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    #rawthought: One Lens to Rule Them All
    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 about this idea, but I’m going to give it a go. It’s basically a structure – a lens through which one can look everything new. That’s getting to the ” – ness” of it but what does it mean for learners? Could teachers use this with students? Could leaders use this with their teams? WOW This is, of course, what strikes you. It’s about noticing
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    Ode to the Gutenberg Parenthesis
    Amy Burvall
    • Jul 4, 2014
    • 2 min

    Ode to the Gutenberg Parenthesis

    I’m a big fan of the Gutenberg Parenthesis Theory, which I was introduced to by media philosopher Alejandro Piscitelli. On a recent plane ride I decided to exercise my mind and write a little poem. It’s actually potentially part of a larger project I’m dabbling in. You can also listen to the audio clip below. For more resources, check out my Diigo folder on the subject. Or you can view a relatively old (2012) Prezi keynote I created. Another book I’m reading at the moment, Cl
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    Learning Creative Learning MOOC Activity 1: The Gears of My Childhood
    Amy Burvall
    • Mar 23, 2014
    • 3 min

    Learning Creative Learning MOOC Activity 1: The Gears of My Childhood

    I’m really excited to be joining Mitch Resnick and the crew from MIT Media Lab for the “Learning Creative Learning” MOOC (#lcltalk). I had the pleasure of visiting the Lab a few years ago as part of Alan November’s Building Learning Communities conference. We dabbled in remix culture and I explored collaborative storytelling with the Scratch program. Our first assignment was to read Seymour Papert’s Gears of My Childhood and write a short description about an object from our
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    The Magic of 3: Quick and Dirty Reflections
    Amy Burvall
    • Jan 20, 2014
    • 6 min

    The Magic of 3: Quick and Dirty Reflections

    omne trium perfectum original image by Gwenivere Burvall You’ve probably always heard there is magic in the number 3. The fairy tales that shaped our childhoods are filled with this: Three fairies, Three wishes, Three Little Bears… This literary device, also known as a “tricolon”, seems to be a simple but universal and powerful structure that, I think, is wonderfully applied to the task of… REFLECTION I’m going to begin by giving a shout out to my friend and sometimes colleag
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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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