The point of the Flat Classroom book is to promote global collaboration. By encouraging book clubs to happen during the launch, the resources we've created to link classrooms will kick in. The book has: an embedded PD project, Twitter hashtags, Mobile device qr codes, an online forum, and more.

Established in 1998, the Global Nomads Group (GNG) is an international NGO that creates interactive educational programs for students about global issues. GNG's educational programs include (1) four types of videoconferences - The PULSE, Currents, Innovations and Rapid Response - where students learn about and discuss subjects with their peers from around the world in live, facilitated sessions; and (2) videos and learning content on a variety of international issues relevant to teachers and students.

FCP Conference 2011

Flat Classroom Elementary Project

Join our online community for those interested in global education. Contribute by adding media, conversation, and collaborative projects.

About Through Global Lenses Worldwide collaborative project to share photographs and writing

As part of the evaluation of this project, I interviewed a few students to get their feedback. You have no idea how long it took me to convert the interviews to film and embed them in this blog. Sorry about background noise. We will also ask all students in the global cohort to give feedback in a survey. Stay tuned!

Eracism At the Flat Classroom(tm) Conference in Doha, Qatar in January 2009, a visionary group of students proposed that a series of debates be held to promote awareness of racism on a global basis and how we need to work together to solve the world's problems. This multi-national group of four students proposed their project and were promoted through an extensive voting process including a global vote on the next project to be run by the Flat Classroom(tm) project founders, Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay.

The Flat Classroom™ Conference is a unique limited-seating conference including students and educators to envision the future of education as they use leading technology tools such as wikis, blogs, social networking and multi-media storytelling. The conference is diverse in participation while allowing smaller groups with leading world-class presenters in a "flattened" environment where virtual participants join in the conversation from remote corners of the world. Educators will leave the conference understanding how to collaborate globally and with skills and contacts in hand to start projects. Students will leave the conference with leadership skills, technology skills, presentation skills, and a better understanding of diverse cultures and collaboration.

Futurelab aims to inspire, challenge and engage all young people in rich and rewarding learning experiences that will equip them with the essential skills and attitudes for life, learning and work in the 21st Century. We do this by making the most of new approaches to learning and through the innovative use of technology. We take evidence of what works and turn it into practical tools and services to help teachers, schools and policy makers provide the best possible learning for young people.

UNESCO is giving a high priority to the use of ICT for more equitable and pluralistic development in education, aiming to: expand the knowledge base about the issues, The broad questions on which UNESCO focuses are: How can one use ICT to accelerate progress towards education for all and throughout life? How can ICT bring about a better balance between equity and excellence in education? How can ICT help reconcile universality and local specificity of knowledge? and How can education prepare individuals and society to benefit from ICT that increasingly permeate all realms of life?

Free surveys of teachers and school leaders that will measure 21stCentury teaching and learning skills in your school. People all over the world are talking about the need to transform education to align with the realities of life and work in the 21stCentury. This is not just about the effective use of technology. It's about developing kids who are deeply engaged in the learning process and taking the initiative to learn. But how do you make this transformation happen in your school and classrooms? How do you measure your success?

The Assessment and Teaching of 21st-Century Skills (ATC21S) is a research project that proposes ways of assessing 21st-century skills and encourages teaching and adopting those skills in the classroom.

Personalisation by Pieces is a secure website which supports three core aspects of 21st century learning * Development of skills and competencies for learners of all ages through gathering and recording of evidence from life in and out of school. * Peer assessment: evidence is peer assessed by learners from other schools all over the world who are developing the same skills. This is anonymous and moderated. All users become learners and assessors. * Mentoring: all learners are given a mentoring role for another learner with structured mentoring meetings and resources on the website. Every user is a mentor and a mentee.

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Established in 1999, PulseLearning has its Development Center Headquarters located at the Kerry Technology Park, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Operating globally, the company also has offices in Limerick, the U.K., the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Known for our creative spirit and imaginative product design, PulseLearning focuses on designing customized learning solutions for our clients in regulated industries.

ideasLAB aims to challenge the way we think about learning and teaching, and find new ways to take technology into the classroom.

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