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 * //Borrowed from the Flat Classroom Wiki Home Page//**
 * =What is a Flat Classroom®?=

The concept of a 'flat classroom' is based on the constructivist principle of a multi-modal learning environment that is student-centered and a level playing field for teacher to student and student to teacher interaction. = = =What is the Flat Classroom® Project?=

The [|Flat Classroom® Project] is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. This project is part of the emerging tend in internationally-aware schools to embrace a holistic and constructivist educational approach to work collaboratively with others around the world in order to create students who are competitive and globally-minded. The project was co-founded by
 * [|Vicki Davis]** (Westwood Schools, USA) and **[|Julie Lindsay]**(Beijing (BISS) International School, China) in 2006 when Julie (then in Bangladesh) and Vicki joined their classrooms together for the first time to study and emulate the emerging flattened learning environment. The Flat Classroom® Project 2006 is featured in Chapter 13, 'If it's not happening it's because you're not doing it', of the 2007 edition of Thomas Friedman's book, [|The World is Flat]' upon which it was based. (pages 501-503)

Topics are taken from Friedman's work and include:
 * 1) Connecting the world online
 * 2) World Wide Web
 * 3) Workflow software
 * 4) The Changing Shape of Information
 * 5) Web 2.0 tools for sharing information
 * 6) Globalization and outsourcing
 * 7) Google takes over the world
 * 8) Personal Learning Environments and Social Networking
 * 9) Mobile and Ubiquitous
 * 10) Virtual Communication
 * 11) Wireless Connectivity ||

One of the main goals of the project is to 'flatten' or lower the classroom walls so that instead of each class working isolated and alone, 2 or more classes are joined virtually to become one large classroom. This is done through the Internet using Web 2.0 tools such as Wikispaces and Ning.

The Project uses Web 2.0 tools to make communication and interaction between students and teachers from all participating classrooms easier. The topics studied and discussed are real-world scenarios based on ' [|The World is Flat] ' by Thomas Friedman.