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Augment-ify Your Classroom

Resources that will motivate your students to learn...

Augment-ifyYour ClassroomResources that will motivate your students to learn...
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What is Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality (AR) changes the way we interact with the world by unlocking digital layers that are embedded into one-dimensional images. AR combines real world content with virtual content.

Augment-ify Your Teaching - LiveBinder

Resources for Augmented Reality in Education

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Try It Out!

Download the ZooAR app and hold it up to the trigger image below.


IOS ZooAR app

Android ZooAR app

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What Do I Need to Get Started?

There are several apps to get you started. Today we will download the following:


Aurasma for iPads

Aurasma for Android Devices


AR Flashcards -Animal Alphabet- iPad

AR Flashcards for Android


ColarMix for iDevices

ColarMix App for Android devices


ZooKazam for iDevices

ZooKazam for Android Devices

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AR Flashcards

AR Flashcards are a new way to interact and make Flashcards more entertaining for toddlers and preschoolers. With AR Flashcards, learning is fun! When you point your device at the printed flashcard a beautifully rendered 3D animal will pop up on the screen. Tap the animal to hear the letter and animal name.


Download and print the flashcards @ www.arflashcards.com


AR Ideas in Elementary from Karen's Technology Locker

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ColAR Mix App

Probably one of my favorite!

Print, color and see your drawing in animated 3D worlds.

With the Dot Day page, you can create your own little worlds, diagram a cell and enjoy the process of creation.


Links to template pages


Dot Day Activity

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ZooKazam

ZooKazam is an educational AR app that not only allows you to learn about animals but also see and interact with them. Point your device at a paper target and witness your animal appear out of thin air as a photo realistic 3D animation.
Augmented Reality Flashcards

Augmented Reality Flashcards

The Future of Flashcards AR flashcards are changing the way children learn the alphabet. With the techology of Augmented Reality, these...

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CYBERCHASE SHAPE QUEST BY PBS

Three math-based games focused on geometry, spatial reasoning and problem solving.


Download the app and the game board from the PBS Kids Website

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OUR DISCOVERY ISLAND: PHONICS TRICKSTERS BY PEARSON

Teaches letter sounds by having the child chase and capture Tricksters with the camera on their iPhone or iPad. Two letter sounds are free; for $0.99 you can purchase the entire set.


The app can be downloaded here

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FETCH! LUNCH RUSH

In this Augmented Reality, multi-player game, you need to keep up with lunch orders from Ruff’s movie crew. The challenge is keeping track of how many pieces of sushi everyone wants
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NASA SPACECRAFT 3D

Spacecraft 3D gives students the opportunity to learn about and interact with spacecraft that have been used to explore our solar system, study Earth and observe the universe.

  1. Download the trigger/target image from NASA.
  2. Download the app for IOS from the iTunes Store. The Android app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.
  3. Hover your device over the trigger/target image to discover the various spacecraft used by NASA.
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ANATOMY 4D

Anatomy 4D Through this free app and a simple printed image, Anatomy 4D transports students, teachers, medical professionals, and anyone who wants to learn about the body into an interactive 4D experience of human anatomy. Visually stunning and completely interactive, Anatomy 4D uses augmented reality and other cutting edge technologies to create the perfect vehicle for 21st century education.
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ELEMENTS 4D

Elements 4D Part educational story and part game, the Elements 4D app offers a new, fun way to experience augmented reality and learn about real-life chemistry.

Paired with either paper or wood blocks that are inscribed with the symbols of 36 elements from the periodic table, this app will instantly transform a simple, inanimate object into dynamic, dimensional, 4D representations of each element.


Print the Interactive: Paper Blocks

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FREEDOM STORIES

The Augmented Reality Freedom Stories highlight the activities of the participants from the Underground Railroad.



Download and print in color the Freedom Stories cards from the Harriet Tubman Institute.


Click on one of the cards to download the entire set in PDF form. You can download the app from this site or the iTunes Store.

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AR Solar System

AR Solar System - Use AR Solar system to amaze your kids and encourage learning.
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LAYAR APP

  • Pearson Text - Envision Math
  • Maps, Magazines, Advertising, Video Games and so much more! **We will look at some examples using Layar


Layar is primarily used in the business and marketing fields. Educators can produce Layar products, but there is a fee per item.

