Amy Burvall
#rawthought: What’s the Big Idea? A Thematic, Inter-disciplinary Approach
“It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to buy your product. Unless your advertising contains a big idea,...
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Amy Burvall
- Nov 18, 2018
- 2 min
Crushing It With Creativity: The Virtual Summit Keynote
This past Friday I stayed up till midnight as I had the privilege to offer the opening keynote for EdTechTeam’s “The Virtual Summit”, EU...
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Amy Burvall
- Dec 12, 2017
- 11 min
Amy Burvall: Keynotes and Workshops
I’ve decided to update my list of talks and workshops and compile all into a pdf menu. I’m able to customize most of them to fit certain...
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Amy Burvall
- Nov 15, 2017
- 5 min
#rawthought: The Only Two Things We Should Teach
Forgive me, but I was a bit tricksy in the title of this post. I’ve been thinking about this for years, probably, but as I see society...
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Amy Burvall
- Oct 6, 2017
- 3 min
That Time I Dreamt About Lesson Plans
In my presentations on creativity, I always suggest to folks to have a dream diary…some sort of notebook by the bed to record thoughts...
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Amy Burvall
- Oct 3, 2017
- 3 min
Critical Creativity for Grownups: Teachers Try INTENTIONtheBook
When Dan Ryder and I wrote Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom we knew in the back of our minds that the first three...
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Amy Burvall
- Sep 29, 2017
- 4 min
Thinking Like an Artist: Be Porous, Push Past, and Play
What seemed like ages ago I did my first TEDx talk – TEDxHonolulu 2011 – with my creative partner from “History for Music Lovers”, Herb...
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Amy Burvall
- Aug 6, 2017
- 6 min
#rawthought: On Ditching the (Dangerous) Dichotomy Between Content Knowledge and Creativity
“Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life…” – Pablo Picasso I’ve taken this completely out of context (Picasso was alluding to...
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Amy Burvall
- Apr 7, 2017
- 5 min
#rawthought: In Defense of Black Stars and Blue Hearts
image taken from a vintage book on my shelf The other day I came across this shocking (or sadly, perhaps not so shocking, but rather,...
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Amy Burvall
- Feb 23, 2017
- 4 min
5 Ws: Trajectory of EdTech Love
Lately I’ve been chatting about edtech with a friend and in discussing how to get teachers (or anyone in any organization for that...
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Amy Burvall
- Feb 22, 2017
- 4 min
#rawthought: The Beauty of Backwards Learning
Have you ever thought yourself to be a fraud in some respect? Have you questioned your so-called “expertise” in your field or even...
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Amy Burvall
- May 5, 2016
- 13 min
Unlearning and Other Jedi Mind Tricks – Finding the (Creative) Force
I believe the greatest calling of an educator is to inspire one’s students to want to wonder and learn about things on their own, and to...
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Amy Burvall
- Apr 12, 2016
- 3 min
#rawthought: Learning Curve: Mondrian or Gaudi?
Today I had the pleasure of watching (and reading) Howard Rheingold’s interview with Unflattening author Nick Sousanis. Like Howard, I am...
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Amy Burvall
- Apr 7, 2016
- 5 min
Getting Picasso on Learning Technologies
my version: bull with wifi A few weeks ago I was in one of my favourite Twitter chats – #EDENchat – with Steve Wheeler (@timbuckteeth) as...
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Amy Burvall
- Mar 18, 2016
- 3 min
Seuss the Sage
all images made with Paper 53 for iPhone A couple of weeks ago (March 2 to be exact) was the birthday of beloved whimsical author and...
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Amy Burvall
- Feb 7, 2016
- 6 min
Lessons from a Starman: Commander Hadfield at #fisa2016
I recently had the privilege of presenting at the 50th anniversary conference of the Federation of Independent Schools of British...
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Amy Burvall
- Nov 28, 2015
- 1 min
Learning in 20 – Part II
A few weeks ago I took up the challenge from the Learning and Performance Institute in the UK to make a video articulating the greatest...
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Amy Burvall
- Nov 13, 2015
- 5 min
Thinkerings Episode 1: Knowledge as Connection
I’ve been wanting to produce a little animated vlog series called “Thinkerings” – where I discuss my “what ifs” in eduction, new...
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Amy Burvall
- Nov 8, 2015
- 1 min
#getsmART spotlight: Pablo Picasso
I’ve been waiting to make these “breakout videos” spotlighting the artists from my “#getsmART: Lessons from the Artists” keynote for a...
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Amy Burvall
- Nov 8, 2015
- 2 min
#twisted pairs: pedagogy from the unlikely
A while back the ever engaging Mr. Steve Wheeler (@timbuckteeth) proposed yet another whimsical blogging challenge. As you recall, we...
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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...
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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...
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