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 8, 2018
- 1 min
If These Walls Could Talk…
I’ve known the lovely Alice Keeler for years and, like, everyone, am always amazed by her creative output and contributions to the...
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Amy Burvall
- Jun 25, 2018
- 1 min
Get Your Creativity On: Summertime Learning with Amy and Academic Tribe
Very pleased to be designing a few online learning experiences in collaboration with the great folks at Academic Tribe. head to the LX...
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Amy Burvall
- May 12, 2018
- 1 min
Creativity Tips Vlog Series: 1-10 #LDvid30
“Creativity Tips!” Bet you didn’t see that coming. What I am trying to do is keep it raw, going with whatever I shoot in one take. I’m...
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Amy Burvall
- Apr 26, 2018
- 4 min
#rawthought: One Lens to Rule Them All
I often bolt out of bed thinking of things that seem quite sensible at 4am but perhaps not so much at 3:45 in the afternoon. I’m not sure...
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Amy Burvall
- Mar 2, 2018
- 7 min
The Rigorous Whimsy Experience: Learning with #IntentiontheBook
February was a whirlwind month for me as a creativity and learning consultant. I had the opportunity to rekindle my relationship with the...
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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
- 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
- Sep 1, 2016
- 6 min
Building Community Through Creativity
note bene: while this post is directly applicable to educational organizations, the strategies may be effectively applied to any...
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Amy Burvall
- Jun 2, 2016
- 9 min
Ahoy! Acrostic: Takeaways from the Social Age Safari with Sea Salt Learning
Just over a week ago I had the utmost privilege to fly over two oceans and be part of the inaugural cohort of Sea Salt Learning’s “Social...
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Amy Burvall
- May 9, 2016
- 11 min
Meaning from Madmen: Takeaways from the PBS Documentary “Art and Copy”
Last night I serendipitously came across this great documentary on the great “advertising creatives” of the last 60 years. “Art and...
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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
- Apr 6, 2016
- 7 min
The Scientist Storyteller: Interview with Dr. David Kipping, exomoonologist
“You just need to tell the world about what you’re doing, why it fascinates you and illuminate the process of finding things out” –...
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Amy Burvall
- Mar 25, 2016
- 3 min
#rawthought: What If We…Ditch “Best Practices”?
When was the last time you were asked to share “best practices”? This phrase came up yesterday for me in a Twitter chat, and it suddenly...
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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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