Flat+Classroom+History

toc Your team will review the following student projects and prepare to share the following with the group:
 * 1) An overview of the project including: teacher(s), location(s), objective
 * 2) What did students do in this project?
 * 3) How was the classroom "flattened?"
 * 4) Who did the students in the class work with?
 * 5) How could you do a similar project here? (Brainstorm ideas, this may be in any subject area)

You will share this with the group. //(note: You may have to dig around to figure out what the students did, but I've given you hyperlinks.)//

 Assignment Page

=Overview=

Flattening the classroom is about using technology to bring the world into your classroom. As Dean Shareski said, "It is about empowering students, empowering educators, and using technology in powerful ways that make sense in ways that promote learning. Interactivity, engagement, and pushing conferences to truly become participative". For a good [|example] of the Flat Classroom Project can be viewed in Shareski's video.
 * [|About Ernie and What He does]
 * [|Student Projects]

=What Did Students Do=

=How was the Classroom Flattened=

=Who did the students in the classroom work with?=

Students worked in a collaborative manner with students from all over the world by creating video based projects that can be shared worldwide to bridge cultural differences.

=Ideas for Similar Projects=

Bonus: =Communication Methods Used=