Amy Burvall
Balance Over Ban: 5 Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Prohibit Smartphones in the Classroom
I must say I was appalled when I read this piece this morning (and responded with several tweets of my own). I called this decision...
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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 14, 2017
- 5 min
#rawthought: Autonomous Art?
This morning I woke to a post on my Twitter feed sharing an article from Prospect Magazine – “How the Human Got His Paintbrush”. It’s...
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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 4, 2017
- 3 min
Visual Thinking: Image is Everything and Mad for Metaphor
One of my favourite workshops I’ve developed is “Image is Everything”. It’s a visual thinking experience that can be anywhere from 1-6...
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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
- Oct 2, 2017
- 10 min
#rawthought: 10 Ways We Can Do Cancer Differently
my minimalist self portrait It’s my ten year anniversary of being diagnosed (ironically in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month), with...
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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 10, 2017
- 3 min
#neruDADA and #DADAdelrey for #poetrymonth
‘It’s not Dada that is nonsense–but the essence of our age that is nonsense.’ One of my favourite creative movements (really more...
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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
- Feb 14, 2017
- 1 min
Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom at #ISABC
I just returned from one of my favourite towns on the planet – Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. Uncharacteristically, it snowed! I...
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Amy Burvall
- Dec 22, 2016
- 1 min
Literal Alphabet: Playing with Words and Images
Looking back on this year’s self-imposed creative projects (more like whimsies) I thought I’d better archive a few. The following is what...
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Amy Burvall
- Dec 16, 2016
- 1 min
Creativity Calendar for Christmas
This year I wanted to try out a little digital advent calendar. I toyed with the idea of creating my own template with something like...
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Amy Burvall
- Dec 11, 2016
- 2 min
Interface Innovation: From MashUps to McLuhan-esque Metacognition
The other day my dear friend @Braddo posted this little jewel of a link on the user interfaces that have really made an impact in the...
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Amy Burvall
- Dec 10, 2016
- 2 min
Holiday Gifs: Bringing Magic to the Still Sketch
Just a quick tip with an appsmash (credit that word to @gregkulowiec). I recently chanced upon a series of Christmas / Winter / Holiday...
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Amy Burvall
- Dec 8, 2016
- 3 min
#rawthought: Your Ellie – On the Primacy of Networked Knowledge
My 6th grade daughter had her first dance the other day (cue *sigh*). On the way to school in the morning there was some confusion as to...
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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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