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    FISA BC 2016: Make du Jour- Fostering Daily Critical Creativity
    Amy Burvall
    • Jan 12, 2016
    • 4 min

    FISA BC 2016: Make du Jour- Fostering Daily Critical Creativity

    For the video of my presentation (sans slides): To view slides: FISA2016 Make du Jour: Fostering Daily Critical Creativity from Amy Burvall For the Storify of tweets from my presentation click here People have always told me I was “creative”  – and to be honest, that was not always considered a good thing. “Creative” meant whimsical. “Creative” could oftentimes allude to “moodiness”. And, above all, “creative” meant non-conformist. Growing up I thought being creative had som
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    Make du Jour: Daily Diet of Creativity
    Amy Burvall
    • Aug 29, 2013
    • 4 min

    Make du Jour: Daily Diet of Creativity

    One of my favorite quotes on my classroom’s massive white glossy “inspiration wall” is from John Cage: “There is no win, there is no fail, there is only make” My personal goal this year is to get students involved in the creative process as much as possible, shifting away from consuming and stressing the importance of producing, contributing, making, and sharing on a daily basis. In addition to their regular steady diet of project-based assessments, I’m trying to have several
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    Break, Shake, Make: Making as Learning for #teachtheweb
    Amy Burvall
    • May 6, 2013
    • 3 min

    Break, Shake, Make: Making as Learning for #teachtheweb

    Week 1 Assignment for #teachtheweb MOOC: Reflect on Making as Learning. I decided to piece together some of my slides from a presentation I did about Creativity and Making for students in Vancouver, Canada (Van Tech and Crofton House), as well as some additional clips and quotes. I really had planned on providing a voiceover but the music was so groovy (thanks, Jamendo.com !) that I decided to leave as is and annotate it here in this post. BREAK (out of the box), SHAKE (it up
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    Also....Advent (an Alternative Advent Calendar, 2020)
    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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    The #globalthankswondercut project
    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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