<B><I> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">JOIN THE COMMUNITY: go to to sign up for free webinars, chat with the authors, and connect with other teaching professionals around the world!</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"></I></B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>What is education? What is a teacher? How do students learn in the 21st century?</B><BR><BR>The Flat Classroom<SUP>TM </SUP> project is redefining excellence in education. Schools and higher education are moving to online education, blended learning, and e-learning, redefining education as we know it. <I>Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds </I>will take your school online one teacher at a time. <BR><BR>Based on their award winning projects, these two classroom teachers use the principles that have connected thousands of students in educational Web 2 e-learning environments to take educators into the project plans and lesson plans that can make global collaboration a reality in the classroom.<BR><BR>Featured in Thomas Friedman's <I>The World is Flat</I>, Don Tapscott's <I>Grown Up Digital</I>, <I>Edutopia</I>, Curt Bonk's <I>The World is Open, </I>in the <I>Wall Street Journal</I> and beyond. Winner of <I>ISTE's 2007 Online Learning Award</I>, the <I>Taking IT Global</I> Outstanding Online Project, and was shortlisted in the International <I>WISE</I> awards in 2009 the projects created by the authors include Flat Classroom, NetGenEd, Digiteen, Eracism, and 'A Week in the Life …' (an Elementary Project).<BR><BR>The new school of education is global collaboration. Whether you want to become a teacher or add to your teaching toolbox, when you connect globally and have contacts around the world, you become a more valuable teacher to your school. The “Flat Classroom 15” challenges bring even the beginner into the exciting world of social media in the classroom in a way that any teacher (elementary, middle school, high school, or college) can use. Connect your classroom and fall in love with learning again!</P>