Vancouver
Conference 
The international Conference on Imagination and Education held in the
Coast Plaza Hotel, Vancouver from 16th to 19th July attracted over 300
international participants and proved to be a very stimulating forum
for discussion on a wide range of educational topics. This conference
was the first organised by IERG (Imaginative Education Research Group)
established just over two years ago in Simon Fraser University and I
am sure that, after this successful venture, it will not be long before
it is repeated. To find out more about the members of the group and
about the conference please visit the Ierg website by clicking here:
www.ierg.net
Storyline at
the Second International Conference on Imagination in Education
Jeff
& Sarah Creswell of Storyline Design, Oregon, USA, were delighted
to be involved in running a workshop this summer at the above conference
in the Coast Plaza Hotel, Vancouver, Canada. One of their colleagues
Carla Wilson, a professional musician and Storyline enthusiast was also
on the programme. This has become an annual conference organised by
the Ierg (Imagination in Education Research Group) at Simon Fraser University.
Around 350 delegates attended from all over the world. Sarah and Jeff
were pleased that the Storyline courses were clustered together giving
a strong Storyline presence. Not knowing how many participants may opt
for their workshop they planned for 25 with an idea that it could reach
40. However, they were amazed to find that 80 educators had selected
their presentation. With some difficulty and a lot of co-operation everything
worked out well. Both presenters and participants seemed happy with
the results. Carla's workshop also created a lot of interest. It seems
that the delegates were very interested in how the strategies in Storyline
matched the philosophies of Kieran Egan's philosophy of imaginative
in education.
Links www.ierg.net
and www.storyline.org
