Over the past 2 weeks students and teachers globally have been voting for the top student and teacher projects. They were asked to vote for the ideas that would have the most potential if implemented. We are excited to announce the results. Student Projects: First Place: Team 9 Movement 9 Second place: Team 19 Enermeter Third place (tied): Team 1 Culture Connect and Team 6 Clear Water Top Teacher Project - Team 10 Tackling Transport Together Congratulations to the above teams who have been recognised by supportive viewers virtually. All conference material can be found on or linked from the Flat Classroom Conference Ning, and the Conference 2011 wiki. Add Comment Some fun, some frustration with ice and cold.....but the Flat Classroom Conference at Beijing BISS International School was not deterred by the snow!  We are about to start Day 2 of the Flat Classroom Conference 2011 here in Beijing, China. Already the Student Summit has been meeting for 1.5 days and teams are working furiously towards their 'animatic' presentation before lunch today. The Leadership strand have provided feedback to the student teams for their oral pitch of concepts and ideas. They have also developed their own curriculum ideas for implementing a project or idea that joins classrooms around the world and flattens the classroom walls and will pitch these to student teams this morning for feedback. This conference is about global collaboration, it is about flattening the learning experience. Students, teachers, leaders are learning and leading from each other. We are excited, we are exhausted! and we have great expectations for what today will bring! Don't forget to follow us virtually, both Taking It Global and Beijing Kids have supported us with online spaces to view media. Our Flickr group has the latest pics!   Press Release Feb 15 – Flat Classroom Conference 2011 Excitement is growing as we approach the time for the Flat Classroom Conference 2011 to start. Hosted by Beijing BISS International School February 24-27, this event will bring to together 250 educators and students from more than 15 countries and 45+ schools and institutions. In true ‘flat’ learning style elementary, secondary and tertiary education converge as participants work through a conference program that inspires them to connect globally and take action back in their own schools. For the Leadership Workshop, adults will explore collaborative learning modes and emerging technologies that support these while designing new instructional models for immediate use in their own classrooms. These new curriculums and pedagogies that include interaction and true problem solving in collaboration with other classrooms around the world are aimed at developing global citizens who have confidence and knowledge with digital learning environments. For the Student Summit, nearly 100 students will be challenged by an action project that asks them to envisage solutions to problems they have identified along the theme ‘Our Global Future Living Together’. Working in teams they will pitch ideas to the Leadership strand, then after feedback create a presentation that is a pre-visualization for a multimedia story. After an international vote, the best student teams will work with a Hollywood film producer to create a short movie based on their ideas. Student Summit Classrooms, Flat Classroom Conference 2011 World - Think Global School USA - Westwood Schools Oman – Osama Bin Zaid School Korea - Gyeonggi Suwon International School Indonesia - Al-Azhar Islamic Senior High School India - Stonehill International School China - Yew Chung International School China - Western Academy Beijing China - Tsinghua High International School China - Shekou International School China - RDFZ-Xishan School China - International Academy of Beijing China - Hua Shi Yi Fu Zhong High School China - Beijing BISS International School Both teachers and students will work together and learn from each other at key times during the 3-day conference. In particular they will enjoy ‘Ted Talk’ style sessions called Flat Learning Action Talks (FL.A.T.s) where both presenters and students have an opportunity to communicate a passion and a message in 10 min. Another vital part of the conference is the Virtual Flat Classroom. Supported by Taking IT Global (a global social network for educational collaboration), Flat Classroom organizers have out together an opportunity for any interested teachers and students who cannot come to Beijing to be part of this event. Through video streaming, backchannels, Skype, the use of wikis for collaboration, and other Web 2.0 tools (online tools that are normally free that support connection and collaboration, also called the Read/Write web), virtual participants can observe, interact and in fact become full team members if they wish. Essential Links to the Flat Classroom Conference Website: http://flatclassroomconference.com Wiki: http://conference2011.flatclassroomproject.org/ Educational Network: http://flatclassroomconference.ning.com Virtual Flat Classroom: http://flatclass.tigweb.org/ Our host, Beijing BISS International School: http://www.biss.com.cn Julie Lindsay E-Learning Coordinator Beijing BISS International School Director Flat Classroom™ Conference and Live Events Inc. | AuthorsJulie Lindsay (Beijing, China) and Vicki Davis (Camilla, Georgia, USA), co-founders Flat Classroom Projects, Conferences and Events ArchivesMarch 2011 CategoriesAll |
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