Flat Classroom Results aligned with ISTE Standards

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I have a channel on youtube. (http://www.youtube.com/coolcatteacher) If you have a username on youtube, you may navigate to my channel and hit subscribe. That way all of my videos will go straight to you.

I also have a coolcatteacher group and am going to join the K12 group. Groups let multiple people add. The coolcat teacher group is for those of you who have videos that you want me to review or about the things I’ve worked with.

Julie and I are compiling two final summative videos: one on the objectives accomplished (mine is shown below) and another as a how to.

I have taken the ISTE standards and aligned them with what we accomplished on the flat classroom project. I also discussed how we will change the project in the future (we hope) and what types of classrooms this is best suited for.

Unfortunately I had to upload this to Google Video because it is longer than 10 minutes (14 to be exact.) (See Video)

In the future, I am going to start working to stay under the 10 minute time limit for youtube. But I want you to think a moment — you can have private groups on youtube. Why don’t you have a school news channel and only invite your parents and students to view?

It is free and very very cool. Also, you can get a specific channel URL like I have (http://www.youtube.com/coolcatteacher) and I believe that most filters can unblock a specific URL. That way you could use at least your channel at school even if you can’t do anything else there.

You tube is an incredible tool waiting for a use. There are already GREAT videos out there for classrooms. If you don’t believe me, look at the 2nd place wiki for the k12 online conference about math videos. They include so many videos aligned with math standards — I used the one about exponents for my SAT math review!

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

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2 comments

Steve Sokoloski February 11, 2007 - 6:34 pm

Thanks for the tip on youtube. I have been struggling with passing Google video through our filter. I was not sure of how Google Video would eventually dovetail with youtube. However, if you can have a private channel, limited to only those who subscribe, that would be great. I have a teacher who is looking to change her weekly newsletter home and we are exploring the best ways to turn it into essentially a private blog with pictures and videos for parents. This will be a idea to explore this week.

Sharon February 27, 2007 - 6:46 pm

Aligning the Flat Classroom with NETS standards made me smile. I am always saying that any good educational project will automatically hit numerous standards. Web 2.0 tools just makes it easier.

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