FIRST POST

   It looks like we'll be all online for the rest of the semester.  I'll be using this website to post assignments, resources,links, and other information. As for grades and due dates - shoot for having your Blog complete by the day of the last class.  That's pretty much it - the completed blog is your final. E-mail me at any time if you've got questions.

     I've copied a previous e-mail below.  This will probably keep you busy for a while.  I'll be doing some additional posts over the weekend with some new things to look at.

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     From last week, starting with Mixed Realities,  go to this website: https://k12augmentedreality.blogspot.com/ and browse the articles.  Download the following apps on your phone or tablet (all free):

  • Google Expeditions
  • Sketchfab
  • Quiver Coloring app (the free version)

 
    For Google Expeditions and Sketchfab, take a look at some of the Augmented Reality pictures and tours.  Come up with some ideas as to how you might use the objects in teaching.  This is really new technology and I think it's going to have a big impact on teaching and learning so this is a good time to start thinking about what we can with this stuff in a classroom.

     For the Quiver coloring app, you can go to the site and download some of the free PDF files.  Try the Education Starter Pack: http://www.quivervision.com/education-coloring-packs/#education-starter-pack This is really a different way to think about worksheets.

     One of the shortcomings of this stuff is that what you're seeing is pretty much limited to a phone or tablet screen.  I hoped to show you a couple of ways around this - the Chromecast device and the Apple TV device allow you to project what's on your phone screen to a classroom projector.  In the next post I'll link to videos showing you how to do this.

     For the Augmented Virtuality (AV) component, take a look at some Youtube videos - here's a good one:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz_i-jnojUs  As you can see from the date, OSMO has been around for a couple of years, but it's now starting to appear in classrooms.  A second set of AV materials is from PLUGO - here's a quick intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtZ44e62YjY  We have these devices and I hoped to get the chance to let you practice with them a bit.  One thing to consider for OSMO, you can use an IPad or a much, much, cheaper Amazon Fire tablet.

     Something very new - the Museum in a Box.  https://museuminabox.org/  I have one of these and demo'd it at the STEM Summit - lots of interest in this.  Take a look at the website and think about how you might use this.  Think of what kind of items might be in your museum.

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