Week+of+12.12.11

=Topic=
 * Flat Classroom Evaluations

=Activity=


 * The Flat Classroom Project!** Out there in cyberspace, a group of students (who are not at the same school!) have completed a project based on the book "The World is Flat," by Thomas Friedman. The book includes the idea of flatteners and how they have impacted the world during the 20th and 21st century.

To see what flatteners are - and to know what is considered a "flattener" - see the slideshows and videos below:

Ten Forces That Flattened the World

@http://www.slideshare.net/markpeak/the-world-is-flat

Flatteners

**What will we be doing?**

We will be evaluating this wiki Web 2.0 Tools for Sharing Information. The focus of this wiki is on Flattener #4 - the impact of uploading on the way we access information. The students discussing this Flat Classroom Project flattener were tasked to create a wiki that discusses the flattener and to create educational videos that share their thoughts and ideas on the topic.

**How will we do this?**


 * We will do this by reviewing the wiki as a whole, and then evaluating it in our [[file:Sound Board Teams - 7th.pdf]].


 * Each group will use the Peer Evaluation Criteria & Summary Form


 * Our feedback will be posted on the SB Feedback Wiki Page


 * We will document our feedback on the Web 2.0 Feedback Page.

**When will this be done?**

We will complete this by Thursday, December 15th. The students are waiting to hear what we have to say! **//This date is not flexible!!!!//**

**What could it look like?**

An example of a completed sounding board review can be seen here. We can look at this for the format - NOT the content as they reviewed a different topic.

**Once we're done..**

You can view the videos! We're not evaluating these, though.... but check them out - I hope we'll be a Flat Classroom Project Class soon!