty-Five Educators
Fifty-Six Students
Horizon Project Elements
2020 is on the Horizon
Karl Fisch: Horizon Project Keynote Speaker
http://horizonreport.wikispaces.com
Student Summit andAwards Ceremonyhttp://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/Student+Summit
Flat Classroom Project 2007
http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com
Flat Classroom Project 2007
21st Century Literacy's
Editing and updating previously created information (Mass collaboration, 21st century literacy skill)
Creating Digital Stories using the 6 senses of the conceptual age from Daniel Pink's book, A Whole New Mind
Post Project Reflection evaluation of the process and the project
Daniel PinkThe six senses of the conceptual age
In the Pink: Right Brain Concepts
Focus on digital storytelling and one of the concepts:
1. Design and Innovation
2. Story and Empathy
3. The ‘Fun Factor’
Design MattersDean Shareski: Flat Classroom Project 2007 Keynote Speakerhttp://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Keynote
A ‘How To’ Guide
With specific examples from Flat Classroom Project 2007
The Seven ‘C’s’ of a Flat Classroom
Connect
Communicate
Cooperate
Contribute
Collaborate
Create
Celebrate
Preparing for and Surviving a Flat
Classroom Project
http://123elearning.blogspot.com/2007/10/seven-cs-for-surviving-flat-classroom.html
Connect
‘Handshake’ across the world
http://flickr.com/photos/asmundur/530443409/
Use a variety of tools to foster and maintain the connections•Flat Classroom Ning•Wiki discussion tabs•Instant messaging•Email•Airset.com Calendar
Connect
http://flickr.com/photos/gevella/818185039/
Issues include -
Time zones
Cultural differences
Teacher readiness
Class readiness
Changing the Shape of Social Learning
http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com
The Straw, the Camel and the Ning
From this……… To this…..advertisement free networking environment for education
Read the full story: http://123elearning.blogspot.com/2007/11/straw-camel-and-ning.html
Are you a member of the Flat Classroom Ning?
“Social Networks…Profile design”By Sara T
Summary: Want to know what makes a good interesting profile? What is it that attracts people to your page? And what features do social networks have that create and make communication effective? The answers to these questions with examples are all found in this video. Remember Design Matters!Location: Qatar Academy in Doha, QatarOutsourced Video Segment: Christopher T. From the Westwood School in Camilla.
Create: Design and InnovationPersonal Learning Environments and Social Networking
Video can be found at: http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/PLEs+and+Social+Networking#tocPLEs%20and%20Social%20Networking5
Connect: Student Audio Introductions
All audio introductions can be found on the Flat Classroom Ning at:http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/
Communicate
Wiki discussion tab
Communicate
Elluminate.com as a synchronous connection tool
Communicate
“But what if they think we are all terrorists??”
Communication Issues“I haven’t heard from a team member”
Communicate OFTEN, CLEARLY,
RESPONSIBLY
“I don’t understand what they are saying”
“My father told me if someone says bad words to me I am to say bad words back”
“I was sharing some Flat Classroom experiences with colleagues last night over dinner. We were talking about curriculum reform and School 2.0 requirements. It dawned on me that we need to be creating these opportunities for students to interact with others and communicate and collaborate in order to learn more about what life is like in all parts of the world. We need to be promoting innovation and creativity and move into higher order thinking rather than robotic-style teaching. My Grade 10 Flat Classroomers this semester were meant to be doing a unit of work focusing on Adobe Premiere and video making. I 'transformed' this unit into the Flat Classroom so that we could participate. This means we will not be learning Premiere in as great a depth. But hey, what would you rather be doing, learning Premiere or helping to dispel the myth that all Middle Easterners are terrorists via a pro-active network of youth who are part of the future of this world??”
Flat Classroom Diaries
Cooperate Wiki discussion
Cooperate
Why did you delete stuff off
the wiki?
BTW I didn’t delete
anything
Sorry for accusing you, the history
makes it look like you
OMG I JUST SAW THE
HISTORY ON THE
WIKI..Really sorry for any
problems
ContributeWiki history
Message to students……
Contribute to your team by recording short video clips for your partners to use in their videos. Do not be a non-contributor and lurk somewhere in the darkness.
Come out and be part of the construction.
Contribute
Collaborate
Ning discussion
CollaborateSounding Boards around the world
Brandt SchneiderUSA
Chrissy HellyerNew Zealand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g8rVNhewys
Create: Story and EmpathyGoogle Takes Over the World
“A Day That Sage Found Google” by Analisa Watkins
Summary: This a video promoting the Google search engine. This video clearly shows how Google can be of service to all students and how it can take you into a different world. It’s clips are made to be seen as a flip book in order to imitate a story book.
Producer: Analisa WLocation: Los Angeles County High School, Los Angeles CA.Outsourced video clip:
Yara H, Qatar Academy in Qatar
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEkzZp91HJU
Create: Story and EmpathyWorkflow Software
“Workflow Software and Students”By Fatma M (Toomie)
Summary: Software Software Software.... what will students EVER do without it? With this video we can see EXACTLY what we have taken for granted.
Location: Qatar Academy. Doha, QatarOutsourced Video Segment: Gracie S, Westwood Schools, Georgia
http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Work+Flow+Software#tocWork%20Flow%20Software8
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm8UzTZB9tY
Create: Design and InnovationConnecting the World Online
“A Ring For Jimmy”By Amalia B
Summary: Jimmy needs help with his project about Georgia. Will he make technology of the year 2052 work for him? Find out in this 1950s-style educational video of the 2050s!
Location: Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, USAOutsourced Video Segment: Gillian F. from WW, USA; Rawan Z. from QA, Qatar
http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Connecting+the+World+Online#tocConnecting%20the%20World%20Online4
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ucLysHyUM
http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/PLEs+and+Social+Networking#tocPLEs%20and%20Social%20Networking8
Create: Design and InnovationPersonal Learning Environments and Social Networking
“Blog Heroes”By Zakaria S
Summary: It is a movie that was made to dramatize an actual event in which a suicidal teen expressed his feelings in a blog, so that his friends read it and rush to help him.
Location: Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, USAOutsourced Video Segment: Dustin W., Westwood, USA
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8eBOKGuowY
Celebrate
New friends
New achievements
A sense of accomplishment
Making the world a better place
Enhanced cultural understanding
Presentation can be found online at
http://julielindsaylinks.pbwiki.com/
http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com
Julie Lindsay
Head of Information Technology
Qatar Academy