Amy BurvallSep 21, 20161 minHashtaggery at #BLC16“The Tag is the Soul of the Internet” This summer at Alan November’s Building Learning Communities (BLC16) I launched a new presentation called “Hashtaggery”. I wanted to share more creative ways to use hashtags, rather than for mere searching and sharing. How can we use them for serendipitous creativity? After some background into what folksonomy is and the history of the hashtag in social media (aka “octothorpe”), I delve into more whimsical uses, such as contextualizing me
Amy BurvallSep 6, 20151 min#BLC15 Keynote: #getsmARTHere is the video archive of my 15 min mini keynote ( I was last on a panel of 4) for Alan November’s Building Learning Communities Conference, 2015. I’ve been attending since 2010 and love it every time..this year I did a couple of presentations as well as the keynote and 3 Master Classes (between 4-7 hours each). (to view on the November Learning Homepage, CLICK HERE) One of the slides at the beginning got cut off and the illustrations look a bit purple rather than my signa
Amy BurvallSep 7, 20142 minFostering Creativity: Interview with Bob GreenbergWhile at Alan November’s Building Learning Communities (BLC) this summer I was introduced to Mr. Bob Greenberg, developer of a video interview series called “The Brainwaves” (thanks to Tom Whitby for the introduction!). We had a bit of an issue with some construction work going on outside the hotel, but I think it turned out fine. I’m really riffing off some hot-pink Post-It notes I used to brainstorm the night before. Perhaps I’ll take the ones I didn’t use and write a post…
Amy Burvall Dec 28, 2020 6 min Also....Advent (an Alternative Advent Calendar, 2020) This year I decided to once again use the digital Advent calendar creation site https://tuerchen.com/ However, I noticed that they don't...
Amy Burvall Nov 29, 2020 1 min The #globalthankswondercut project If you were to write a love letter to the world what would it be? A Crowdsourced Creativity Project In the midst of this global pandemic...
