Digiteen: A Flat Classroom™ Project
In 2007, Flat Classroom™ Project pioneers, Julie Lindsay, Barbara Stefanics, and Vicki Davis wanted to bring project based learning and global collaboration as part of the Digital Citizenship education programs at their schools and the three teachers brought their eighth grade classrooms together for a project that forever transformed how digital citizenship is discussed in their schools.
Now, the Digiteen project occurs three times a year with many classrooms around the world and thousands of students.
There are 2 parts to this project: (see timeline)
Digital behaviors are virally spread between teens, so it makes sense that an improvement in digital behaviors should also be spread virally between teens globally and within their own schools. This project harnesses the power of the social network to help students of all ages make wise choices in a way that also promotes twenty first century learning skills and higher order thinking.
Now, the Digiteen project occurs three times a year with many classrooms around the world and thousands of students.
There are 2 parts to this project: (see timeline)
- Global collaboration on research and sharing resources via a wiki, including ongoing discussion and interaction between global classrooms via the wiki and Ning
- A school-based local project that takes the new knowledge about Digital Citizenship and implements something within the school community that will raise awareness and make a difference
Digital behaviors are virally spread between teens, so it makes sense that an improvement in digital behaviors should also be spread virally between teens globally and within their own schools. This project harnesses the power of the social network to help students of all ages make wise choices in a way that also promotes twenty first century learning skills and higher order thinking.