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.
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.
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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.)
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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.
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
Asychronous
Synchronous