Congratulations FCP13-2 Award Winners!

The awards ceremony for the Flat Classroom Project (13-2) was held on December 17.  In June, students began this project when they read and blogged about Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat.  Then, in September, students joined the Flat Classroom Ning and developed relationships with students in their "global classroom."  These relationships grew as students worked on a page of the FCP13-2 wiki.  As the final component of the project, each student planned and created a multimedia project to demonstrate their understanding of the topic.

Out of the 142 submitted videos, 13 students from Saucon Valley were recognized for excellence.

• In topic #1, "Connecting the World On-Line," Jake earned second place for his video, "All Online: CWO Innovation, Invention, & Prediction."
• In topic #3,  "How Workflow Software Can Enhance Productivity & Communication," Angela earned third place for her video, "FCP Video," and  Kyle earned first place for his video, "Innovations to a World Flattener: The Cloud."
• In topic #4, "The Changing Shape of Information," Sarah earned second place for her video, "The AIL and the Changing Shape of Information."
• In topic #5, "Web2.0 Tools for Sharing Information," Danielle earned second place for her video, "Video Games: How We Play."
• Saucon Valley swept the category in topic #6, "Globalization & Outsourcing," Annika earned third place for her video, "Globalization and Play: On the Correlation Between," Lara's video, "Acting With Empathy in Bangalore," tied for second place with Kenny's video, "Outsourcing: A Dynamic Force with Deep Roots," and Morgan earned first place for her video, "Globalization and Outsourcing Overview."
• In topic #9, "Mobile & Ubiquitous," Taylor earned third place for her video, "Geocaching, The Hunt."
• In topic #10, "Virtual Communication," Adam earned third place for his video, "The Story of Skype," and Zach earned first place for his video, "Virtual Communication Innovation: Creating Tangible Data."
• In topic #11, "Wireless Connectivity," Haylee earned first place for her video, "Wireless Connectivity in the Years."

After judges chose winners in each topic, a meta-judge evaluated the first and second place winners from each category.  This judge then selected the overall project winners.  

I'm pleased to announce that the videos by Zach & Kyle tied for second place out of all videos submitted!  The overall winner for the project was "Importance of WWW" by KateM_AAHS.

A special thank you to all students for your patience, perseverance, and excellence.  I am so proud of all of you for your contributions!