The 21st learning environment...a vision...an ideal. The vision of students collaborating in real-time, generating rich media, and reaching new states of enlightment while finding their own special genius. Regardless of how one interprets it, it requires a high degree of IT accumen and confident execution in the classroom. But most importantly it requires an unprecedented degree of synergy between IT and the teachers. That is the goal of ismac.org...to serve the needs of IT and teaching professionals under one roof.