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    #rawthought: Mind Peeks/Peaks
    Amy Burvall
    • Mar 5, 2016
    • 1 min

    #rawthought: Mind Peeks/Peaks

    Started 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
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    Just Make Stuff – Radical Transparency as the New CV
    Amy Burvall
    • Feb 27, 2016
    • 6 min

    Just Make Stuff – Radical Transparency as the New CV

    “Is there more evidence than evidence?” That’s the question my dear friend Alan Levine posed in in recent blog post “Seeking Evidence of Badge Evidence”. As far as credentialing goes, I’ve always been a fan of Open Badges (key word is “open”) if they are framed in the Doug Belshaw framework (I respect and admire that guy very much). I think, like anything they are misunderstood and often misused. Some might be issued with no metadata attached, becoming more of a digital certi
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    There’s No Copyright for Cookies: Why Educators Should Embrace Sharing
    Amy Burvall
    • Jul 15, 2013
    • 3 min

    There’s No Copyright for Cookies: Why Educators Should Embrace Sharing

    As an only child, I learned a lot from my mom, a great single-parent who passed away from cancer a mere 2 years ago. She was an excellent cook and baker, and prided herself in making homemade everything when all the other kids seemingly got Hostess DingDongs and Chef Boyardee. One of my favorite treats – still to this day – are cookies made from scratch. Whatever variety she concocted, I relished in the chewy-crunchy-vanilla-y-chocolate-y-oatmeal-icing goodness of it all. In
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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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