The Flat Classroom Projects are a fantastic way to get your students connecting, communicating and collaborating with other kids from around the world.

1. Flat Classroom
Projects Overview
Peterson Schools
Professional Development
April 11, 2013
NEXT ROUND OF DEADLINES!
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2. Flat Classroom Projects Overview
All links:
Colegios Peterson (Technology) Blog:
http://colegiospeterson.edublogs.org/page
/4/
Page 4. Blog’s being used for the NAIS
Challenge 20/20 Project.
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What do you think “Flat Classroom”
means?
Take a guess…
or two.
http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/
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4. Flat Classroom Projects Overview
Means two things:
• To decrease the classroom hierarchy so
teachers and students learn from each
other, students learn from each other
• To eliminate geographical boundaries so
the entire world is your classroom and
everyone is your fellow teacher/student
Of course, TECHNOLOGY is how it’s done!
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5. Flat Classroom Projects Overview
Founded by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis
flatclassroomproject.net, flatclassrooms.ning.com,
flatclassroomconference.com, @flatclassroom, #flatclass
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Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds
Available from Amazon, as a Kindle Edition!
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List three ways you could “flatten” your
classrooms.
List three ways you could “globalize” your
classrooms.
What part(s) would technology play?
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Flat Classroom Components:
• Flat Classroom Conferences & Workshops
(onground, costs)
• Flat Classroom Certified Teacher Program
(online, costs)
• Net Generation Education Project (online,
free)
• Digiteen Project (online, free)
• Eracism Project (online, free)
• A Week in the Life Project (online, free)
• Building Bridges Project (online, free)
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Flat Classroom Conferences and
Workshops
http://www.flatclassroom-project.net/flat-
classroomreg-project.html
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Flat Classroom Conferences
and Workshops
• Onground 1-2 times/year
•http://www.flatclassroom-
project.net/flat-classroomreg-
project.html
• Kids from around the world
get together to collaborate
• High or middle school
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Flat Classroom Certified Teacher Program
http://fcpteacher.flatclassroomproject.org/
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Flat Classroom Certified Teacher Program
• 14-week online course, challenging!
• http://fcpteacher.flatclassroomproject.org/
• $500 each or $2000 for 5 teachers
• Create your own global project with other
students around the world
• Learn global collaboration and pedagogy
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Flat Classroom Certified Teacher Program
What would you want to learn from the Flat
Classroom Certified Teacher Program?
What would you want your project to be?
How would you connect the course to your
work?
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Net Generation Education Project
http://netgened.org
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Net Generation Education Project
• Online, synchronous and asynchronous
• http://netgened.org
• Students construct Personal Learning
Networks (PLNs) to cover all points of the
learning process
• Teacher – student interaction
• High (maybe upper middle) school
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Net Generation Education Project
What would you use for your PLN? A wiki,
ning, blog, etc.? Why?
What would you and your students use PLNs
for?
PLN example: http://www.scoop.it/t/3d-
virtual-worlds-educational-technology
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Digiteen Project
http://www.digiteen.org
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Digiteen Project
• Online, synchronous and asynchronous
• http://www.digiteen.org
• Students construct Personal Learning
Networks (PLNs) to cover all points of the
learning process
• Student – student interaction
• Upper elementary, middle/high school
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Digiteen Project
How could you fit this into your current
curriculum?
What would your students use PLNs for?
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Eracism Project
http://www.eracismproject.org/
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Eracism Project
• Online, synchronous and asynchronous
• http://www.eracismproject.org/
• Students debate racism issues via
VoiceThread
• Finals in a 3D virtual world!
• Middle and high school
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Eracism Project
How could you fit this into your current
curriculum?
How would you handle debates online?
What do you think about having the finals in
a 3D virtual world?
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A Week in the Life Project
http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/a-week-
in-the-life-project.html
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A Week in the Life Project
• Online, synchronous and asynchronous
• http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/a-
week-in-the-life-project.html
• Students build online learning community
• Multimedia productions depict life in
different countries
• Upper elementary school
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A Week in the Life Project
How could you fit this into your current
curriculum?
How would students leverage their existing
multimedia skills? How would they
improve them?
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Building Bridges to Tomorrow Project
http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/k-2-
building-bridges.html
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Building Bridges to Tomorrow Project
• Online, synchronous and asynchronous
• http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/k-2-
building-bridges.html
• Students build online learning community
• Multimedia productions depict life in
different countries
• K-2 students
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Building Bridges to Tomorrow Project
How could you fit this into your current
curriculum?
How would students leverage their existing
multimedia skills? How would they
improve them?
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30. Flat Classroom Projects Overview
Deadlines:
http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/
Onground Conference: NOW! July in Hawaii!
Certified Teacher: September 1, 2013
NetGenEd: February 2014 (once a year)
Digiteen: September 15, 2013
Eracism: September 7, 2013
A Week in the Life: September 1, 2013
Building Bridges: September 15, 2013
Interested? Think about it and let me know!
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Thank you for your attention!
Questions/Comments?
ddeeds@peterson.edu.mx
The deadlines are months away, but it’s a
good idea to start planning now. If you’re
interested, let me know and we can get
start getting things set up for next year
now.
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