Unplugd 2011
by Andrew Forgrave and Kim Crawford
This past weekend, 37 connected educators from across Canada gathered in Toronto for the Unplug’d: Canadian Education Summit 2011. While we shared a few initial hours getting to meet one-another face-to-face within the relative comforts of the Toronto Westin Harbour Castle hotel, after a few hours sleep, we boarded an Ontario Northlands train to South River, Ontario. From there we travelled 22 kilometres into the bush to the Northern Edge Algonquin resort. Off-the-grid (solar power only), and no Internet.
The Journey to Unplugd11
The purpose of the summit was to allow us to gather and explore present-day issues and themes within education. Each of us came from various backgrounds in education, prepared to share and discuss an important-to-us element in education. The resulting work will be shared over the course of the next few weeks. But the relationships that were made, extended, and strengthened have a wonderful potential to take the Unplug’d 2011 experience even further.
Conversations at Unplugd11
Over the the next while, Kim and I will be reflecting on this amazing experience. Won’t you join in the conversation?
First Topic:
Unplugging to Connect (publishes Friday, August 12th)
Kim’s unplugd11 photos on Flickr
Andy’s unplugd11 photos on Flickr
Both you (Andy) and Kim capture such great moments with your photographs – I’ve gotten lost in the flickr stream for #unplugd11 a few times this week … thanks for sharing and posting… and thanks for the conversations and connections!
Thanks Andy, for the gift of these pictures and the music you shared at unplugd. Looking forward to continuing the conversation with so many inspiring people.