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It’s About Connectivity and Learning Not the Technology

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Flat Classroom Project 2006 Westwood Schools, Camilla Georgia Vicki Davis International School Dhaka Bangladesh Julie Lindsay

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Online, Global and Collaborative <ul><li>Based on Thomas Friedman’s book ‘The World is Flat’ and the concept of ‘leveling the playing field’ </li></ul><ul><li>Two classrooms (teachers and students) working as one with the same goals </li></ul><ul><li>Students sharing ideas and creating content </li></ul>

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Essential features <ul><li>Wiki-centric for publication and communication </li></ul><ul><li>Creation of original content based on research, analysis and evaluation </li></ul><ul><li>Creation of an individual multimedia artefact (video) </li></ul><ul><li>Flat Classroom ideals made possible by connectivity tools </li></ul>

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More Essential Features <ul><li>Topics based on the 10 flatteners found in the book such as: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Virtual communication </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Connecting the world online </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Google takes over the world </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Wireless connectivity </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Globalization and outsourcing </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Mobile and ubiquitous computing </li></ul></ul>

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More Details…… <ul><li>Students writing/creating for a global audience </li></ul><ul><li>International judges </li></ul><ul><li>Winner of 2006 Edublog Award for best Educational Wiki </li></ul><ul><li>Over 30,000 people have viewed the wiki pages (over 10,000 for the home page) </li></ul>

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The above map depicts: 10,431 visits from 29 Nov 2006 to 14 Apr 2007

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The Three C’s Connect Communicate Create

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Connect <ul><li>Mobile and ubiquitous (anywhere, anytime) </li></ul><ul><li>Wireless Networks </li></ul><ul><li>Blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds </li></ul><ul><li>Information takes many forms (text, audio, video) </li></ul><ul><li>The information comes to YOU </li></ul>

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Did you know…… <ul><li>As of August 2006 there were over 50 million blogs in the world (technorati.com) </li></ul><ul><li>The number of blogs online is doubling every six months </li></ul>

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Did you know……. <ul><li>YouTube, the site that lets anyone upload their own videos, handles over 50,000 new video uploads each day </li></ul>

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The YouTube Phenomenon YouTube info for Flat Classroom Review 2006, April 21, 2007

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More YouTube Stats. YouTube info for Podcast Bangladesh April 21, 2007

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Communicate <ul><li>Global language </li></ul><ul><li>Literacy's: information, cultural, digital </li></ul><ul><li>Social networking </li></ul><ul><li>Citizen journalism </li></ul><ul><li>Flat world/Flat classroom </li></ul>

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Create <ul><li>Blooms Taxonomy (revised): creating, evaluating, analyzing, applying, understanding, remembering </li></ul><ul><li>Constructivism </li></ul><ul><li>User-created content </li></ul>

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The Three C’s CONNECT COMMUNICATE CREATE

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The Horizon Project http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com

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What is the Horizon Project? <ul><li>An online, global and collaborative project designed for classrooms around the world to join together with a common curriculum goal. </li></ul><ul><li>Another Flat Classroom Project </li></ul><ul><li>by Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay. </li></ul><ul><li>http:// flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com </li></ul><ul><li>Email: [email_address] </li></ul>

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Where did it come from? <ul><li>This project gets its inspiration from </li></ul><ul><li>The Horizon Report 2007 </li></ul><ul><li>http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2007_Horizon_Report.pdf </li></ul><ul><li>a collaboration between the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative </li></ul>

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What is the report about? <ul><li>The focus of the Horizon Report centers on the applications of emerging technologies to teaching, learning and creative expression. </li></ul><ul><li>The Horizon Report 2007 identified SIX trends that will have a significant impact on college and university campuses within the next five years. </li></ul>

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What are the Six Trends? <ul><li>User-Created Content </li></ul><ul><li>Social Networking </li></ul><ul><li>Mobile Phones </li></ul><ul><li>Virtual Worlds </li></ul><ul><li>The New Scholarship and Emerging Forms of Publication </li></ul><ul><li>Massively Multiplayer Educational Gaming </li></ul>

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What is the Horizon Project about? <ul><li>Students in different global classrooms team together to work on one of the six trends </li></ul><ul><li>They collaborate on a wiki to provide content under the theme of ‘What the future will look like’ </li></ul><ul><li>Each student also produces an individual multimedia artefact based on the trend and the theme </li></ul>

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Who is participating? <ul><li>USA: Westwood Schools </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Grade 10 (Vicki Davis) </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Austria: Vienna International School </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Grade 11 ITGS (Barbara Stefanics) </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Bangladesh: International School Dhaka </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Grade 11 ITGS (Julie Lindsay) </li></ul></ul><ul><li>China: Shanghai American School </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Senior Media Literacy (Ed Kidd) </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Australia: Presbyterian Ladies College </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Grade 10 Digital Innovations (Dr John Turner) </li></ul></ul>

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Authentic Assessment <ul><li>Criterion referenced rubrics are used to assess the students in these areas: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Wiki Page </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Multimedia Artefact </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Engagement, Reflection and Evaluation </li></ul></ul>

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International Educational Community Participation <ul><li>Advisory Panel </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Alan Levine (co-author of Horizon Report) </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Paul Fairbrother (IB Head of Online Learning) </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Expert Review Panel </li></ul><ul><ul><li>From all levels of education </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>George Siemens, Associate Director with the Learning Technologies Centre at University of Manitoba, Canada </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Keynote: “My 2020 Vision for Learning” </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Karl Fisch Director of Technology for Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. </li></ul></ul>

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What is the Horizon Project About for Teachers? <ul><li>An opportunity to extend the walls of the classroom and provide an international and collaborative learning environment for your class </li></ul><ul><li>An opportunity to work with Web 2.0 tools to foster interaction and communication with geographically diverse partners </li></ul>

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What else is the Horizon Project About for Teachers? <ul><li>A chance to pioneer cutting-edge approaches to a School 2.0 environment </li></ul><ul><li>A way to provide alternative learning and assessment models that include powerful peer-peer and student-teacher modes </li></ul>

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Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License 3.0 It’s About Connectivity and Learning http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com Julie Lindsay, April 2007