1. When You Go Flat You Never Go
Back!
Meet the
Flat Classroom®
Directors
Vicki Davis
Julie Lindsay

2. Introduction
• Who is the Flat
Classroom®?Directors and
co-founders
– Julie Lindsay @julielindsay
– Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher
• Coordinator: Lisa Durff @durff
• Where can you find us?
flatclassroomproject.net
flatclassrooms.ning.com
flatclassroomconference.com
@flatclassroom
#flatclass

3. What do we do?
• Flat Classroom® Projects LLC
– Flat Classroom® Project and all other projects
– Certified Teacher program
• Flat Classroom® Conference and live
Events Inc. a 501(c) 3 Non profit
– Conference
• to help scholarship students from areas of the
world in need.
– Digiteen/Digitween Project

4. Flat Classroom® Certified
Teacher
• 14-week online course
• Learn alongside other
educators how to flatten your
own classroom
• Global collaboration design
and pedagogy
• Design your own project with
other global educators like
you!
fcpteacher.flatclassroomproject.org/

5. Our Live Events
• Flat Classroom® Conference
– 2009 – Doha, Qatar
– 2011 – Beijing, China
– 2013 – Japan
– 2014 - Australia
• Flat Classroom® Workshops
– Hong Kong 2009
– Mumbai 2010, 2012, 2014
– USA (educators) 2008, 2010
• DigiTeacher™ Workshop
– ISTE 2010, 2011, 2012?
– Mumbai 2012

6. Flat Classroom® Conference
a 501(c)3 nonprofit
Australia 2014
Sydney, June 18-21, 2014
flatclassroomconference.com

7. Flat Classroom Book!
Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to
Global Collaboration One Step at a Time
Published January 2012
www.flatclassroombook.com
More than a book…

8. Announcing F.L.A.T.s!
Flat Learning Action Talks
The online talk you'll want to hear!
Regular online sessions featuring
inspirational ideas from global educators
and students.
http://flats.flatclassroomproject.org/

9. projects
and
pedagogy

10. Exploring Global Projects
1. Why global projects?
2. Global project sharing time.
3. Where do I find partners?
4. Brainstorming time by age level / topic.

11. POLL:
What is your role at your
school?
A. Teacher
B. IT Department
C. Administrator
D. Parent
E. Other

12. 1. Why global projects?
Teacher, IT Director
@coolcatteacher

13. 1. Why?

14. How can we teach abstract tasks?

15. Can you learn how to do abstract
tasks in a textbook?
Connected
Reliable communicators
‘Flat’ classroom walls

16. The Truth about Global Collaboration
The journey is the destination.
Perfection is in the process of overcoming obstacles.

17. Glocalization: Thinking globally acting locally

18. Klossner’s (2010) 90-9-1 principle
1. Why?
Because social
media
behavior
cannot define
how students
interact in
educational
spaces online.

19. POLL:
How many projects have you
already done in your
classroom?
A. None
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4 or more

20. 2. How do I define criteria for
evaluating global projects?
Teacher, IT Director
@coolcatteacher

21. • Student age
• Curriculum integration
• Amount of time each week
• Flexibility
• Technology availability
• My own technology proficiency
2. How?

22. Flat Classroom®
Global Projects
Flat Classroom® Project
Digiteen™ Project
‘A Week in the Life…’ Project Gr3-5
NetGenEd™ Project
Eracism™ Project
Incubator Program
K-2 Project Building Bridges to Tomorrow
@flatclassroom
@digiteen
@netgened
@eracismproject
@flatclassroom
@flatclasskids
P10-11*
P11-12
P13-14
P12-13
P13
NEW!
NEW!
@flatclassroom
*See the frameworks for each model on referenced page numbers.

23. Project sharing time
 2 minute
 1 person shares – 1 minute
 Other person shares – 1 minute
 You will share with 5 people.
 When we are done. Poll audience to share
ANOTHER person’s project that you liked.
(5 or more will be shared.)

24. Checklist for Sharing
 Select 1 thing you’ve done in your classroom
(preferably a global project or one that could
be a global project) and share the following in 1
minute with your “partner”
 Name project
 Age of students
 What did you do?
 How much time did you spend each week?
 How long did the project last?
 What technology did you use?
 What did you learn?

25. Agreeing on core and
optional outcomes with
stakeholders p 45-47
2. How?

26. 3. Where do I find global
partners?
Teacher, IT Director
@coolcatteacher

27. How to find Project
Partners?
#1 Social Networks
3. Where?3. Where?

28. How to find Project
Partners?
#2 Established Networks
3. Where?3. Where?
Location URL
Flat Classroom Projects http://www.flatclassroomproject.net
ePals http://www.epals.com/
Skype Education http://education.skype.com/

29. How to find Project
Partners?
#3 Hashtags
3. Where?3. Where?
Location URL
#flatclass Conversations around the principles of
merging classrooms and co-creating
together
#globaled Global education conversations
#globalclassroom Conversations around global classroom
conversations
#edchat Lots of conversations happen on this
hashtag in education

30. How to find Project
Partners?
#4 Conferences
3. Where?3. Where?
Location URL
K12 Online Conference
(online only) - free
http://k12onlineconference.org/
Global Education
Conference (online only)
– free
http://www.globaleducationconference.co
m/
ISTE ($) http://www.iste.org
Flat Classroom
Conferences (Free for
virtual $ for f2f)
http://www.flatclassroomconference.com
Lots of conferences by
curriculum area
Look for them!

31. 4. Brainstorming activity
Teacher, IT Director
@coolcatteacher

32. Am I willing to redesign my
curriculum to embed a global
project into what my class does?
“Designing a global
collaborative experience
involves transcending the
obvious real time linkup,
fostering higher order thinking
and providing opportunities for
cultural understanding while
usually making a product that
impacts others in a positive
way. ”
4. When?

33. 4. When?
The question is will you…

34. We will separate and plan:
 Grade level
 Existing networks

37. Our purpose: find others to
fly with you today…

38. Activity 1: Birds of a
Feather Flock together
Step 1: Group yourselves by
grade/age level if possible

39. Step 2: Flock for 15! (minutes)
• Brainstorm Ideas for
Collaboration
•Select best three ideas
•Select a person to share

40. Step 3: Flock Reports
•Share ideas w/ group

41. Open Discussion

42. Flat Classroom®
Global Projects
Flat Classroom® Project
Digiteen™ Project
‘A Week in the Life…’ Project Gr3-5
NetGenEd™ Project
Eracism™ Project
Incubator Program
K-2 Project Building Bridges to Tomorrow
@flatclassroom
@digiteen
@netgened
@eracismproject
@flatclassroom
@flatclasskids
P10-11*
P11-12
P13-14
P12-13
P13
NEW!
NEW!
@flatclassroom
*See the frameworks for each model on referenced page numbers.

43. Is there a Flat Classroom® in your
future?
Join us
flatclassroomproject.net
fcp@flatclassroom.org
flatclassrooms.ning.com
@flatclassroom
#flatclass

44. Visit Us
Toni
http://toniobarton.wikispacescom
http://toniobarton.wordpress.com
Julie
http://123elearning.blogspot.com
http://learningconfluence.com
Vicki
http:/coolcatteacher.blogspot.com
http://www.coolcatteacher.com