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Written by Flat Classroom Certfiied teachers in the 12-1 cohort as a 'quad-blogging' challenge "Much like a mature garden, becoming a teacherpreneur takes time, a focus on the big picture and attention to the small details"

This is something special

Dr. Craig Union found that participating in the Flat Classroom - NetGen and Horizon Projects minimized ethnocentrism. Here is a copy of the full study shared in our new book.

Join Flat Classroom and TigEd at 8pm EDT August 1 for a Mega Meet and Greet - share ways to make global connections and find partners for sustained projects!

a way to extend the classroom with quizes.

Flat Classroom Teacher Heather Davis @heatherd1951 reflect on #iste13 in San Antonio

Idelle Melamed from Arlington Heights School District 25 created a Google presentation to share their school's experience in the A Week in the Life, Flat Classroom Project. Wonderful!

Tom Whitby shares insights into connected learning - asking if we should be flipping the model and the learners connect to model the benefits for the educators...... He also states: "Major education conferences are including more and more student sessions exploring the possibilities of student connectedness, connected learning, and choices students have in this technology-driven culture." Yes! that is what Flat Classroom conferences and live events do....and more!

First graders from Dallas, Texas share their 'handshake' introduction via this video for the K-2 Building Bridges to Tomorrow global collaborative project, a Flat Classroom Project.

Louis Morgan shares her discovery of global projects for her Gr2 class.

Janet Barnstable stopped in our presentation.  Here is where she is working now.

The Manitou Springs High School featured Flat Classroom in an online article.  :)

Some great tools for teachers to use in their classroom.  Lots that I have never heard of.

Grade 2 students introduce themselves via video. Such a wonderful glimpse into the class of Leigh Ray in Alaska!

Yvonne shares the many uses of a mobile device for communication, productivity and learning

This is my public evernote notebook where I'm sharing notes about global collaboration in education, technology, and my notes from conferences. If you're following the leading edge of technology and use evernote, you can use this notebook to keep abreast of the things I'm collecting in this area. I've added Julie Lindsay to the notebook, so, we'll look to collect there as well. Evernote shared notebooks are great ways to share collections of information in a slightly different format than bookmarks.

"Cultural awareness in the context of a global project reaches further than using correct 'netiquette', inclusive language and knowing what time zone your group members are from. At the core of cultural awareness is respecting and embracing cultural difference and valuing the cultural learning taking place." A collection of resources for looking at digital citizenship through the areas of awareness 'cultural'.

A great quad blog on possibilities for teaching and addressing social awareness as it relates to digital citizenship in schools.