The flat classroom concept is based on the constructivist principle of a multi-modal learning environment that is student-centered and a level playing field for teacher to student and student to teacher interaction. Based on the experiences of the award winning Flat Classroom Project this session will detail seven essential steps for lowering your classroom walls to promote connection and understanding between geographically dispersed, ethnically and culturally diverse groups of students in meaningful, global cooperative authentic learning experiences.

2. Backchannel “ a live chat that accompanies a live presentation”

3. Our Backchannel Today http://tinyurl.com/3jqmsv Password: qatar

4. Julie Lindsay Head of Information Technology and E-Learning Qatar Academy, Doha, State of Qatar http://julielindsay.wikispaces.com http://123elearning.blogspot.com http://julielindsaylinks.pbwiki.com

5. Qatar, Middle East

6. Qatar Academy PreK-12 IBO World School http://www.qataracademy.edu.qa/

7. Differentiated Instruction Authentic Assessment Project Based Learning Cooperative Learning

8. Julie Lindsay (Bangladesh, Qatar) Vicki Davis (Camilla, GA)

10. Albert Einstein

11. “ Let’s join our student’s together from the ‘other side of the flat world’ ” How we started –

12. ISTE SIGTel Online Learning Award Winner 2007 Taking IT Global Collaborative Project Contest First Place 2007

14. " One of the most fascinating forms of educational activism I encountered involved a spin-off from this book" (501) Thomas Friedman , p 501 The World is Flat 3.0

15. David Warlick, ‘Flat World, Flat Web, Flat Classrooms’ http://www.slideshare.net/dwarlick/flat-world-flat-web-flat-classrooms /

18. What is a Flat Classroom? Global Collaboration 3.0 Cultural Understanding Digital Citizenship Online Learning Environments http://wiki.flatclassroomproject.com http://ning.flatclassroomproject.com

19. Flat Classroom

23. Team Mashup “ Working with people across the world has challenged me.” “ The majority of my partners wanted to contribute something meaningful to the project.” Horizon Project Students http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com

25. Horizon Project http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com

26. Digiteen Project http://digiteen.wikispaces.com

28. Vicki Davis IT Director Westwood Schools Camilla, Georgia http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com http://coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com

31. Connection Step #1

34. Presenter Vicki Davis Westwood Schools Five Phases of Flattening your classroom

35. Photo credit: http://flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/2060090675/

37. BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG Reflecting Sharing Connecting Collaborating Posting Commenting

38. ‘ Micro-Blogging’ ‘ Microbogging’ with 140 characters at a time

41. http://ning.flatclassroomproject.com

42. Step #2

43. TWO types of communication methods: SYNCHRONOUS and ASYNCHRONOUS

46. Wiki discussion tab

48. Step #3

49. 'Digital Citizenship in Schools' by Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey

50. C itizenship 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

51. Knowing what is appropriate!

52. Contribution and Collaboration Step #4

53. Wiki history

54. Ning discussion

55. Innovations that drastically change the course by which users connect, engage, and relate with the world and transform society Wiki’s and Disruptive Technologies …….

56. A wiki allows for sharing of ideas and collaborative authoring

57. Wikis…Weapons of ‘mass collaboration’ Don Tapscott ‘Wikinomics’ http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com/Keynote Horizon Project 2008 Keynote

58. Anatomy of a Wiki

59. Discussion Editing History Images Videos RSS feed Widgets Notify Audio Searching

60. Choice Step #5

61. We need …

62. Accommodate learning differences

63. Differentiate instruction

64. Creation Step #6

65. 21 st Century Learning Objectives

66. Revised 2001 by Lorin Anderson …… to account for the new behaviours emerging as technology advances and becomes more ubiquitous. Why Revise? http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy Blooms Digital Taxonomy Andrew Churches

68. “ Blog Heroes” by Zak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8eBOKGuowY

69. Celebrate Step #7

70. C elebrate New friends New achievements A sense of accomplishment Making the world a better place Enhanced cultural understanding

71. Student Summit and Awards Ceremony http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/Student+Summit

72. Westwood Schools Summit http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Summits

73. Global Interaction Do it, don’t just talk about it

75. http://flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/

76. Flat Classroom Conference Leadership Workshop Student Summit January 24-26 http://flatclassroomconference.com

77. Julie Lindsay Head of Information Technology and E-Learning Qatar Academy Resources: http://julielindsaylinks.pbwiki.com Get connected: http://www.flatclassrooms.com http://flatclassrooms.ning.com Email – [email_address]