{"id":942,"date":"2012-07-30T10:26:35","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T10:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechteacher.org\/blog\/?p=942"},"modified":"2012-07-30T10:26:35","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T10:26:35","slug":"the-next-ipad-classroom-from-greg-beth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechteacher.org\/the-next-ipad-classroom-from-greg-beth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next iPad Classroom – From Greg & Beth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week (July 23-27), was “iPad week” during our summer workshop series<\/a>. <\/em>We taught three days of The iPad Classroom<\/em>\u00a0followed by iPads, ePubs, & iBooks Author: Creating Digital Course Content. <\/em>While much of the curriculum focused on the transition from consumption to creation, we also had an opportunity to explore the future of integrating iPads into the classroom.<\/p>\n

Paper + Layar + iPads = Augmented Reality<\/a><\/h3>\n

One of the great benefits of using iPads – or any other mobile device – is the ability to extend learning beyond the physical four walls of the classroom. With augmented reality<\/em>, it is now also possible to extend learning objects beyond what is actually in print. EdTechTeacher’s Greg Kulowiec wrote,<\/p>\n

I recently came across the concept of using Augmented Reality with iPads. \u00a0While there are a number of platforms available to created augmented reality experiences with the iPad, the platform that I have found to be terrible user friendly and easy to use is\u00a0Layar<\/a>. \u00a0I may be late to the party on this web tool and iPad app, but I am going to continue on with the hopes that someone finds this useful in their classroom (fingers cross).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To add augmented reality to a printed piece is quite simple with Layar: create the printed piece, upload a PDF version to the Layar web site, and then use the web tools to add additional content. The screen capture below shows the “hot spots” that Greg added to a flyer for our iPad Summit<\/a>. Once he had uploaded the PDF of the flyer, he added links to this EdTechTeacher blog, the EdTechTeacher\u00a0iPad As.. page<\/a>, and the iPad Summit web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Greg's<\/a><\/p>\n

As for the classroom implications, Greg wrote:<\/p>\n

I think it is safe to say that we will continue to have students create paper based projects in the classroom. However, with the use of Augmented Reality, that typically static paper product can now become interactive. Imagine for instance a student created poster that is then scanned as a PDF, uploaded to Layar and then Augmented Reality can be added. A student’s poster of WWII battles for instance could be linked to relevant websites, student created video that is uploaded to YouTube, a blog that the student is also writing about WWII as a fictional soldier.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read Greg’s full article, Paper + Layar + iPads = Augmented Reality<\/a>, on his blog – The History 2.0 Classroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Creating & Curating Custom Course Content<\/h3>\n

As mentioned, last week concluded our first Creating Digital Course Content<\/em> workshop – and the first iBooks Author workshop in the country specifically for teachers. When EdTechTeacher’s Greg Kulowiec and Beth Holland wrote the description back in November, they focused on the concept of iPads & ePubs<\/em>, envisioning two days of learning about tools such as JoliPrint<\/a> and dotEpub<\/a>\u00a0to curate content for students to actively read or annotate on the iPad.<\/p>\n

When Apple launched iBooks Author, they changed the description. During the winter, they also discovered PrintFriendly<\/a>, Book Creator<\/a>, and Creative Book Builder<\/a>, so they modified the course description again. In June, they sent out a list of suggested apps, but just before the start of the course, they added Layar<\/a>, Nearpod<\/a>, Subtext<\/a>. Twenty-four hours before the start of the course, Apple announced its new individual course manager in iTunes U<\/a>. Needless to say, the concept of digital content is constantly evolving.<\/p>\n

Our participants came into the workshop ready to embrace the concept of curating custom content and creating documents specific to their students’ needs. They (and many of their administrators) envisioned that they would completely digitize their curriculum by creating iBooks loaded with video, interactive images, and study tools.<\/p>\n

However, within the first hour, reality set in.<\/p>\n