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The Flat Classroom: Connecting Your Students to the WorldMatt MillerTurkey Run High SchoolMarshall, [email protected]: @jmattmiller
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What is a “Flat Classroom?”
Sharing Learning Globally
Turkey Run/Valencia Collaboration Project
● Live video Skype chats
● Recorded video messages (Skype, YouTube)
● Shared Google Documents
● Edmodo
Sharing Learning Globally
Other options for sharing learning:
● Blogs (Kidblog, Blogger, etc.)
● Social media (Twitter, Google Plus, etc.)
● Website to share (Weebly, Google Sites, etc.)
● Communication apps (Voxer, etc.)
Google Documents: Let’s Try!
Go to: http://tinyurl.com/in-nelldoc
OR, find that link through the Flat Classroom session webpage (DitchThatTextbook.com/in-nell14-flat)
Finding Partner Classrooms
● Skype Education (education.skype.com)
● Twitter (#langchat, #edchat, etc.)
● IFLTA Facebook group
● Friends, family, colleagues
● Utilize Matt!
Mystery Skype
Where in the world is this class?
What’s on Your Mind?
Go to the Flat Classroom webpage on the Ditch That Textbook website (DitchThatTextbook.com/in-nell14-flat).
Go to #2. Type out any ideas that have come to mind on how to utilize what you’ve learned today.
Check out other people’s ideas in the spreadsheet below the form!
Practice Time!
Go to the Flat Classroom webpage on the Ditch That Textbook website (DitchThatTextbook.com/in-nell14-flat).
Go to #3. Do any of the following:
● Create an account, check out lessons or create a lesson of your own at education.skype.com
● Read Skype articles on Ditch That Textbook● Create a Google account and check out Drive