Zooburst and Aurasma
I found both of these programs to be the most effective for me from the ones I tried, and I used both of them last week in a school setting. Zoobooks is pretty easy to imagine using in the classroom, and I made up a fun introduction to our work on adjectives, which the kids really enjoyed!
Aurasma is the one that I think could have incredible uses. I began by assigning different items in my house pictures of either my boyfriend or myself, to prove ownership 😉 I brought it to school the next day and started playing around with some items in the hallways. Sometimes the pictures didn’t load properly, and I did notice it was incredibly sensitive to your angle when viewing items. As far as implications in the classroom, I could see it being a useful tool for scavenger hunts for information. For example: If students see a pink dot they hold up their device and a video explaining a task or providing information could be linked. In addition, students could have special stamps or symbols on their work/or handouts to link to their faces or to other information respectively.
Very interesting stuff, and I intend to use more of it!
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manny 5:59 pm on October 21, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Rebecca,
I wanted to share an application of Aurasma that I think would work great for upcoming parent teacher interviews for those of us in the education field. A fellow colleague of mine would have student work posted around his classroom with a QR code attached to the bottom corner. On parent teacher night, parents would be allowed to circle the classroom and by clicking on the QR code, they would be linked to a video narrated by their child showing how they made their project. This method emphasized the process and not the product and was received with a positive reaction from most parents.
Now that we have AR apps such as Aurasma, there is no reason that the application mentioned above couldn’t occur. Parents spend a lot of time waiting for the teacher and this could allow them to circle the class and see what happens in the classroom. It also empowers the students to take ownership of their work as they know that it will be viewed by their parents and fellow class members. Not only interesting stuff but truly innovative and cutting edge…
Manny
Eva Ziemsen 6:19 pm on October 21, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Manny,
I think your idea of having the QR code attached to the student’s work on parent teacher night is a great example of using AR in a very meaningful way. It would lead me to think that all works of art could have this kind of narrative attached to it, for example, in a gallery, it would be great to hear the artist speaking about the work. This is very inspiring. Thank you,
Eva
ETEC522grp8 7:37 am on October 22, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Manny,
I love that idea. The only problem is that at our school, many parents wouldn’t have cell phones, let alone smart phones. We struggle often with things like this, as they are great ideas but just increase the have/have not divide that we already see at our school. We are having a serious issue right now with the BYOD policy for these reasons. It makes technology use in our school a little more complicated.
Rebecca