Presentation given at Flat Classroom Conference 2009

3. " 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

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

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

8. Flat Classroom

12. 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

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

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

17. Connection Step #1

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

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

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

26. http ://ning.flatclassroomproject.com

27. Step #2

28. TWO types of communication methods: SYNCHRONOUS and ASYNCHRONOUS

31. Wiki discussion tab

33. Step #3

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

35. 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

36. Knowing what is appropriate!

37. Contribution and Collaboration Step #4

38. Wiki history

39. Ning discussion

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

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

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

43. Anatomy of a Wiki

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

45. Choice Step #5

46. We need …

47. Accommodate learning differences

48. Differentiate instruction

49. Creation Step #6

50. 21 st Century Learning Objectives

51. 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

53. “ Blog Heroes” by Zak

54. Celebrate Step #7

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

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

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

58. LACHSA Summit http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Summits

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

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

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

63. Julie Lindsay Head of Information Technology and E-Learning Qatar Academy