In a few years time, Augmented Reality will be the new reality. Meantime, teachers can explore the possibilities through practical experiments using cheap and readily available technologies. This session will appeal to language, drama, and history teachers especially. It is not overly technical or difficult. Participants get to enhance a book, produce digital toy theatre, and design a branching scenario using near field communication (NFC) and audio.
Constructivist Learning Design: Key Questions for Teaching to Standards by George Gagnon and Michelle Collay
We played a game, which revealed a story card by card. Very few instructions, apart from each team needed a leader and a trader. We soon worked out you needed to keep the cards in
iCardSort - app for creating and sorting cards.
NFC - Debating the merits of NFC over QR Code
Pro NFC:
Don't need an app to launch it
Very easy to use (end user)
Pro QR Code:
Can be used on Apple (as well as other devices)
Can print multiple copies of same code
Can send code via email or other virtual message
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