Flat Classroom Project

A list for all the sites shared by those attending NECC 2009.

"There is a problem with energy literacy" says Chevron CEO, David O'Reilly, in Thomas Friedman's Hot Flat and Crowded - Julie and I are working to incorporate this into our next Flat Classroom mini-conference in Februray and we turned up this energy literacy nonprofit. This is fascinating.

This is the wiki with the information from our session on Diigo in the Open Source Lab at NECC. It has current information on bookmarking.

Websites are no longer just information in themselves but are being mashed up and mixed up using tools like Diigo.

This used to be mogulus - you can have a full tv channel here. My understanding is that you can stream from your cellphone here.

Microblogging service built for students and teachers.

Mr. Robbo, the PE Geek, filmed this video on his cell phone about how he uses QR Codes in the classroom. He filmed it on his cellphone and uploaded it to qik -- he is in Australia!

This teacher is sharing what he does to use QR Codes to teach!

Percentage of teens who text while driving. This is a concern and one that you should alleviate.

Online content is being accessed on a weekly basis from their cell phone.

Research shows that cell phones are a vital part of student identities with four out of five students having a cell phone. Now, nearly half of kids aged 8-12 years own cell phones. Most kids get their first cell phone between 10 and 11.

Percentage of US teenagers who have cell phones.

20% of Teens participate in sexting or sending nude pictures via text message.

This issue is a huge one for students and minors who have future implications for this practice.

How you can use SMS from your cell phone. Additionally, those who do not have cell phones can use the cell phone simulator to practice these terms: define, etc.

Tons of free content for your cell phone including ringtones.

This is the best information I've seen on QR Codes readers including links and instructions for how to do this.

This is information on QR codes for Marketing but in this there is potential for schools - particularly ubiquitous "hardlinks" between educational experiences like museums.

As you think about QR codes, this list of 20 marketing uses of QR codes is a place to start.

This software turns your webcam into a QR code reader. From Mr. Robbo the PE Geek.

QR Codes and hardlinking are one of the most important trends to understand

Dennis Richards shared this in our workshop and it is so true - these are the stages that we all go through when looking at any technology. It is important to understand that as people connectin the world, that sometimes it takes time for people to accept change and research bears this out. This research shows the phases of change that all people go through based upon research by Hall & Loucks, 1979

It is important to understand that as people connectin the world, that sometimes it takes time for people to accept change and research bears this out. This research shows the phases of change that all people go through based upon research by Hall & Loucks, 1979

This photograph snapped by five students from five different countries at the flat classroom conference says it all.

This is the help wiki for all of our flat classroom projects and how we do the things we do. I realized that I hadn't shared it!

the help wiki for flat classroom

OH, Mr. Robbo - I am already just crazy about him! Here he talks about how he teaches the skelton with QR Codes.!

This system lets you scan qr codes and you have to download it and put it on your phone - it is called a QR reader.