Westwood Technology Program

Westwood's Technology Program has received international recognition for the Flat Classroom projects, created by teacher Vicki Davis. Mrs. Davis is currently one of the leading educational bloggers in the world with her Cool Cat Teacher Blog, named the Edublog Award winner 2008 for Best Teacher Blog and named by the London Times as a Top Edublogger. (The opinions of Mrs. Davis on her blog do not necessarily represent the views of Westwood Schools.)

Our work has been included in the Boston Globe, Edutopia , the Wall Street Journal, Wired News, Edutopia (About Flat Classroom), Anthony Williams, co-author of Wikinomics, CAST, National Public Radio and many other locations online.

The Flat Classroom^TM project was the winner SIGTEL's Online Learning Award 2007; winner Taking IT Global Best Collaborative Learning Project 2006; winner Edublog Award for best Wiki 2006 and 2008; included in Thomas Friedman's version 3.0 of The World is Flat)

Projects and Places Where Our Students Work and Share Online

• Westwood Wiki - http://westwood.wikispaces.com
• Flint River Ning - http://flintriver.ning.com
• Flat Classroom Project - http://www.flatclassroomproject.org http://flatclassroom.ning.com (In Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Thomas Friedman's book The World is Flat version 3)
• Flat Classroom Conference - http://flatclassroomconference.ning.com
• Digiteen Project - http://digiteen.ning.com
• Digiteen Dream Team (2008-2009 Blog) - http://digiteendreamteam.blogspot.com
• Eracism Project - http://www.eracismproject.org http://eracism.flatclassroomproject.org
• NetGenEd Project - http://netgened.wikispaces.com http://netgened.grownupdigital.com (With Don Tapscott)
• Horizon Project - http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com
• World Wide Wildcats (Blogging about our International Travels) - http://worldwidewildcats.blogspot.com/

Links to Westwood Technology News

• Student Miller S. Writes for British Technology Expert, Terry Freedman
• Virginia Vereen Wins Digital Youth Contest with Her Youtube Video
• Students and Faculty Head to Qatar for Flat Classroom Conference
• Westwood Alumni Facebook Group
• Listen to the National Public Radio Show Including Westwood's Blogging Program
• Letter from Alumnus Oliver Gunter About Westwood's Inclusion in the World is Flat
• Westwood Students Win Awards in the International Flat Classroom Project
• Free Online Class Led By Students
• Westwood in the Wall Street Journal

Overview of Awards and Recognitions for Westwood Technology Program

BBC Pioneer Names 2008-2009 Ninth Grade Class as Open Sim Pioneers

Ninth graders and their teacher, Mrs. Vicki Davis, were named OpenSim Pioneers for their work in ReactionGrid to construct Digiteen Island and were filmed and shared by a BBC pioneer, Leon Cynch from the UK.

Edutopia Profiles Virginia Vereen and Westwood Computer Program

Edutopia has launched their new Digital Youth Project and has posted the video about Virginia, one of our upcoming 10th graders, and our computer program. (Video below.) This is a huge honor to be included and Virginia and Mrs. Davis will be on a live webinar next Thursday talking about how Westwood's technology program reaches the world and strives for excellence. In these videos you'll see featured Virginia, Mrs. Azalee Vereen, Mrs. Betty Shiver, our fourth grade students and ninth grade students and some of the students who attended the Flat Classroom conference in Qatar.