Overview of "Judging"

The aim of judging is to come up with awards for multimedia artifacts as listed on the Awards wiki page.
This is to be done using the prepared rubrics in combination with an online form (in order to identify outright 'winners').

The Project in a Nutshell

How would you go about making a video with a team of people you have never met before, you may never meet face to face and using the power of the Internet? The Flat Classroom Project will include over 200 students from 10 classrooms around the world.

Basically, students work in groups from different schools and different countries to produce content on a wiki page from which they create an individual digital artefact (video), including out-sourced video or multimedia from another student, which they embed into their team wikipage. The students have to use loads of different tools and develop amazing skills: file compression, editing, sending files, working in different time zones.....
The Flat Classroom Project is a global collaborative project founded by Vicki Davis (Westwood Schools, USA) and Julie Lindsay (Qatar Academy, Qatar) in 2006.

It uses Web 2.0 tools to facilitate communication, interaction and collaboration between students and teachers from all participating classrooms. The topics studied and discussed are real-world scenarios based on 'The World is Flat' by Thomas Friedman.One of the main goals of the project is to 'flatten' or lower the classroom walls so that instead of each class working in isolation, 2 or more classes are joined virtually to become one large classroom. Read more about the Flat Classroom Project.

How does the judging work?

All Videos will be posted on the Master List with each video having a distinct number.
The master list is locked at a date to be specified -- only videos that are turned in on time on the master list will be judged.
We have 3-4 judges per team with ?? videos per team expected.
Criteria is based on the rubrics for Design and Technical Quality as well as Synthesis and Construction of Ideas
All judging teams are asked to fill in the online survey.
Review all videos first and choose your top 4.
Complete one survey form for each of these 4 videos.
Each judge has the option to nominate a personal favorite for an award (included in the survey.) This is called your "Judges Choice" award.
Results are tallied and winners are announced

Meta-Judging

Our meta-judge for this project is Barbara Stefanics. Barbara is a veteran Flat Classroom teacher and a member of the Flat Classroom Board of Advisors.

Who is qualified to judge?

We encourage educators interested in learning to assess higher order thinking skills to be involved. We want people who can give feedback on the methodologies employed to move towards improving our assessment of such projects.

How do I sign up to judge?

Join www.flatclassroomproject.org
Click "Join this Space" in the top left corner of this page.
As you put in your information, make sure that you complete the comment box with your name, location, and the group that you would like to join. (This will send us your e-mail address and all information submitted is private.)
Wait for approval - you will receive an e-mail noting your approval.
If you are already a member of this wiki, continue with the following points.
Join the Ning Group to get announcements and updates.
Return to this page.
Add your information to the topic of your choice below (first to wiki it gets it! include a hyperlink to your bio).
Be available to review/judge videos from November 28 for about 1 week.

Leadership

Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis are co-coordinating this project. Julie is primarily responsible for team assignment of judges. Vicki will handle the survey and tallies. To contact them, leave them a comment on the Ning or a private message on the Ning.

Judge Meeting

Judges meeting held November 30, 2009
If you could not make the meeting we suggest you listen to the recording linked here. Link for Elluminate meeting

List of Judges and Links to wikis

If you have judged a project previously, feel free to sign up as a lead judge for a category or to sign up for more than one slot. Also, please hyperlink to your profile on the Ning and also your online blog.

1. Connecting the World Online (CWO) -

Lead Judge - Marie Coleman, Media Specialist, Lorenzo Walker campus, Naples, FL (Learning via Daily Images)
Judge 1- Katie Christo , Instructional Technology Specialist, Chennai, India
Judge 2- Stephanie Thomas, Graduate Student, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

2. World Wide Web (WWW)

Lead Judge - mrsdurff
Judge 1 - Minhaaj Rehman, Educational Consultant.
Judge 2-Jamie McNamara, Instructional Technology Student, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

3. Workflow Software (WFS)

Lead Judge - John Turner, Digital Educator, Qatar
Judge 1- Peter Schneider, Nettrekker
Judge 2- Erin Flage , Graduate Student, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

4. Uploading: The Changing Shape of Information (CSI)

Lead Judge - Suzie Nestico , Mount Carmel Area High School, Mt. Carmel, PA USA
Judge 1- Marie Coleman, Media Specialist, Lorenzo Walker campus, Naples, FL (Learning via Daily Images)
Judge 2-Deb Bloom

5. Web 2.0 (W20)

Lead Judge - John Turner, Digital Educator, Qatar
Judge 1- Christine Hollingsworth, State Advisor, Missouri FCCLA, MO USA
Judge 2- Shu-hsiang Chen, Graduate Student, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

6. Globalisation and Outsourcing (G&O)

Lead Judge - mrsdurff
Judge 1- John Turner, Digital Educator, Qatar
Judge 2-

7. Google (GGL)

Lead Judge - Leigh Zeitz, associate professor, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Judge 1- Suzie Nestico , Mount Carmel Area High School, Mt. Carmel, PA USA
Judge 2- Ashley Sebesan , 8th Grade Math/Science Teacher, Chennai, India

8. PLEs and Social Networking (PLE&SN)

Lead Judge - Suzie Nestico , Mt. Carmel Area High School, Mt. Carmel, PA USA
Judge 1- Katie Christo , Instructional Technology Specialist, Chennai, India
Judge 2-

9. Mobile and Ubiquitous (M&U)

Lead Judge - Mark van 't Hooft, Educational Researcher, Kent State University
Judge 1- mrsdurff
Judge 2-

10. Virtual Communication (VCom)

Lead Judge - Katie Christo , Instructional Technology Specialist, Chennai, India
Judge 1-Lisa Burrack , UNI EIT Student, Cedar Falls, IA
Judge 2- Marie Coleman, Media Specialist, Lorenzo Walker campus, Naples, FL (Learning via Daily Images)

11. Wireless Connectivity (WCon)

Lead Judge - Peter Schneider, Nettrekker
Judge 1- Mark van 't Hooft, Educational Researcher, Kent State University
Judge 2-