A Week in the Life Project
Press Release: immediate
Co-founders of the Flat Classroom® Project, Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsayare excited to announce another session of the Elementary School Flat Classroom Project. After the very successful pilot project in 2010 that included eight schools and 9 classrooms from five countries, this 2011-2 project joins together about 500 students from 19 schools and 6 countries to develop an appropriate global collaborative experience within a curriculum framework for students in Grades 3-5 of ages 8-11. For the current project, running September through December 2011, the project managers are Aaron Maurer and Cathy Wolinsky. They are assisted by Toni Olivieri-Barton (Community Manager), Tina Schmidt (Meetup Manager), and Maureen Tumenas (Media Mentor).
"We are building on the excitement and engagement of the previous project, knowing that another team of excellent educators are working furiously together to make this the best global experience possible, using Flat Classroom pedagogy supported by emerging Web 2.0 technologies", states Julie, "Not only are we connecting the students but teachers met every week and explore best ways to collaborate within and inquiry-based curriculum approach."
The project is called "A Week in the Life....." and centers around sharing what life is like for students in their respective schools and countries. It encourages students to connect and communicate to build an online learning community and to collaborate on a common set of guiding questions and objectives. For this project we are using the tool Edmodo which provides flexibility for group creation and file uploading. It also supports development of multimedia collecting and sharing skills, and awareness of collaborative learning environments through the practical application of the project wiki. Topics for the project include School Time, Languages and Clothing, Housing and Transportation, Leisure Time, Food & Celebrations and Environment.
We encourage interested teachers and supporters of global collaborative projects to review the developing wiki material at (http://aweekinthelife11-2.flatclassroomproject.org/) This project will run until December 15, 2011, by which time students will have created celebration material based on their collected multimedia.
Applications of interest are being taken now for future projects. See details at http://tinyurl.com/fcpesapplication
Flat Classroom® Projects are award winning projects that have been running for the past four years for middle and high schools students. The original project, The Flat Classroom Project, is based on the concepts found in Tom Friedman's book, 'The World is Flat', and subsequently has been included in the reprint of the book in 2007. Other projects include Digiteen Project (raising awareness of digital citizenship) and NetGenEd Project, run in conjunction with Don Tapscott (looks at emerging technologies and netgen norms of behavior). We encourage all educators and global collaborative project supporters to join our Flat Classrooms network to receive further updates on all Flat Classroom Projects. http://flatclassrooms.ning.com More information about Flat Classroom Projects can be found on the website http://flatclassroomproject.net
Participating Schools in "A Week in the Life...." 2011-2
Schools
Teachers
Alta Vista Elementary, Los Gatos, California, USA
Christy Mills & Mary Fran Lynch
American International School Guangzhou, China
Shauna Cottrell
American School of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Evan Chong & Catrin Barber
Berkshire Country Day School, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
Maureen Tumenas
Bettendorf Community School, Bettendorf, Iowa, USA
Aaron Maurer
Brook Park Memorial Elementary, Berea City School District, Brook Park, Ohio, USA
Amren Fowler & Jamie Palcisko
Gilman Lower School, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Donna Vaccaro
H.C. Storm Elementary, Batavia, Illinois, USA
Sarah Barrett
Kennard CJA, USA
Laurie Batres
Korea International School, South Korea
Jenn MacSwain
Marietta Center for Advanced Academics, Marietta, Georgia, USA
Susie Throop
Oakridge International School, Einstein Campus, Oakridge, India
Kanchan Lele
Park View Elementary, Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
Julie Buda
Shanghai Community International School, Shanghai, China
Sheri DeNeef & Ashley Holst
St. Martin's Episcopal School, Winnetka, California, USA
Vicky Sedgwick
Stone Oak Elementary, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Cindy Glenn
The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Cynthia Clements
The Study, Montreal, Canada
Lisa Jacobsen
West Tisbury School, Martha's Vineyard, USA
Valerie Becker & Mary Boyd
Co-founders of the Flat Classroom® Project, Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsayare excited to announce another session of the Elementary School Flat Classroom Project. After the very successful pilot project in 2010 that included eight schools and 9 classrooms from five countries, this 2011-2 project joins together about 500 students from 19 schools and 6 countries to develop an appropriate global collaborative experience within a curriculum framework for students in Grades 3-5 of ages 8-11. For the current project, running September through December 2011, the project managers are Aaron Maurer and Cathy Wolinsky. They are assisted by Toni Olivieri-Barton (Community Manager), Tina Schmidt (Meetup Manager), and Maureen Tumenas (Media Mentor).
