Video from Symposium I is available for a number of sessions, with more sessions coming soon.

Symposium Keynote Videos & Downloads

Symposium Pre-Conference Videos & Downloads

This is not a typical conference that will teach and present to an audience of learners. This event is intended to be a dialogue that will bring together innovative Christian leaders with a vision to shape the future of Christian Education.

• The delegates will be a group of educators who desire to move beyond the traditional approach to the classroom into utilizing digital technologies to meet 21st Century needs.
• We are only looking for School Administrators and some Technology VP’s or high end Teachers who desire to engage in meaningful dialogue about the future.
• We will only have room for 154 Delegates.
• We will do a pre-conference on the Thursday May 19th which will be more about the ‘nuts and bolts’ of Digital Learning Strategies and Methods.
• Over the three year period we will be asking the delegates to contribute to the pedagogical manifesto through continued attendance, online participation and a declaration of support.

• A very unique venue in Vancouver called the Morris J Wosk Centre For Dialogue thus creating a Symposium instead of a Conference and it will enhance the dialogue among the 154 delegates.
• British Columbia is the most saturated educational jurisdiction in North America for Online Education (iNACOL 2009
  statistics) with several Christian Schools and Leaders who have a significant role in the Province.
• Vancouver is becoming a global destination and an important North American portal to Asia. It is a world class location as demonstrated by the recent Vancouver Winter Olympics.

The primary mandate of the symposium will focus exclusively on K-12 Christian education for the following reasons:

• Unlike many University and College programs K-12 schools and programs lack a succinct vision and plan for the future. Most K-12 schools are only now realizing the enormous challenges ahead in the disruptive digital world.
• The Great Commission mandate to ‘make disciples of the nations’ is best accomplished through K-12 education on a global scale. Through technology and globalization new frontiers of education are now becoming possible worldwide.
• The Symposium will be specific to the Christian School movement. Because it will focus primarily on pedagogy and technology the concepts could be applied to most other philosophical forms of education. Nevertheless this event is sponsored by Christian leaders for Christian leaders with the intent of shaping the future of Christian Education.

• This date gives us a target to point towards. It will give a benchmark for Christian Schools and Associations to begin to implement change in meaningful bites.
• This will be the year that the Kindergarten students who start school in 2013 will finish their Grade 12. 2013 will be the year we complete the pedagogical manifest for 21 Century Christian Education.
• It is sufficiently far off enough to be well beyond our scope of vision without the help of God and it is sufficiently close enough to be directly affected by decisions we are making today.