Bringing Augmented Reality to 1 Million Students Thanks to AugThat....

Bringing Augmented Reality to 1 Million Students Thanks to AugThat....

I started this campaign to reach 1 million students and in a week I am happy to let you know that so far we have reached 28,000 students with augmented reality.  The number 1 augmented reality tool teachers are reporting using just happens to the STAR app by AugThat followed by Quiver, Chromville, Blippar, Aurasma, and DinoTrek VR.  I am very confident that I will reach at least 1 million students.

To get your free licence to use some of AugThat's augmented 3D objects, 360° environments, and animated lessons please visit their site and request your licence.

Reaching 1 Million with AugThat

I do have a group for Augmented Reality for Education.  In the group you will find other educators connecting, learning, and sharing how they use augmented reality in their classrooms along with my favorite augmented platforms such as Chromville, Quiver, Blipper Edu, and of course AugThat.  I am also posting some augmented lessons I've created using these amazing tools.

Augmented Reality for Education Google Group

One of my favorite lessons I've created pairs Quiver's Dot Day sheet along with some of AugThat's 3D and 360° environments, I call it Make Your Mark.  I've even created some triggers to go along with this lesson. It may not be International Dot Day but you can use this lesson throughout the year.  Another one of my favorites lessons pairs Chromville and AugThat's 360° environments triggers, I call it Bring Characters to Life.  I will be posting very soon lessons I am creating using Blippar.

Augmented Lesson Plans

When you use educational augmented content with your students please fill out this form. I would like to track how many kids are being reached with educational augmented content.

Bringing Characters to Life via Chromville.....

Bringing Characters to Life via Chromville....

Since Chromville has their #ChromvilleHalloween contest underway I thought I would share one of my lessons I do with my students with Chromville's Custom Character.  I love to use more than one app so with this lesson I've paired it up with AugThat and Pic Collage. 

 I have my students design and decorate Chromville's custom characters and write a story that focuses on the character's talents.  I also have students explore possible environments using AugThat's 360° Environment triggers.  I then have students take pictures of the environment and their character then make a photo collage using Pic Collage to go along with their story.  I do have my students publish their stories as a blog post.




Students love to design their characters and tell stories about them.  Adding the 360° Environment just helps them visualize a possible environment that their character could actually live.  Click here to view my "Bringing Characters to Life" lesson plan.

When you use educational augmented content with your students please fill out this form. I would like to track how many kids are being reached with educational augmented content.

Chromville's - Halloween Contest.... #ChromvilleHalloween

Chromville's - Halloween Contest.... #ChromvilleHalloween

In order to reach 1 Million kids with Augmented Reality I went on a search to find the best tools to help me reach this goal. Lucky for me Chromville released a Halloween contest. What a perfect way to kick start my campaign in reaching 1 Million Kids

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Here are the Rules:

Create your Halloween design of Chromville and win one free code of Chromville World!

Are you ready for the Halloween night? So are we! That’s why we have prepared something really special for all of you. Pay attention to this guideline. The winner of the first Chromville Halloween design contest will win a free access to the new Chromville World. Let’s go!

Goal: design the most creative Halloween Chromer!

Prize: the winner will win a free code of Chromville World. Learn more about what includes this amazing package!

Steps:

1. Go to their website and download their customize coloring page.

2. Decorite it with a Halloween decoration (take a look to our suggestions on Facebook!)

3. Share your creation with them on the social networks as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. Remember include @Chromville in your text or use the hashtag #ChromvilleHalloween.

4. Show everybody your artwork! (If you take a photo to the 3D experiences, even better!)

All the designs shared with @Chromville or #ChromvilleHalloween will be included on the raffle. They will gather them on their Pinterest board!

Deadline: October 29 23.00 pm EST time zone. They will announce the winner on October 31. 

Don't forget to include the hashtag #AR4Kids and to fill out the form so I know you are using AR with your kids. 

Creating Augmented Content with Blippar EDU....

Creating Augmented Content with Blippar EDU....

Blippar has launched an education side to their augmented reality platform. Educators can sign up for the augmented creation tool the Blippbuilder.  To learn more about the Blippbuilder you can watch their tutorial videos.  There are 10 very short video clips that will help you create your own augmented content.  To get your account please contact Stephen and the EDU team let them know I sent you.

Scan with Blippar - Enter code 54535

I created a Blipp for my campaign of reaching 1 Million kids with Augmented Reality.  Feel free to try it out for your self.  Since my Blippar account is an educational account you will need to enter in my code (54535) you do this under settings.


I did have teachers asking some questions about Blippar and their policies.   Feel free to reach out to me if you have any more questions or would like to participate in reaching 1 Million Kids with Augmented Reality.

1. How long will the trigger be active?

There's no limit on our end, so as long as the teacher chooses to keep it active.