"We are building on the excitement and engagement of the previous project, knowing that another team of excellent educators are working furiously together to make this the best global experience possible, using Flat Classroom pedagogy supported by emerging Web 2.0 technologies", states Julie, "Not only are we connecting the students but teachers met every week and explore best ways to collaborate within and inquiry-based curriculum approach."
The project is called "A Week in the Life....." and centers around sharing what life is like for students in their respective schools and countries. It encourages students to connect and communicate to build an online learning community and to collaborate on a common set of guiding questions and objectives. For this project we are using the tool Edmodo which provides flexibility for group creation and file uploading. It also supports development of multimedia collecting and sharing skills, and awareness of collaborative learning environments through the practical application of the project wiki. Topics for the project include School Time, Languages and Clothing, Housing and Transportation, Leisure Time, Food & Celebrations and Environment.
We encourage interested teachers and supporters of global collaborative projects to review the developing wiki material at (http://aweekinthelife11-2.flatclassroomproject.org/) This project will run until December 15, 2011, by which time students will have created celebration material based on their collected multimedia.
Applications of interest are being taken now for future projects. See details at http://tinyurl.com/fcpesapplication
Flat Classroom® Projects are award winning projects that have been running for the past four years for middle and high schools students. The original project, The Flat Classroom Project, is based on the concepts found in Tom Friedman's book, 'The World is Flat', and subsequently has been included in the reprint of the book in 2007. Other projects include Digiteen Project (raising awareness of digital citizenship) and NetGenEd Project, run in conjunction with Don Tapscott (looks at emerging technologies and netgen norms of behavior). We encourage all educators and global collaborative project supporters to join our Flat Classrooms network to receive further updates on all Flat Classroom Projects. http://flatclassrooms.ning.com More information about Flat Classroom Projects can be found on the website http://flatclassroomproject.net
Participating Schools in "A Week in the Life...." 2011-2
Schools
Teachers
Alta Vista Elementary, Los Gatos, California, USA
Christy Mills & Mary Fran Lynch
American International School Guangzhou, China
Shauna Cottrell
American School of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Evan Chong & Catrin Barber
Berkshire Country Day School, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
Maureen Tumenas
Bettendorf Community School, Bettendorf, Iowa, USA
Aaron Maurer
Brook Park Memorial Elementary, Berea City School District, Brook Park, Ohio, USA
Amren Fowler & Jamie Palcisko
Gilman Lower School, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Donna Vaccaro
H.C. Storm Elementary, Batavia, Illinois, USA
Sarah Barrett
Kennard CJA, USA
Laurie Batres
Korea International School, South Korea
Jenn MacSwain
Marietta Center for Advanced Academics, Marietta, Georgia, USA
Susie Throop
Oakridge International School, Einstein Campus, Oakridge, India
Kanchan Lele
Park View Elementary, Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
Julie Buda
Shanghai Community International School, Shanghai, China
Sheri DeNeef & Ashley Holst
St. Martin's Episcopal School, Winnetka, California, USA
Vicky Sedgwick
Stone Oak Elementary, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Cindy Glenn
The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Cynthia Clements
The Study, Montreal, Canada
Lisa Jacobsen
West Tisbury School, Martha's Vineyard, USA
Valerie Becker & Mary Boyd
