About our Organizers
Project organizers are full time teachers who often include their own classes in these projects. Julie and Vicki also offer some workshops, an annual Flat Classroom conference, and keynotes at various events, schedule permitting.
Julie Lindsay
Originally from Melbourne, Australia, for the past 15 years Julie taught and led the use of technology in schools in Zambia, Kuwait, Bangladesh, Qatar, and China. She is now based in Australia as a consultant, presenter and workshop leader and is currently Director of Learning Confluence, Director and co-founder of Flat Classroom® and Global Collaboration Consultant for THINK Global School. She is also co-author of Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time, Pearson 2012.
Julie is adept at designing and customizing learning experiences for all ages, including cutting edge events such as the ground-breaking Flat Classroom Conference that include both students and educators together. She has delivered workshops and organised conferences in various parts of the world. She is an ADE (Apple Distinguished Educator), and currently an ISTE Ambassador and ISTE International Representative on the Board of Directors, Member of Horizon Report Board of Advisers 2008-2013, and a member of the Leadership team for both the Learning 2.012 Conference in Beijing 2012 and the Global Education Conference 2010-12. This year Julie started her EdD with the University of Southern Queensland with a focus on effective pedagogy for collaboration. Julie blogs at E-Learning Journey's. More information can be found on Julie's digital portfolio.
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Julie is adept at designing and customizing learning experiences for all ages, including cutting edge events such as the ground-breaking Flat Classroom Conference that include both students and educators together. She has delivered workshops and organised conferences in various parts of the world. She is an ADE (Apple Distinguished Educator), and currently an ISTE Ambassador and ISTE International Representative on the Board of Directors, Member of Horizon Report Board of Advisers 2008-2013, and a member of the Leadership team for both the Learning 2.012 Conference in Beijing 2012 and the Global Education Conference 2010-12. This year Julie started her EdD with the University of Southern Queensland with a focus on effective pedagogy for collaboration. Julie blogs at E-Learning Journey's. More information can be found on Julie's digital portfolio.
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Vicki Davis
Vicki Davis is a teacher and the IT director at Westwood Schools in Camilla, Georgia. Vicki co-created four award winning international wiki-centric projects, theFlat Classroom™ project, the NetGenEd™ Project, the Eracism Project™, the Horizon project, and Digiteen™ with teacher Julie Lindsay, currently in Bejing.
These projects have linked more than 3200 students from both public and private schools from nineteen countries. These collaborative projects harness the most powerful technology tools available while operating on a minimal budget. Vicki has been featured in various media including Thomas Friedman's book, The World is Flat, Don Tapscott's Grown Up Digital, the Wall Street Journal, and the Boston Globe.
Vicki blogs at the Cool Cat Teacher blog which won the 2008 Edublog Award for Best Teacher Blog. She was named a pioneer in Open Source Virtual World Technology in October 2009. Vicki is a Google Certified Teacher and Discovery S.T.A.R. Educator. She lives in Camilla, Georgia with her husband and three children.
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These projects have linked more than 3200 students from both public and private schools from nineteen countries. These collaborative projects harness the most powerful technology tools available while operating on a minimal budget. Vicki has been featured in various media including Thomas Friedman's book, The World is Flat, Don Tapscott's Grown Up Digital, the Wall Street Journal, and the Boston Globe.
Vicki blogs at the Cool Cat Teacher blog which won the 2008 Edublog Award for Best Teacher Blog. She was named a pioneer in Open Source Virtual World Technology in October 2009. Vicki is a Google Certified Teacher and Discovery S.T.A.R. Educator. She lives in Camilla, Georgia with her husband and three children.
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