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In this post, you will reflect upon the experience of the Flat Classroom Project. You must include the following items at the top of the post.

Group Assignment:
Hyperlink to Group Wiki:
Hyperlink to Outsourced Video Clip:
Embed Outsourced Video Clip:
Video Hyperlink:
Embed the Final Video Artifact:



In your reflection, which may be a video, audio, or typed text, you must cover the following:

1) Overview of your topic - In at least 150 words and 4 hyperlinks, explain your topic. Include 1-2 i… Continue

The Westwood Student Summit will be held tomorrow, 12/10/2008 from 9:15 - 9:50 EST.

To join, click this link:

https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2007066&password=M.9301D01FB411E98248792B3A33F345

You may need privaleges to install javascript and the first 100 people are welcome!

One of the main issues I see on the wiki currently is the way we are hyperlinking. Writing on the internet should be concise and meaningful, and hyperlinks should be CONTEXTUAL. Here are some examples

Wrong way Example #1

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There was a news article that more wireless companies are providing chips to connect to the Internet at higher speeds. You can read the article here - http://www.yourcommunicationnews.com/news… Continue

We're so excited to share this announcement - we had so many schools apply and have done our best to get a good fit for the project AND find ways for every teacher who applied to be involved in some way. Unfortunately, we've had a few challenges reaching everyone who applied as some firewalls won't let us through. If you are one of those teachers who applied and you have not heard from us -- PLEASE check your spam folder -- we've been trying to reach you. Here is our official announcement.

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We've had a great time of getting acquainted over the last few weeks and we are getting ready to charge ahead.

I've noticed that there are some asking when do we ning and when do we wiki.

We created the ning to see if we could help the process of getting connected. Last year, many of our spam filters and firewalls were "eating" our e-mails and it was frustrating to connect, so the teachers created this space to help you connect and communicate.

However, remember that it will b… Continue