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    Balance Over Ban: 5 Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Prohibit Smartphones in the Classroom
    Amy Burvall
    • Dec 13, 2017
    • 5 min

    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: Keynotes and Workshops
    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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    #rawthought: The Only Two Things We Should Teach
    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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    #rawthought: Autonomous Art?
    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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    That Time I Dreamt About Lesson Plans
    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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    Visual Thinking: Image is Everything and Mad for Metaphor
    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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    Critical Creativity for Grownups: Teachers Try INTENTIONtheBook
    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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    #rawthought: 10 Ways We Can Do Cancer Differently
    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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    Thinking Like an Artist: Be Porous, Push Past, and Play
    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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    #rawthought: On Ditching the (Dangerous) Dichotomy Between Content Knowledge and Creativity
    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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    #neruDADA and #DADAdelrey for #poetrymonth
    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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    #rawthought: In Defense of Black Stars and Blue Hearts
    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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    5 Ws: Trajectory of EdTech Love
    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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    #rawthought: The Beauty of Backwards Learning
    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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    Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom at #ISABC
    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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    Literal Alphabet: Playing with Words and Images
    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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    Creativity Calendar for Christmas
    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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    Interface Innovation: From MashUps to McLuhan-esque Metacognition
    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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    Holiday Gifs: Bringing Magic to the Still Sketch
    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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    #rawthought: Your Ellie – On the Primacy of Networked Knowledge
    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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    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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