Amy BurvallMay 7, 20168 minFrom Facts to ARTifacts: Balancing Content and Context in Technology-Assisted Assessment“I’d like to use my lifeline…” I’ve really not watched Who Wants to Be A Millionaire more than a few times, but my pop culture literacy is pretty high, and I am quite familiar with the concept of “lifelines”. Apparently the show has dropped “Phone a Friend“, “Three Wise Men” and “Ask the Expert” and now only allow jumping the question and asking the audience. Listening to Julian Stodd’s podcast this morning on how learning is changing and the learning spaces needed in organiz
Amy BurvallMar 5, 20161 min#rawthought: Mind Peeks/PeaksStarted thinking about this play on words when I was reposting a Stephen Downes piece earlier. I think we “peek” into others’ minds as we experience (note not just read) content they share. Sometimes that causes little peaks or spikes of thought and creativity in our mind…Perhaps the “peak” can also be a wonder or an idea you have that might challenge the one from the author. I think this might be a great reflective “exit ticket” exercise at a meeting or in a class of student
Amy BurvallJun 28, 20134 minHack Into the Hybrid: The Café , The Studio, and the StageThis June I was privileged to present 3 sessions at the Kamehameha Schools’ “Imagine” Conference at the Blaisdell Center, Honolulu. I wanted to blog about my “Hack Into the Hybrid: The Whys, Hows, and Wows of Making Your Course a Blended Experience” (aka: The Café , The Studio, and the Stage). (see all resources on my website) I imagined the session (no conference-reference pun intended) as I’ve n increasingly confronted with the necessity to develop a more “blended” or “hybr
Amy BurvallJan 27, 20134 minLeveraging for Legacyimage: my student, Sam St. John I’ve been really enjoying participating in #etmooc, and the last Blackboard session with Alec got me thinking of connectivism again. Each year I have my IB Theory of Knowledge students read “Knowing Knowledge” by George Siemens (2006) KnowingKnowledge_LowRes (1) Last year we had a lively socratic circle activity with a Twitter backchannel, but this year I decided to include the reading and obligatory reflection in their semester exam. They resp
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...