2. How many triggers can you make, is there a limit?

There is no limit - teachers are free to make as many pieces of content as they wish. 

3. Is there a limit on the file size per trigger?

There are limits to individual file types, such as videos and images. There isn't an overall file size limit on the blipp itself, although if there is a lot of content in the blipp then it may be slow to load (in this case internet speed becomes an important consideration). You can fit a reasonably large amount of content into the blipp before this becomes a problem, though.

4. Can students have builder accounts?

They sure can. However, each student requires an individual email address in order to activate their account.

5. How long does it take to process a trigger before it become alive?

When it comes to educators we have a 'soft publish' approach. The content doesn't become fully live; it requires students to enter a code on the Blippar app to unlock the content from the image marker. There are a few reasons why we do this; principal among them are safeguarding (allowing teachers embed sensitive student materials into image markers) and avoiding conflict on our servers (there is a high likelihood that teachers will, for example, use an image of the same historical figure as an image marker)
If teachers save all their blipps into a single campaign, then a single 'campaign code' will unlock all of the individual blipps within. Furthermore, the Blippar app remembers the code even after it is closed down, so students only have to enter the code once. After this, the blipp behaves like any other live blipp when the app is open and pointed at the marker.

Reaching 1 Million Kids with the Help of AugThat....

Reaching 1 Million Kids with the Help of AugThat....

AugThat wants to help reach 1 MILLION students with their educational augmented content.  They are going to give a free licence to every student or teacher no matter where you are in the world.  All you have to do is contact Lisa (lisa@augthat.com) and let her know you want to be apart of #AR4Kids and she will set you up with the licenses you need and will give you access to the triggers.  You will get a sample of the different types of augmented triggers that AugThat has to offer along with a few I've selected.  My favorite triggers are their augmented 360 environments with their Virtual Field Trips becoming my 2nd favorite augmented triggers.

Not only do they want to give students access to educational augmented content they are going to give the top 5 schools with the most students using AugThat's content a iPad Cart for a Classroom, a Classroom Set of iPads, and a Lifetime License for AugThat.  Don't worry if you have a small school they are going to go by percent of student use.  So if you are a small school and you have 90% of your student body using AugThat's educational augmented content compared to a larger school and they they only have 40% of their student body using AugThat's educational augmented content you will be ahead of them.

When you are using augmented content with your students please share it with use by using the hashtag #AR4Kids and tag us. @katieann_76 & @augthat

Keep your eyes peeled on our Google+ Group Augmented Reality for Education's Augmented Lessons. I will be posting augmented lessons here.

When you use educational augmented content with your students please fill out this form.  I would like to track how many kids are being reached with educational augmented content.

Reaching 1 Million Kids with Augmented Reality ....

Reaching 1 Million Kids with Augmented Reality ....

Scan this image with the Blippar App - Enter Code 54535

Augmented reality is a very powerful learning tool that transform the classroom like nothing else.  You can bring the world even the universe to your classroom.  My goal is to help teachers harness the power of augmented reality and help them use this powerful tool in their classroom.  I would love to reach at least 1 million kids.

All you have to do is try at least one Augmented Tool with your students and let me know how many students tried the tool.  There are several Augmented Tools you can try.  I have a Symbaloo Board full of tools you can choose from.  It is best to login to your Symbaloo and add this board to your list to view all of the tools.

After you have tried an Augmented tool please fill out this form.  This will help me keep track of how many kids we are reaching with augmented content. You can fill out the form for each time you try an Augmented tool with your students.  If you are using social media you can also share your experience with the Augmented tool by using the hashtag #AR4Kids.

I am working on creating lessons that are enriched with Augmented content.  Keep your eye in our AR Lesson section in the Augmented Reality for Education Google+ Group.  The next lesson I will be posting will be a unit over the book Charlotte's Web along with a few Augmented STEM lessons.

AugThat is wanting to help reach 1 Million kids through Augmented Reality and will give teachers a sample of Augmented content to help with this cause.  To receive your augmented content please contact lisa@augthat.com and let her know you are helping us reach 1 Million kids please use the code #AR4Kids. She will set you up with an account and the give you access to their augmented triggers.

Blippar also has a Augmented building platform that is easy to use.  You will need to contact Stephen and the EDU team at Blippar and he will set you up with a free account so you can start creating your own AR content.  If you can drag, drop, copy & paste you can create simple Augmented content too.  You can also reach out to me and I would love to help you create AR projects.

Some of My Favorite AR Tools:

• AugThat's 360's Enviroments
• AugThat's 3D Augmented Objects
• AugThat's 7th Grade Math Augmented Animated Lessons
• Quiver
• Chromville

Together Let's Reach 1 Million Kids with Augmented Reality!