Flat Classroom Conference

Leadership Workshop and Student Summit

January 24-26, 2009

Qatar Academy, Doha, State of Qatar

‘Ideation Nation:

Citizenship in the Global E-Learning Economy’

Pre-Conference

Saturday Morning

Day 1 (Saturday January 24)

Time

Main Theme

Student Summit

Leadership Workshop

9:00-12:00pm

Sight-seeing

Optional Tours and Get Acquainted Opportunities

For international arrivals, morning sight-seeing then to QA for lunch

1:00-1:45pm

Orientation

Registration, School Tours

·         Small group tours around school (20-30 min. tour).

·         Everyone to be in Qatar Academy Auditorium by 1.50

Saturday January 24

2:00-2:45pm

Conference Opening

Opening Ceremony

Dr Greg Hedger, Julie Lindsay, Vicki Davis

·         Vision for the “flattening” of education conferences

·         Introduction of action project, reflective practice, and conference deliverables.

Session A01: Auditorium

2:45-3:00pm

Conference Guidelines

Session A02: Auditorium

3:00-3:15pm

Break

Move to Recreation Centre

3:15-5:15pm

 

 

 

 

 

Workshops

 

(Breaks taken as needed)

 

Part 1  Student Ice Breaker:

Cultural Scavenger Hunt

3:15-3:45

Workshop Leader: Vicki Davis

Facilitators: John Turner, Ray Jones, Chris Chater, Anne Baird

Session SS01: Atrium

Part 2 Action Project Kickoff: Team Meet, Greet and Action

3:45 -5:15

Session SS02

Ice Breaker

Flat Classroom Simulation

Leader: Julie Lindsay

3:15-3:45

Session LW01

Leadership Workshop

Leaders: Don Knezek and Lynn Nolan (ISTE)

3:45-5:15

Session LW02

Saturday January 24

5:15-6:00pm

Reflection

 Conversations with Thomas Friedman
Live from Washington DC via a Skype link-up, world renowned author of ‘The World is Flat’, Thomas Friedman will speak at the conference. The Flat Classroom Project is inspired by the book and uses the 10 flatteners as topics for student team work. As co-founders of the project Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis are featured talking about the project in the latest edition (2007) of ‘The World is Flat’. Tom will talk to the conference participants about his work, including the latest book, ‘Hot, Flat and Crowded’ and then invite questions from students.

Session A03: Auditorium

6:00-7:00pm

PLENARY

Virtual Connection

Flat Classroom Debates

This session, in the style of Doha Debates’  has  a ‘future of education’ focus. It will include a virtual link-up between two international conferences and provide opportunities for the audiences at both to participate. Educon 2.1 is an education conference happening simultaneously to the Flat Classroom Conference at the Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA.

Session A04: Auditorium

7:00-8:30pm

Conference

Dinner

Conference Welcome Dinner

Dinner keynote:  “What globalization means to employment:  flat world employees who succeed.”

Nicole van Hattem, Senior Human Resources Manager, HSBC Bank Middle East, Qatar.

Session A05: Diamond Area

9:00pm

Back to hotel