One of the best features of Aurasma as an educational tool is that it can be used across all grade levels and subject areas. Teachers can use it to reinforce or supplement content, students can use it for presentations and group projects, and technology coaches and coordinators can use it as part of their staff training materials. The videos and explanations below are just a few ideas for practical applications of Aurasma in the educational setting, and of course there are new ideas on the horizon just waiting to be discovered.
Language Acquisition and Word Walls |
Watch the following video to see a French Aurasma display. |
Aurasma can be used as a powerful tool for developing language in primary students, and as a way to augment and modify the use of a word wall in a classroom. This brief video demonstrates primary school students using Aurasma to bring their word wall to life in French class and their enthusiasm for the final product is clear as they demonstrate the app to a teacher.
|
|
Differentiation and Academic Support |
The video below shows augmented reality in schools. |
Differentiation has been a buzz word in education for the last decade and teachers are constantly trying to balance all of the learning needs and abilities of a diverse class of students. Using Aurasma as a form of differentiation is perhaps one of its most valuable assets in a classroom as it can provide academic support from the teacher, without actually taking up the teachers time after the trigger and aura have been created. Watch the following video for a simple way that a math teacher is using Aurasma on worksheets to support students with their homework assignments.
|
|
Interactive and Engaging Learning |
Aurasma passport to nature |
Educational uses of Aurasma are not just limited to the classroom. Aurasma can also be used on field trips and throughout a school's physical environment. In the following video, we see a collaboration between HP and SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) to create an interactive experience for students on a field trip to the Oatland Island Wildlife Center in Savannah, Georgia. Watch the short video to see students engaging with the wildlife in new and innovative ways that were not possible ten years ago.
|
|
Advanced Uses of Aurasma in the Secondary School |
Video of teaching with Aurasma |
Aurasma has many applications within the secondary school setting that can be developed with the creation of just one bulletin board. From student presentations to higher level math review for high stakes exams, the following video highlights a variety of uses for Aurasma in the secondary school environment.
|
|