Sandbox #6
Using the Arts & Culture Expedition virtual field trips via Google, I took a field trip about global warming. The field trip started in San Francisco and ended in the melting glaciers in the Alps. It took me a minute to figure out how to navigate the slides and move about the photos with the arrows and the click and hold the mouse pad to move through the pictures. I liked what I saw and am interested in pursuing more field trips. I can also see how it can be a resource that I can direct students to for research papers and or fun.
I found QRtiger the most user friendly QR generator, although it looks like to use it more than a few times for free, you would need to buy a subscription. After reading about QR codes, watching a few youtube videos, I want to create a QR code for checking into and out of our school library. I currently have a written sign in sheet that we use for multiple reasons, one being just to know where the students are in the building and the other for covid tracing if needed. I like the idea of creating a google forms sign in sheet that can then be exported into a google sheet and shared with my administrators and nurses if need be.
My son has an oculus headset, we helped him purchase it with the thought that he would use it for school projects. Originally that is what he did, he used google draw to create a 3D project for his latin class, it was pretty cool. Although now he uses the headset just to play games. I liked listening to Learning and Technology with Frank about all the other ways the head set could be used for education. I don’t think it is a viable purchase for the school library I am in, but I don’t know that for sure. I think there are many other projects that I need to focus on to bring the library up to digital speed before purchasing headsets or VR technology.
I found the augmented reality book review tutorial pretty interesting. Our school uses Apple products, so building in the reality composer app would be easy. What a fun way to create augmented reality projects. What I liken this to is when I was in school using dioramas or poster board book reports. This AR tool would give the students a new way of presenting their reports.
References:
ePublishing Partner. (n.d.) Climate change. Google Arts & Culture. https://artsandculture.google.com/story/ogUBEbtkU91Vzw
Learning and Technology with Frank. (n.d.) Metaverse for education 5 ways to use virtual reality in school. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WogQ0X4ITHM
#QuickTips with Jacob. (n.d.) How to create an augmented reality book review using reality composer on iPad. [Video]. You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAKOxugYRV4&t=5s
Yes! Using AR for book reports is like our “old school” poster board projects. 🙂 That made me chuckle. Great post!
Interesting field trip. It sounds like I need to add it to my list of things to explore. I would love an Oculus for myself and also my library. The project your son did with the Oculus sounds fascinating.
The field trip you took sounds like something I would be interested in! Thanks for sharing. My son has an Oculus headset as well, although he has not completed any school projects on it. Nevertheless, it’s neat to experience virtual worlds. I feel like the headsets are something that may, in time, move more towards the academic world.
Using a QR code to sign in and out of the library is a great idea! And using the VR software instead of a posterboard is also a great idea.
My kids’ high school uses QR codes for when they need to go to the bathroom. It seems to really work and helps with COVID tracing. They also use to scan QR codes when they sat down at a table for lunch. However, their administration said that was too much of a headache and stopped the practice. I think using it for monitoring who comes and goes from a school library is a great idea though. Sometimes the library can get so busy that it is hard to keep tabs on things like that.
Glad I could put a smile on your face, true though right?