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Augmented Reality in Education: Shaw Wood Primary School uses Aurasma (admin posted on January 28th, 2013 )

Augmented Reality in Education: Shaw Wood Primary School uses Aurasma

Shaw Wood Primary School in Doncaster, UK is a leading proponent of using new technologies in the classroom to aid learning. One such technology is Aurasma – the world’s leading augmented reality platform. Aurasma, available as a free app for iOS and Android devices, allows users to publish and share their own augmented reality content. This has profound implications for education and thousands of teachers around the world are now using the free technology to augment their classrooms, text books and lessons – bridging the physical world with the virtual. Shaw Wood Primary School use Aurasma throughout the school, and it has been adopted by teachers, parents and pupils alike. If you are interested in using the free Aurasma platform in your school then simply drop us a line at teach@aurasma.com.
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Menasha High School Technology Education (admin posted on January 3rd, 2013 )

Brief overview of MHS tech Ed classes
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YouTube launches website for school children (admin posted on October 12th, 2012 )

YouTube launches website for school children

YouTube has launched a new service ‘YouTube for schools’, which will have no access to videos other than those related to education. ibnlive.com

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Technology Integration in an Elementary School Classroom (admin posted on September 26th, 2012 )

A teacher demonstrates how she integrates technology working stations in her third grade classroom.

www.classroom-teacher-resources.com When many students are using multimedia in the classroom at the same time, it can get a little noisy! A set of headphones for every laptop in the classroom is a must. Student response systems, or “clickers” are a great way to assess the thinking of all students simultaneously. See my other video of a local news report on clickers in my classroom!
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