Flat Classroom Project Student Awards December 20, 2007
Posted by Steve in Elearning, Information, Web2.0.Tags: flatclassroom web2.0 Ning
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I have been attempting to get involved in the 2007 Flat Classroom Project but I was not able to keep up with the pace of progress by the organisers. They have not one site, but two sites: one a wiki and the other a ning, with the ning being the newer concept.
It was very dense reading and a significant amount of material to assimulate. About the time I thought I had internalised a concept, a new event or activity took place and I was again left in the wake. I had tentative thoughts about involving our school students but I was just a bit too far behind. Regardless, I knew our students were very capable of producing reasonable quality videos.
While I didn’t get actively involved, I did join the Ning as an observer and watched the series of events unfold. The task of the students were to produce a video on a given theme but they had to work with students in other timezones and the vision had to come from two or more different schools.
The students were asked to post a ‘Reflection’ onto the Ning site. As a reflection was posted, I watched their video and left a comment which seemed to be appreciated. The students knew they had an audience.
Below are links to the winners of the Flat Classroom Project:
Winner 1.a.1 Theme: Connecting the World Online
Title: A Ring for Jimmy
Student Name: Amalia B. - LACHSA, USA
Winner 2.c.12 Theme: How the WWW has changed the World
Title: Impact on Life
Student Name: Carmyn S. - LACHSA, USA
Winner 3.b.17 Theme: How workflow software has enhanced productivity and communication
Title: Workflow Software and Students
Student Name: Fatma M. - QA, Qatar
Winner 4.a.20 Theme: The Changing Shape of Information
Title: Semantic Assistant
Student Name: Sarah H. - Westwood, USA
Winner 5.b.31 Theme: Why we should be promoting Web 2.0 tools for sharing information
Title: What is Web 2.0?
Student Name: Betsy B. - Westwood, USA
6.b.39 Theme: Globalisation and Outsourcing.
Title: Who is Affected by Outsourcing?
Student Name: Patty - SAS, China
Winner 7.c.48 Theme: Google Takes Over the World
Title: Google and the World
Student Name: Michael R - MICDS, USA
Winner 8.b.52 Theme: Personal learning environments and social networking
Title: Blog Heroes
Student Name: Zak S - LACHSA, USA
Winner 9.c.62 Theme: Mobile and Ubiquitous
Title: Fun and Convenient World
Student Name: Megan S - LACHSA, USA
Winner 10.a.64 Theme: Virtual Communication
Title: Virtual Communication: Design & Innovation
Student Name: Perola L. - QA, Qatar
Winner 11.b.77 Theme: Wireless Connectivity
Title: No Wireless=No Internet=No Life
Student Name: Amir N. - QA, Qatar
Hi Steve
Just found your blog post. Thanks for supporting the project. The extended network of educators has been amazing, and yes the students do get a real buzz out of knowing other people are looking at and reading and then commenting! on their work. I do hope you can join a project with us in the near future!