Flat Classroom Project 2009-1 Keynote
Dr John Turner
(Flat Classroom Teacher and Digital Educator)
"Living in a Flattening World"
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Questions to Reflect On
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1. How has this project 'connected' you to students and teachers living in a different time and space?
2. Give examples of how your use of digital technologies has gotten cheaper, further, faster
3. Pick one of the three ideas that Tom Friedman provided at the recent Flat Classroom Conference and explain how it has affected you or someone you know
4. Using Dr Turner's story as a guide, give an example as your own personal story on how the flattening world has changed the way you think or act
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John has been teaching with computers across Years 7 through 12 for over twenty years in Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. As a department head he is responsible for the information technology curriculum and supporting teachers across the curriculum in using computers to advance student learning. This includes leading a teacher mentor system where teacher partnerships are developed to extend the learning opportunities for teachers and students. He has researched in support of his classroom work which saw him complete a PHD in 1999 on the attitudes and aptitudes of Secondary Mathematics teachers towards using constructionist software with a School Mathematics curriculum.
John has presented at state, national and international conferences . This has included the 2008 Australian Computers in Education Conference (
TeachIT: Act now for teacher ICT learning and
Wikis: Taking Learning To The World) and the International Conference on Computers in Education in Singapore, December 2005. (
A research-supported approach to using Weblogs as a sustainable educational innovation in an Australian post-primary school). He has also had papers published on teacher learning.
John has been part of the Horizon Projects 2007/08 as well as the Flat Classroom Projects 2007/08. These projects have been part of a Web 2 curriculum that is seeing curriculum change across all subjects as part of the changes required to serve 21st century learners and schools. This includes satisfying educational system requirements such as external examinations and professional teacher growth.
