Aurasma is an augmented reality application that allows you to overlay any video or image on top of anything that your tablet, cell phone, or any other mobile device can scan with its camera. Using Aurasma is very much like using a QR code reader. In order to activate the overlayed image or video, the object will be scanned using the Aurasma app. Joseph covered using Aurasma in our iPad Appy Hour Webinar. Many of the demos you will see on the Aurasma site are for advertising but you can use these skills in a number of fun and exciting ways.
As your students are learning new vocabulary, you may try a number of different techniques for teaching these new words from comparing synonyms, analogies, etc. If you wanted to use visuals or have students “act out” the definition of words you can display the words and create an “aura” which will make Aurasma react and play the photo or video that you created.
Do you have that key poster or picture that you have on the wall, but when you give your students a test, they always check it for the answers to certain questions? Using Aurasma, you can have students use the app to identify key information when they study the picture but keep the answers away when it comes to testing.
Have you ever seen the “Daily Prophet” from the Harry Potter movies or photos in an article of written text that play a video as you read it? Students can record anything using their mobile device’s camera, take a screenshot to place in a writing piece and then Aurasma can make that section come alive.
From younger to older grades, every classroom has established rules. Aurasma can allow you to have students create skits or display ways in which the rules are followed in the classroom. Other ideas are to show proper lab procedure, the way your classroom should be left at the end of the day, or how to properly care for classroom pets.
Since most of us carry a mobile device of some sort, have parents create words of encouragement to help students as they are having difficulty with certain subject matter use a video as a “pick-me-up.”
I hope this has given you some ideas for using Aurasma in the classroom. If you have any questions or if you want to share some of your ideas on using Augmented Reality in your classroom, please email our Professional Development department at training@teq.com or share your thoughts in the comments.
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I was recently at a conference that said it works best in a classroom if you create a classroom channel and add any auras to your channel.
Dan,
You are correct, using Channels makes it easier to organize.
I would suggest having all devices on the same “Aurasma” account, this is the easiest to manage and allows all devices to scan each other’s targets.
Joseph
Checkout a school “SJC Public Auras” they are always adding more, and they are unbranded. Mainly Computing, Science, and English at the moment.
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Hi, I just listened to your webinar and it was very informative. I was very interested in the AR piece. However, the app, Page Send seems to no longer exist – I cannot find it anywhere – this seemed like a much simpler way to create the video part for the target. Is there anything else or I need to create in Aurasma studio.
Thanks very much.
Tama Trotti
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