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I took this photo with an iPhone4. The beautiful creature was in a glass case at the Mogo Zoo.
Recently I've been looking for ways of incorporating augmented reality (AR) into my teaching. AR affords an opportunity for the layering of information and the learning experience.
Working with QR codes has enabled the layering information onto images and objects in the classroom. Building a dedicated QR server has extended this throughout the school into corridors, library and open spaces.
Aurasma has allowed me to add video to images placed around a teaching space and to also apply this to objects in the outside world.
Google My Places and the opportunities for sharing geo-specific data amongst students, offers immense AR possibilities.
Sharing geo-specific information amongst students in real time is an emerging option with the roll out of GAFE and when Google Glass finally arrives, well that will be an entirely different ball game.
ThingLink
Not till I discovered ThingLink have I had access to an AR tool that offers such boundless diversity of application. Almost everyone I've shown this to has seen immediate application to their own teaching area. ThingLink speaks for itself. What can be done with this is limited only by one's imagination.
Working with QR codes has enabled the layering information onto images and objects in the classroom. Building a dedicated QR server has extended this throughout the school into corridors, library and open spaces.
Aurasma has allowed me to add video to images placed around a teaching space and to also apply this to objects in the outside world.
Google My Places and the opportunities for sharing geo-specific data amongst students, offers immense AR possibilities.
Sharing geo-specific information amongst students in real time is an emerging option with the roll out of GAFE and when Google Glass finally arrives, well that will be an entirely different ball game.
ThingLink
Not till I discovered ThingLink have I had access to an AR tool that offers such boundless diversity of application. Almost everyone I've shown this to has seen immediate application to their own teaching area. ThingLink speaks for itself. What can be done with this is limited only by one's imagination.
I discovered thing link while exploring options for presenting material for an up coming workshop. My challenge is to organise some useful experiences for peers. My theme is Surfing the Digital Education Revolution into the 21st century. This is something that has been occupying much of my thinking lately. Blended learning is the key and in the digital era this can be a rich experience for students. My own preference is to develop digital project based learning (PBL) opportunities that rely on a constructivist approach. Differentiating PBL to address the learning needs and styles of different students is an essential element.
Searching for useful resources to illustrate the creative possibilities of a digital approach in differentiating curriculum I came across this diagram. Thanks are due to Susan Oxnevad and her Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners blog for this.
Searching for useful resources to illustrate the creative possibilities of a digital approach in differentiating curriculum I came across this diagram. Thanks are due to Susan Oxnevad and her Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners blog for this.
So I discovered ThingLink. Then I realised that I could embed it in a blog.
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