Press Release August 29, 2010: Flat Classroom(tm) Directors, Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis, are excited to announce the new project subscription model for Flat Classroom(tm) Project, Digiteen(tm) Project, NetGenEd Project and Eracism(tm) Project. Our goal: To create and maintain best global collaborative projects and collaborative work spaces for students and educators in and serving K-12 around the world while building bridges between Students, Educators, trainee teachers and Post Secondary Education Institutions. We know there are many educators wanting to take on global projects but may not have the confidence with technology or in project design or access to resources. Through our subscription we will provide this support and access to quality Web 2.0 resources as well as to other educators who are experienced global collaborators. Flat Classroom(tm) Project An annual school subscription will provide for 15 students to be entered into a project. Any students above this, or if the school or class wish to enter another project, a per-student fee is applicable. The Ning site may be used for other class activities during the year and includes the ability to upload video. In addition we are introducing “Sweat Equity” for teachers. This means that some scholarships will be available to cover per student fees on an application basis. This allows teachers to provide administrative support for the project such as RSS monitoring of the project portal, serve on the project leadership committee, provide troubleshooting response, and other activities that will defray the administrative overhead costs of running the project. This is over and above the monitoring that teachers are required to do of their own student work for each project. Included services and websites (leading Web 2.0 tools) (If you had to buy these tools for your school it would cost over $4500)
Questions? We love to hear from interested participants and classrooms globally. Email: fcp@flatclassroom.org Add Comment Global Education Conference 2010 08/16/2010
We're pleased to announce that Flat Classroom(tm) is a partner in the upcoming 2010 Global Education Conference, being held online November 15 - 19. This five-day free conference will have participation from all over the world in multiple languages and in multiple time zones. We hope you will consider attending or even presenting! More detailed information about the conference is available at http://www.GlobalEducationConference.com. There are going to be five conference tracks: Teacher, Student, Curricular, Policy and Leadership, and Global Issues. Included in these will be a series of sessions specifically sponsored by us, and if you choose to submit a presentation, please indicate us as the sponsoring organization. The selection process will finalize in late September, and you'll hear directly from the conference organizers. The call for presentations is now open at http://www.globaleducationconference.com/call-for-presentations.html. There is also an international educator advisory board from all over the world to help promote participation and attendance, to train and support presenters in local regions and languages, and to help with program selection and scheduling. If this is something that interests you, you can submit your interest at http://www.globaleducationconference.com/want-to-help.html. The hashtag for the conference (for those who "tweet" and blog") is #globaled2010. The Twitter account to follow is http://www.twitter.com/globaledcon. | Project Organizers
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