EdCamp Toronto

I saw a curious tweet about a month ago about an EdCamp happening in Toronto and I immediately sent Stephen Hurley and email and got an overwhelmingly excited email back and shortly after we connected on the phone and I was hooked into the idea. EdCamp is an unconference model, meaning as organizers you create the space and put out a call to interested participants, but you don’t put the content in and instead let the participants decide what is important and what should be discussed.

I attended the first planning meeting and was not surprised to find that I was one of a few who are not teachers, but was warmly welcomed into the group. We had a dynamic discussion and I learned of some amazing projects happening in and outside of the school. I am fully committed to continue my goal of growing school communities as a holistic learning place for students inside and outside school walls and beyond 3:30pm. I know there are many many many great programs out there and I am very excited to learn more about them.

Schools have built up walls. It is time to take a new look at the walls and ask: might there be another way? what do we want our schools to do? how can we help our students be who they want to be? who is responsible for how we learn? No matter how much we circled in conversation at the end of the day, we are all there for the same reasons. Kids and Learning!

Inspire Yourself!

Jenn