7+steps+to+flatten+your+classroom


 * Shannon mitchell

7 Steps to Flatten Your Classroom: Vicki Davis ** [|www.chatzy.com-] backchannel 15 minutes twice a week she sits down and learns something new Pick big 3 from this conference and work on adding those to the classroom TECHNO-phobia is how some teacher feel right now Vicarious learning Expand the classroom beyond the walls __ Flatclassroomproject.org  __ Ideal group size is 3… 4 is ok but beyond 4 learning is harmed Student produced video all need to do their own work but can outsource a part of it to another person Most people use wiki’s as a glorified website instead of using them collaboratively like they should be used Need to give students online presentation skills--- it is their future 2 types of communication synchronous (at same time) and asynchronous (not at the same time, blogs, wikis, podcasts)- TO HAVE A FLAT CLASSROOM YOU HAVE TO HAVE BOTH Skype does everything that video conferencing can do—SKYPE AROUND THE WORLD PROJECTS (see how many countries you can get throughout a year) EPALS -students can’t hide on a wiki or a ning the teacher can tell what everyone is doing Coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com Start with HAVE A MAP ON THE WALL WITH PUSHPINS THAT YOU CAN MARK SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD THAT YOU HAVE CONNECTED WITH Building Learning Partnerships… teachers, students, internet, experts, other students in project, peer review classrooms BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AMONG DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS AND BUILDINGS… high school and elementary RSS=== EVERYONE NEEDS TO LEARN ABOUT THIS Have a tag that your students put on everything so that you can easily pull out the stuff that your students are doing online When they are younger build a portal for the students so later then can build their own Citizenship and Problem Solving is huge in a flat classroom Troubleshooting is higher order thinking- learning opportunities Is Customized and Differentiated Need to teach students to be a Digital Citizen or Digital Citizenship Classtools.net (can build own educational games)
 * 1) Intra-connection--- within your own class
 * 2) Inter-connection--- within school/district (within grade level, or over various grade levels)
 * 3) Managed global connection
 * 4) Student to Student--- with teacher management
 * 5) Students to Student--- with student management
 * Have each grade level had a school in a different country that they can work with throughout the year… doesn’t all have to be online **