Flatten Your School

WHAT DOES “FLATTEN YOUR SCHOOL “ MEAN?

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From Julie Lindsay Presentation

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WHY SHOULD I FLATTEN IT?

New Evolving Literaciesy

Bottom Line- How do we

prepare kids for theirworld?

COMPASS TO NAVIGATE EVER SHRINKING WORLD

Intercultural LiteracyNetwork LiteracyDigital Citizenship/Ethical LiteracyVisual/Media LiteracyInformation Literacy

From Sylvia Tomilsino

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Key Tools for the Trip

Communication

Synchronous

• Skype

Asynchronous

• Oovoo

• Tokbox

• Voxopop

Shared Spaces for Collaboration

Wiki Ning

Synchronous Meeting Place

Wimba/Eluminate DimDim/Tinychat

Gradually Expand Boundaries

Class to Class Class to Other Teachers

Class to Community

• World History Documentaries

• Frederick Douglas Project

School to School

• Fitztory

• Sudan

• Flatclassroom

• Foreign Language Exchange

The Future

• India Course

• Connections with China

• Connections with Cuba

• World History Blog Projects

Finding 0pportunities

Global Collaboration Ning

• Twitter

• Rafi.ki

• NAIS 20/20 Challenge

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