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Honor Morman, a Flat Classroom Certified Teacher, shares her thoughts about introducing global collaboration into the curriculum. "Here's what two of my students said about our participation in the Flat Classroom Project, a 12-week project in which we collaborated with 15 other classes in seven different countries to create a vision for the future of education and society based on emerging technologies and the characteristics of the net generation: "[I learned] how important it is to be a member of a global society-communicating globally and working together as a global community is the only way we can solve global issues and improve the lives of all of us. Communicating and collaborating via the web with global partners is how we will do it in future." -Lara "[Participating in this project helped me become] a global leader, able to communicate important global ideas and different perspectives across cultures and borders and share those ideas for the betterment of my community and the world." -Katherine"

"The efforts of the Connect All Schools consortium and like-minded programs, such as Flat Classroom, Edmodo, Twitter chats, Global Read Aloud Day, Skype in the Classroom, Microsoft's Partners in Learning, Global Classroom Scrapbook Project, and the Intel Teach Program, have vastly increased the diversity and number of students gaining global awareness and empathy beyond what would be possible through study abroad alone. Still, only small fraction of U.S. K-12 students currently have access to some kind of international experience, whether physical or virtual."

As Vicki and Julie state, "Once you go Flat, you never go back!" My passion for global education has only gotten stronger through the participation of this project. All of these students that I had the opportunity to work with through both teams that we operated have done nothing but remind why I love my job! Kids are amazing! Simply put. When they shine and show their talents and you know that it is all them that have done the work, then as a teacher/leader you know you have done your job. I simply sat back and watched them blow my mind. It is amazing what kids can do when you place them in a situation where there is no ceiling but the ones they place on themselves. When they remove that ceiling WATCH OUT! because it is a spectacle to behold.

It's an approach that promotes a pedagogy of learning by engagement and activity within an authentic learning community -- a community of practitioners, where people practice the discipline, rather than merely just talk about it

Five minutes of the Best of WISE 2012! World Innovation Summit in Education, held in Doha Qatar November 13-15, 2012

Yong Zhao's new book in 2012 - "The book is about preparing global, creative, and entrepreneurial talents. It is my attempt to answer a number of pressing questions facing education today. These questions are exemplified by two new stories that have dominated the media recently, one around the Facebook IPO and the other the debt and jobs of college graduate"

Looking at daily life in foreign lands reveals a colorful spectrum of inspiring metaphors for the shifts we need to make in education. Often what we may find initially chaotic, disorienting and strange in other countries can actually spark new ways of thinking about teaching and learning. Through the voices of teachers and students from around the world, we'll examine the unique aptitudes which allow successful expats to thrive in any environment. These are exactly the skills that future students and teachers will need to confidently enter the digital, global, converging, collaborative world of tomorrow - wherever they might be physically located.

A reasonable article written about international schools and teaching jobs. Interesting how the number of schools has increased in the past 15 years, and how as the less well-off countries become wealthier (eg China) they want their children educated in English. Lots of opportunities for teachers in many places.

It'S Back To School We Go!: First Day Stories from Around The World [Ellen Jackson, Jan Davey Ellis] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In easy-to-read text, describes what the first day of school might be like for a child in Kenya, Kazakhstan, Canada

It'S Back To School We Go!: First Day Stories from Around The World [Ellen Jackson, Jan Davey Ellis] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In easy-to-read text, describes what the first day of school might be like for a child in Kenya, Kazakhstan, Canada

Created by Julie, Jason and Tasha as their 'quad-blogging' assignment for the Flat Classroom Certified Teacher course 12-1 Excellent resources and comments!

Julie Balen's blog - One of our new Flat Classroom Certified Teacher graduates from the 12-1 cohort. A thoughtful and committed educator who now flattens the classroom wherever she can!

My presentation at the TICAL School Leadership Summit today

Studnets of @ebrownorama share their experiences presenting virtually at the flat Classroom Conference, japan this year.

World reporting. For students, by students. An exciting initiative by the Washington International School that now includes schools all over the world. Journalism and other students writing blog posts and sharing images of news events globally.

A webinar I presented for the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration on August 12. In 25 minutes I cover the attributes of a global educator and how to get started with online global collaboration. Registration for my course 'The Global Educator' can be found on the CILC website at http://www.cilc.org/Professional-Development/Get-Certified-with-Courses/Global-Educator-Certification.aspx

Read about how 'flat' learning, digital technology and innovative leadership support online global learning and collaboration. The first of two blog posts featuring concepts from the new book 'The Global Educator: Leveraging technology for collaborative learning and teaching' by Julie Lindsay