Flat Classroom Project

From Curriki, a worthwhile summary of the Horizon Report 2010 http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2010/

Recently released Horizon Report 2010, from the New Media Consortium and Educause. Emerging Technologies: 1-2 years: Mobile Computing and Open Content 2-3 years: Simple Augmented Reality and Electronic Books 4-5 yersr: Gesture-based Computing and Visual Data Analysis

Watch out for mid-February when Judy O'Connell delivers the Flat Classroom Project 2010-1 Keynote!

you can search the text and be taken directly to that mention of the book using Panopto

Toolkit A - Z. Looking for a tool to use? Wondering what to try next? Thinking about possibilities?

A list of tools that may be used in the classroom. Most would be considered as Web2.0 tools. This list may provoke an idea or two for a Flat Classroom video.

World change starts with educated children! Organisation that provides books and schools in many countries

"Hitchcock from Cinemek is a mobile storyboard composer. For those of you that don't know, a storyboard is a series of panels of rough sketches outlining a scene of a movie or commercial. They are used to help plan out the shots needed before you start filming. "

Storyboarding in your pocket. Hitchcock allows aspiring cinematographers to create movie layouts while on the go. Not free. Could be used for planning student videos for the Flat Classroom Project? Search Cinemek for the iPhone application

"this app is a great demonstration of where mobile shopping is heading. With the abilities that are shown in this app, more and more apps are going to start including features like this that will offer information on virtually anything we can think of."

A nice example of where mobile computing may be heading and perhaps a stimulus for a video scene.

"Dropbox has been one of those extremely useful online tools for me over the past couple years and keeps getting better as time goes on. For those of you who aren't familiar with the program, it basically is a file sharing app. Once installed onto a couple computers, it then creates a folder on each user's system and syncs any files that are added into the folder. "

Excellent example of how different computing files can be synchronised between computers and shared. Free for PC's & Macs (2 GB). There is a version for the iPhone as well but seems pricey.

Possible future development for the Internet.

A good video on a poosible future development for the Internet with lots of ideas that can be further developed.

Article in the Citrus County Chronicle about Flat Classroom Project. November 2009

While this article starts out about a lawfirm in Birmingham UK that is going to "track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online" it becomes an amazingly poignant article on the very nature of the Internet today and the push pull between anonymous commenting and accountability of the commenter. Push pull between free speech and online identity and brand protection. One person in this article claims that this sort of thing is the sign that the "wild west" of the INternet is coming to an end. Oh dear, I hope someone invents a new one if somehow anonymous commenters are now going to risk such! Also love the article's discussion of the Streisand effect wherein Barbara protested the sharing of some photos of her eroding beachfront which caused a stir and more people looking at the photos than if she had left it alone. This article is going to be a must read for Flat Classroom students and would be great for college-level discussions as well.

Important article that would make a great video story for someone predicting how the Internet is changing - with commenters being hunted down by companies!

Publications -- Center for Social Media at American University