Apr 24, 2017

Visible learners and engaging pedagogy

Love the sharing by my colleagues Elisabeth and Wen Ee today.

In fact there is a need for active and collaborative instruction coupled with various means to encourage student engagement which will invariably lead to better learning outcome.

The use of technology can help to engage the students and becoming visible learners. They shared with us the following links which contain very useful apps or website for educators.

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/01/70-educational-ipad-apps-for-teachers.html

The Ultimate EdTech Chart for Teachers and Educators www.educatorstechnology.com

Another good resource shared by Wen Ee is freetech for teacher
A bit of "magic" using Aurasma which would definitely excite the students as they can use the app to see the picture comes alive in the form of a video. 

Engaging students using the app aurasma
I have learned about this 2 years ago and had wanted to try but have not done so. Decided to try a simple one using a photo of the tuned mass damper in 101 building to trigger an interesting video clip from a Taiwan news report.


You can try to use Aurasma to scan the following picture:

And it will come alive in the form of a video  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJDpDkDUYOE) on the screen!

To create an aura:
Sign up for an account @ https://www.aurasma.com/






Aurasma app can be downloaded 

Just activate the app and you can scan the trigger picture. Students will be amazed how the video will suddenly come alive in VR! Try it out today!
 


Extracted from my earlier post on Aurasma below:


An interesting app shared during the ICT symposium 2015 - Aurasma
It can be downloaded from App Store for IOS and Play store for Androids (however my Samsung Note 4 is not compatible and cannot download it. It works on my Samsung Galaxy Pro)
The app offers a lot of potential in creating virtual learning. 


Aurasma allows users to create or view augmented reality experiences. The user open up the app and capture the photo with the camera. The image will transform into a video, animation, another image or bring you to a website with more information. 
To create their own Auras, students or teachers choose an overlay and a trigger. An overlay is a video, image, an animation or a website link that will appear when someone finds the trigger object or photo. 
Tutorial on creating a sequenced aura using the aurasma studio https://studio.aurasma.com/login
https://youtu.be/CaczBAfdRns - so cool being able to create a scavenger hunt with photos. User just scan the photo and could see a video or even a url link providing more information.

Use of Aurasma in teaching:

https://youtu.be/uHIxYpBW7sc?list=PLYk2ySKukLs6Fih_6xze0EYRyGJguDYCF

Use of Aurasma in learning nature:

https://youtu.be/WRS_nZOOMyY?list=PLYk2ySKukLs6Fih_6xze0EYRyGJguDYCF

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