APPS BY ARLOON

Chemistry 101 evolutionizes the way to study formulation. With this app you will have in your hands the elements of the periodic table so that you can create thousands of chemical compounds.

Chemistry 101 provides a new learning experience for both the student and the teacher, transforming the classroom into a laboratory thanks to Augmented Reality.


Geometry 101 allows you to study the properties of the most representative polyhedra of the mathematical world.


Other apps by ARLOON-Anatomy, Plants, Solar System, Mental Math (developing)


Thanks to Augmented Reality you can examine, from different points of view, various features of these geometric structures.
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Anatomy 101

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Geometry 101

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Chemistry 101

AURASMA!! The possibilities are ENDLESS! AURASMA!! The possibilities are ENDLESS!

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AURASMA

Classes could make their own word walls to enforce vocabulary that had Auras on the words that showed a video of students acting out the vocabulary words.


Click here to see how one teacher did this.

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Make Text Come to Life

Insert Auras in to student's Textbook with a video to show further information.


Check out how this teacher uses AR in her classroom.

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Projects, Projects, and More Projects

AURASMA would be great to use to record your students doing a speech, book talk, or just presenting information and then overlaying it on top of an image as a display. That way other students could come by and listen to the presentation simply by holding up the device over the trigger image.
Teaching with Aurasma

Educational Ideas for Augmented Reality in the Classroom

- Welcome Posters

- Interactive Bulletin Board

- Scavenger Hunt Activity

- Book reviews

- Homework helpers

- Student/Parent Information

- Tutorials/Intervention Resources

- Review Materials

- Quick Access to online materials

- Center Directions

- How to videos attached to classroom equipment

- Interactive Lessons - Enhance that lesson!

  • Demonstrate or Animate a Math Problem
  • Make History come alive- Interactive maps, Historical Figures, etc
  • Have students explain a concept to prove mastery
  • Link to a quick formative assessment
  • Introduce new apps with demos by students

- Student Projects Galore!

- School Newsletters

- Public Service Announcements

- Interactive Poster ........ and so much more!

Create Your own lessons using the Aurasma app and the Aurasma Studio website

The Aurasma App (for iPads or Android devices) and the Aurasma Studio website provide educators the ability to create their own augmented reality activities and lessons. The following websites include step-by-step directions for using Aurasma.

  • Using the Aurasma App
  • Video - How to Make an Aurasma Augmented Reality
  • Kleinspiration Ideas and How-To Guide
  • Augmented Reality in the Classroom
  • Aurasma Quick Start Guide

Extra Resources Extra Resources

LESSON RESOURCES:

Teachers Pay Teachers This website includes several Augmented Reality activities/lessons. The following are links to free activities that can be downloaded.



There are other Augmented Reality lessons available for purchase on Teachers Pay Teachers. Type Augmented Reality into the search box to find them.

Check the site often to discover newly added activities! You must create a free account in order to download.


  • Life Cycles Scavenger Hunt
  • Butterfly Life Cycle
  • AR Bulletin Board
  • Divergent Poster
  • 3-Digit Addition with Augmented Reality
  • Augmented Reality Number Sense Activity

MORE IDEAS AND RESOURCES

  • Augmented Reality- Word Walls
  • You Tube - AR Channel
  • Technology Tailgate - Aurasma
  • Pinterest-Augmented Reality Board
  • Pinterest-Karey Brown's boards

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality

What is Augmented Reality? Augmented Reality (AR) changes the way we interact with the world by unlocking digital layers that are...

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Augmented Reality (AR) - LiveBinder

Augmented Reality in Education

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Two Guys and Some Ipads-Meaningful Integration
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Christina Tibbs-Technology Coach

Email: tibbsc@rcschools.net
Website: http://www.ste.rcs.k12.tn.us/Tech%20Coach/TechCoachHomepage.html
Location: 10479 Old Nashville Highway, Smyrna, TN, United States
Phone: 615-904-6775
Twitter: @Tibbstechcoach

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