TCC 5-3 World's Colliding...in 4D

We have been sharing Symbaloo with teachers across the district this month...and  Twitter for PD use got added by a colleague, Katie Sparks Ellison (@mediasparkles), for the high school teachers...in that learning mode I tried a Twitter Chat over last weekend on Tweetdeck which  allows easier following of Twitter feeds for the same hashtag, #Symchat in this case.. The subject was Augmented Reality (AR) which is part of an art project one of our teachers is doing with  her students .using Aurasma to enhance research.. (Aurasma is on page 2 already)
During this hour long meeting (Twitter Chat) participants expanded my view of AR to include gaming, glasses/headsets used to view, and lots of apps and sites which add augmented reality to science, history, and lots of others. It was fast and short...and the others were helpful to a newcomer. My other article goes into the way I envisioned using AR previously.

And because it was a Symbaloo sponsored chat I came away with 2 AR webmixes that continue my learning. The webmix is by Bobby (Brian) Lewis and is linked here. Most of his tiles were for sites using AR for Science or Social Studies. But his first tile is someone whose blog I follow and I had just put a different post of hers on my LCHS presentation for next week on Twitter. Another tile he offered was 2 Guys and Some iPads  (@TechMinock and @Techbradwaid) whose blog led me to an alternative tool for Aurasma and Layar. It is  DAQRI 4D Studio.  Minock and Waid are

educators who have been heralding AR for use in the classroom for awhile. They were using Aurasma, but have changed tools and are recruiting teachers to join their team of advisors to Daqri...and schools to be flagship schools.  Winter Park High north of Orlando is a flagship school due to one teacher’s interest.
The blog has AR tabs including one with tutorials. I viewed one of the videos on adding 3D models as overlays instead of video. This is a feature Aurasma doesn’t have yet. It appears that they will be producing lessons for cost in the future, but the tools are free for those who want to make their own.
Our first adventure into AR will be with Jennifer Maples’ Advanced Art class at REMJHS. Her students will use their art as the trigger and will overlay a video of their process and research. We are just beginning the research, but will be sharing results when finished.
Our first adventure into Twitter for PD will be at LCHS during the day on Monday, March 9. This is will also include Symbaloo’s ability to follow an rss feed and rumor has it Twitter feeds there.
There is also an AR discussion thread,  going on at Teacher’s Engage, Intel’s community for teachers. This link may require a login. This is a site we use for our Essentials course which is beginning today. They have a classroom ready apps chart to begin with and then discuss some other ideas for lessons. Drew Minock is contributing to the discussion there.
All my work seems to be conspiring to follow the same path...I’ve learned many new things...hope you have, too.
Enjoy!