Several years ago, I got a fabulous idea from a book called What’s On Your Mind? by Joel Anderson and Joan Brinkman. One of the lessons recommends that gifted students create an “Eight Trait Floor Plan.” The students are asked to think metaphorically about what a blueprint of their attributes might look like. Which “rooms” would … Read more
My favorite use of augmented reality is when it enhances student creations. Sherri Kushner, a Media Arts Teacher at Chute Middle School recently shared a presentation she had made for NAEA 2014 that astounded me with the creative use of the Aurasma augmented reality app for many amazing student projects. I added it to my Augmented … Read more
Brad Gustafson (@GustafsonBrad if you want to hit him up on Twitter) is a principal in Minnesota. I’ve referred to him a few times on this blog before, including when I nominated his blog, Adjusting Course, for Best Administrator Blog, and in my post called, “I’d Be Thankful for a Lizard Named Cheesedoodle, Too,” about … Read more
UPDATE 1/18/15 – I just added a post that gives more details about using augmented reality with this lesson. Go to “Outside My Snow Globe” to learn more! Earlier this year, I posted about a short video called, “BumbleVille.” This cute animation would be fun to show your students at this time of year. You … Read more
I’ve posted some QR code reward coupons for the classroom on this blog in the past. The kids enjoy the air of mystery when they get a coupon and get to “discover” their reward. As regular readers have probably figured out, though, I easily get bored. So, I decided to change up this year’s reward … Read more
It’s been getting a bit harder to access all of my scattered Augmented Reality resources lately, so I decided to create a page for this to add to the blog. I was going to use a pretty Symbaloo, but apparently my blog host does not play nice with their embed codes. I won’t go into … Read more