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The Path to Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds

The Path to Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds. Amy Wallace. Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds By Julie Lindsay &Vicki A. Davis This textbook inspires and challenges teachers to introduce their students to a world outside their classroom through global collaboration. .

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The Path to Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds

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  1. The Path to Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds Amy Wallace

  2. Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds By Julie Lindsay &Vicki A. Davis This textbook inspires and challenges teachers to introduce their students to a world outside their classroom through global collaboration.

  3. Course Overview: • 16 week course • Week 1-13: Focus on the textbook and Flat Classroom Challenges • Each week, the students are expected to read the assigned chapter(s), answer the Essential Questions, and participate in the Flat Classroom Challenge. • Week 14-16: Complete 3 Livetext Assignments

  4. What I have learned through the Flat Classroom Challenges: • Challenge #1: Personal Learning Network (PLN) • http://flatclassrooms.ning.com/profile/AmyWallace • http://edupln.ning.com/profile/AmyWallace • Challenge #2: My Blog • http://amyw08.edublogs.org/ • Challenge #3: Researched information about the World Wide Web Virtual Library. I found this website very hard to navigate and probably will not use it in my future classroom. • Challenge #4: Practiced using asynchronous and synchronous tools to communicate such as: AOL, Facebook, and Educator’s PLN. • Challenge #5: Researched ways to use mobile devices for instructional purposes: Dictionary.com and Chalkboard Lite. • Challenge #6: Classroom Monitoring Portal • http://www.netvibes.com/amywallace11#Public_Page

  5. What I have learned through Flat Classroom Challenges: (Cont.) • Challenge #7: Researched a popular social media and interviewed a student who is currently using the tool. I chose Facebook. • Challenge #8: Wikispace • http://amywallace1.wikispaces.com/ • Challenge #9: Assessed the classmates that participated in my Wikispace discussion using the Rubric 2: Engagement, Reflection, and Evaluation. • Challenge #10: Wrote a project plan where students were given a choice in the outcome. My students were required to create a PowerPoint presentation or record a news report about weather phenomenons. • Challenge #11: Using Challenge #10 project plan, I aligned the project objectives with ISTE NETS standards.

  6. Summary: • 7 Steps To Flatten Your Classroom: • Connection, Communication, Citizenship, Contribution and • Collaboration, Choice, Creation, Celebration • Teacher’s Role: • Provide students with the opportunity to become digital citizens, • Monitor projects daily, • Demonstrate ongoing learning, & • MODEL!!!! • Student’s Role: • Contribute & collaborate with their partners by: Receiving, Reading, & • Responding to messages. • Making important choices throughout the project so he or she will received the desired outcome.

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