The Flat Classroom™ Project is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. This project is part of the emerging tend in internationally-aware schools to embrace a holistic and constructivist educational approach to work collaboratively with others around the world in order to create students who are competitive and globally-minded. The project was co-founded by Vicki Davis (Westwood Schools, USA) and Julie Lindsay(Beijing (BISS) International School, China) in 2006when Julie (then in Bangladesh) and Vicki joined their classrooms together for the first time to study and emulate the emerging flattened learning environment. The Flat Classroom Project 2006 is featured in Chapter 13, 'If it's not happening it's because you're not doing it', of the 2007 edition of Thomas Friedman's book, The World is Flat' upon which it was based. (pages 501-503)

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• ISTE's Learning and Leading magazine article:
  • Davis, V. & Lindsay, J. (2010). Navigate the Digital Rapids. Learning and Leading with Technology, 37(6), 12-15. Download - DigitalCitizenship_Mar2010.pdf
  • Davis, V. & Lindsay, J. (2007). Flat Classrooms™. Learning & Leading with Technology, 35(1), 28-30. Download - Flat_Classroom_LL_August07.pdf.
• Flat Classroom™ projects from a participants viewpoint - excellent blog post from Flat Classroom teacher and Board of Advisers member, Anne Mirtschin
• Flat Classroom™ Project Information Brochure - available for download
• Flat Classroom Participants Speak Up - a multimedia review of Flat Classroom live events including student and teacher reflection comments
• Tech Talk Tuesdays: Global Collaboration – Flattens classroom walls - blog post by Anne Mirtschin about Elluminate session on Global Collaboration
  
• WHS project connects students from across the globe
• Make education collaborative and customized for net gen, says author
• Teacher wins second prize in PBS Teachers Challenge to participate in NetGenEd 2010 Project
• Westside High School - The Flat Classroom™ Project 2010