We love our Ignite events. Vancouver really loves their Ignite events. On May 16th we held our 4th in the area since 2014. This time we featured several community members from Alberta who were attending another Discovery event for leaders. As always, Rose Pillay was in attendance. If you don’t know Rose, she’s worth following
Ignite Your Passion For Discovery: Transformation Stories
This past Wednesday night, 130 educators from Texas, Canada, Florida, and Louisiana gathered for a series of #DEIgnites with the theme “I Used to… But Now I…”: Stories of Transformation. The evening was filled with a series of short, energizing presentations shared by members of your Discovery Education Community mid-week of the TCEA 2017 conference. The
February 2017: Ignite your passion and share
As educators, we are very passionate about teaching and learning. We each have our areas of expertise, and now, with accessible tools that make it easy to create a presentation, podcast, video, or animation, we can share our passion and expertise with others. One popular model for sharing is the Ignite model. Ignite talks are
I Used to Read Books but now I….
Our Ignite events are really focused on the individuals in the room. Yes, we tweet and blog about them, but the talks themselves are best experienced in person. Occasionally, when it permits we do record them. At our Ignite event in Winnipeg last month, Andy Mckiel turned on his recorder and captured the audio of
Ignite Your Passion for Discovery Edmonton, AB edition
This is actually our 2nd event in Edmonton in 2016. Thanks to the efforts of Diane Lefebvre and host district Edmonton Catholic, we had a terrific evening with a huge variety of talks. We heard talks about life-changing events, mental health, classroom transformations as well as our first singing Ignite talk . Here’s a list
Ignite Your Passion for Discovery Winnipeg, MB edition
It sounds repetitive and almost cliche but once again we had an amazing night of community and learning. The Winnipeg Ignites from 2014 and 2015 had some of the widest range of presenters. This year was no exception. From classroom teachers to principals, to district leaders to storytellers and authors, we were privileged to 10
Ignite Your Passion for Discovery: Richmond, BC edition
We kicked off our new series of Ignite events in grand style as we invaded Celli’s pub on a rainy evening last week in the Vancouver, BC area. In conjunction with the CEA annual conference on First Nations, we partnered to include some outstanding presentations from conference presenters from across Canada. This year’s theme that
Ignite Your Passion is Back for 2016-2017
It’s back! If you don’t know what “it” is, check out our past Ignite event summaries. But if you don’t know and you’re too lazy to click that link, let me summarize. Ignite events are informal networking events usually hosted at a local watering hole featuring 8-10 five minute ignite style talks but community members.
Ignite Your Passion for Discovery: Innovation Edition
Thursday, August 25, educators from across Georgia gathered at GPB Education for an engaging evening of conversation, sharing, and networking to discuss the idea of Innovation in schools. This was a brand new event for the Atlanta area, but over 75 educators gathered and met at GPB to hear a variety of ideas around innovation,
Ignite Your Passion for Discovery: The Halifax Edition
Last month, we debuted in Calgary, this month we headed east to Halifax, Nova Scotia. This was a brand new event for this area but even with little understanding, 60+ folks turned out and met in a 100-year-old pub to hear from a range of curiosities from coding to curriculum and from how technology is