Picture

Order the book

Hashtag: #flatclass
Picture
Think Global School is a sponsor and supporter of  Flat Classroom®

The Virtual Book Club 2013

Join the Virtual Book Club January 7, 2012 - March 18, 2012!

Flat Classroom® Book Club with TakingITGlobal 

  Join the bookclub August 22, 2012 - September 12, 2012!

Reflections from the book club March - May book club

Ben Curran wrote ->  One of my most profound takeaways has been about the connections you make during collaborative projects. In my mind, I have always focused on the connections between the students and how to make sure those were meaningful. 

Michael Graffin wrote -> This book is an excellent resource for anyone considering global projects or for any teacher who is just interested in expanding their own classroom view. The book itself models a collaborative global project in every way imaginable.  

The Book Club with Neil & Ben!

Listen to the  book club recordings   

Book Reviews on Amazon

Review"Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds'' is a terrific guide, by two real pioneering teachers, on how the networked world can be used for cooperative learning that can enrich education and empower students -- anywhere and everywhere.
- Thomas L. Friedman, author,  "The World Is Flat.''

Insightful, innovative, and practical, this book is a must read for any educator interested in preparing competent global citizens. 
 - Yong Zhao, Ph. D, Presidential Chair and Associate Dean, College of Education, University of Oregon

    
 

So, you want to host a book club?

We want to help! Let us know below and we'll see what we can do to help you get started.

What are the benefits of hosting a book club?

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.

We've experimented to invent a book that can be mashed up, shared, and utilized to help you experience the tools and USE the tools. It also has special ways to help you connect with others using the book.

We want to help you to find other teachers just like you who want to collaborate and designed the book with that in mind.

This is about global collaboration OF ALL KINDS  at all age levels: college, k12, teacher pd and is not just about Flat Classroom Projects but is full of case studies and information on many of the best global collaborative networks in the world.

Join us! If you want to join a bookclub, just join http://flatclassrooms.ning.com and monitor our events to find one you can join.

Watch our announcements here for information on upcoming clubs. We'll keep you posted.

To see where global collaboration can take you, just take a look at where it took us at our first conference in Doha, Qatar in 2009.

How do I sign up?

  • Add your Book club as an event on our Flat Classrooms Ning. Please include the kickoff date. The dates of the book club and who is invited. If you are teachers of a certain age of student, please use their ages as numbers 8, 9, 10, etc. (In global collaboration we don't use grade levels for reasons you'll learn in the book.)

  • Register with us using the form below including whether we can publicize your book club. All public book clubs will be posted on the author's blogs and beyond during December for book launch.
We will do our best to accommodate your schedule but we are full time teachers. There may be cases where we have another webinar scheduled at a time close to yours and invite you to join us. We have no idea how many people will take us up on our author but will do our best to facilitate this global discussion on collaboration in the classroom during January - March of next year!

    I want to host a Book Club!