Augmented eTwinning Reality - studio_augusto On the website The Teacher Garden there is a wide variety of ways to use QR codes in the classroom, such as managing library materials, writing prompts, assessing students, flipping the classroom and making lessons interactive, among many others. All this activities have been done by teachers of different subjects. In the blog post Interactive Bulletin Boards, third-grade teacher Terri Eichholz explains how she used QR codes in her classroom and engaged students and teachers from other classes in her project. Using QR code in the classroom by Denise Webster is yet another resource full of examples of best practice and ideas on using QR codes with your students.
Teach Your Monster to Read - Phonics and Reading on the App Store Aurasma in the Music Classroom · just a little more Using Aurasma in the Music classroom Since the beginning of this year, Aurasma has been a big hit with my students; it’s easy to set up and it’s way cooler than last year’s QR codes. I’ve been using Aurasma in the Music Classroom to create opportunities for exploring those who write and perform music and to bring those musicians into my classroom in a very futuristic way. However, I’m most excited about how Aurasma will allow my students to creatively share their demonstrations of understanding and their musical compositions. It all started when I first saw this bulletin board on Mrs King’s Blog and decided to take a different twist on the idea. I mustache you a question… Do you REALLLLLY know these musicians? Last year, we mastered creating QR codes to bring student work to life, to provide links to websites, and to distribute various files for download, etc. More than just a QR code How the children use Aurasma in the music classroom. Aurasma in the Music Classroom video Kleinspireation
3 Steps to Creating an Awesome Virtual Museum in Class You're spending an afternoon browsing the exhibits at an art museum. If you're anything like me, you'd probably appreciate the art a lot more if you could bring someone along that could explain the history and nuances of the pieces on display. Now imagine pointing a device at the painting and seeing it morph into a dynamic video giving you all the information you wanted about the art. Welcome to augmented reality. Virtual reality replaces the real world with an artificial, digital environment. The Virtual Museum I've worked with teachers at several schools to created virtual museums - student created exhibits that use augmented reality to display student videos when a device is pointed at an exhibit. We used a popular augmented reality app called Aurasma. Visitors were sent an email asking them to download the free Aurasma app and bring their device. We talk about the importance of "depth" in education. I'm sure you'll come up with lots of ideas of your own. A. Media: Create video. B.
The Top 35 edTech Influencers Education Technology (AKA edTech) is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Check out the following list to see who is leading the pack and changing the edTech game. Enjoy! Wibki and edTech New edTech websites, apps and other innovations are being brought into the market everyday. 1) Richard Byrne (@rmbyrne) A former teacher himself, Richard Byrne is also a speaker and writer who is determined to help people innovate the classroom. 2) Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) Affectionately referred to as Cool Cat Teacher, Vicki Davis is a full-time teacher, mother and the author of Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time. 3) Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) With a resume’ that includes five published books, several teaching/leadership awards and a weekly post for The New York Times, Larry Ferlazzo is a man who is worth listening to for advice. 4) Lucy Gray (@elemenous) 5) Jerry Blumengarten (@cybraryman1) 6) Zoli Honig (@zolihonig)
Tango, así funciona la realidad Virtual de Google En plena presentación de Lenovo, se nos ha revelado una Live Demo de Project Tango en funcionamiento. Se trata de una tecnología que nos ayudará en nuestra vida diaria según Google, y que no se centra tan solo en la realidad virtual. Sin embargo, gran parte de esta tecnología sí que se centra en este aspecto. No pierdas detalle, porque vamos a enseñarte de qué es capaz esta tecnología y para qué podemos utilizarla en nuestro día a día. Quédate con nosotros ya que esto pinta muy bien y ya teníamos ganas de ver otra tecnología innovadora en nuestros dispositivos Android. Project Tango, nuestro entorno en Realidad Virtual Project Tango es capaz de hacer varias cosas increíbles. También permite crear entornos en 3d, y exportarlos a la galería de nuestro teléfono para tener los datos que necesitemos. También podremos jugar gracias a Project Tango, añadiendo elementos en 3d a nuestro entorno, como por ejemplo dinosaurios o cualquier otro tipo de animal que la aplicación nos permita.
A Step-By-Step Guide To Keeping Students Focused While Using Technology One of the issues that crops up in a lot of classrooms that are stocked up with tablets and other devices is that students often vary off their path of productivity. Maybe they’re googling things they shouldn’t be when they’re supposed to be researching something in particular, or maybe they’re checking out YouTube when they should be working on a group project. Since keeping students on track is not always easy, sometimes the digital horse blinders need to be put on. Thankfully, this handy set of visuals from Primary Possibilities offers a guide to keeping students focused while using technology. It walks you through the step-by-step process of locking your students out of everything except what you want them to be doing! Step 1: Go to ‘settings’ Step 2: Click on ‘general’ Step 3: Click on ‘accessability’ Step 4: Click on ‘guided access’ Step 5: Slide to ‘on’ Step 6: Click on ‘set passcode’ Step 7: Set a password! NOTE: There are a few images loading below so give it some time!
60 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom By Category 60 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom By Category by TeachThought Staff Social media offers some great opportunities for learning in the classroom, bringing together the ability to collaborate, access worldwide resources, and find new and interesting ways to communicate in one easily accessible place. Teachers around the world have found innovative ways to use Twitter as a teaching tool (including TeachThought’s favorite), and we’ve shared many of these great ideas here with you. Read on, and we’ll explore 60 inspiring ways that teachers and students can put Twitter to work in the classroom. Communication Twitter makes staying in touch and sharing announcements super simple and even fun. Organization Twitter’s hashtags and other tools share a great way to organize information for your classroom. Resources Use these ideas to take advantage of the vast resources that Twitter has to offer. Writing Skills