The Project Based Learning Conference for Students and Educators

A New Kind of Conference

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  • Tired of going to conferences and just listening all day?
  • Do you wish you could use the tools and create new products for learning?
  • Do you want to have contacts who are ready to collaborate?
The Flat Classroom Conference is a unique event that includes students and educators to envision the future of education as they use leading technology tools such as wikis, blogs, social networking and digital storytelling. The conference is diverse in participation while allowing smaller groups to work with leading world-class presenters in a "flattened" environment where virtual participants also join in the conversation and action from remote corners of the world.
Educators will leave the conference understanding how to collaborate globally and with skills and contacts in hand to start projects. Students will leave the conference with leadership skills, technology skills, presentation skills, and a better understanding of diverse cultures and  collaboration.

Who should attend?

This event is targeted to teachers and students of past, current and future 'flat classroom' collaborations as well as Information Technology teachers and Directors and school administrators who are responsible for pedagogical development with curriculum design, global collaboration, global competency, and international mindedness in their schools. Essentially everyone involved in the education process, including students are invited to attend and actively participate.

Two strands: 'Leadership Workshop' and 'Student Summit' will meet separately as well as in combined sessions to discuss and model best practice for promoting international collaboration as part of a global flat classroom. All participants will be given the opportunity to develop leadership skills in using information technology, particularly Web 2.0 tools, to connect, communicate and collaborate.

Flat Classroom Conference 2012 in Germany, Europe

Join us in Germany December 6-8, 2012 at the International School of Düsseldorf e.V. for our European Flat Classroom Conference! Details......

Flat Classroom Conference 2013 in Yokohama, Japan

_Join us in Japan March 8-10 2013 at the Yokohama International School for our Asian Flat Classroom Conference! Details......
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Students and teachers at the Flat Classroom Workshop, Mumbai, India February 2012

Learn about Project Based Conferencing in our new book!

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Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time is now available 

Conference Objectives

  1. To provide an opportunity for participants and supporters of Flat Classroom® Projects to have an educational and cultural exchange via an organized gathering.
  2. To promote connection and understanding between geographically dispersed, ethnically and culturally diverse groups of students in meaningful, global cooperative authentic learning experiences.
  3. To focus on enhancing digital citizenship and fostering best practice methods for online learning in ways that can be shared synchronously and asynchronously with other schools around the world.
  4. To provide further opportunity for pedagogical development using emerging technologies in differing modes.
  5. To promote leadership skills for 21st century learning amongst participants of all ages with an increasing leadership role for students in education practice.
  6. To provide an opportunity for participants to explore and experience what it means to learn in a 'flat classroom' with extensive involvement from students and teachers, both face-to-face and virtually.
  7. To advance our approach to the next stage in the establishment of educationally viable and valued global classroom(s) and all this means for relationship building and the development of independent and cultural learning for teachers and students.
A Vision for the Future Flat Classroom Conference 2009 Documentary
Further information
The Flat Classroom® Conference is designed and created by Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay, co-founders of
Flat Classroom® Projects and is put on by Flat Classroom® Conference and Live Events Inc. non-profit US-based 501(3)(c).
The full conference is held biennially, with the inaugural event being in Doha, Qatar in January 2009. Regional Flat Classroom® workshops are held more often. Recent workshops include the 21st Century Learning Conference, Hong Kong and ASB Unplugged, Mumbai, India. 
You are invited to join our educational network, Flat Classroom® Conference Ning.