Augmented
Reality is very interesting and this new technology impressed me a lot,
children must like it in classroom because AR technology makes reality more and
more attractive and make some 2-D learning materials become 3-D. Materials with
3-D effect have more details and true sense, for learning these features are
very useful. I played Anatomy 4D, Quiver, Arloon Plants and Spacecraft 3D. I
love Anatomy 4D best, it makes a body pic become a 3-D exhibition, also I can
press different buttons to see different elements, such as bones and nervous
system. Students can observe items from different angles for getting more
details, it will improve effect of learning and accelerate the process of
learning.
For
those different AR apps, I think they can be used in biology, geography, art
and culture classes. As for main subjects, such as math, English, I haven’t
found any specific AR app which is suitable. But teachers can use some of those
apps in some parts of class. For example, teacher could use butterfly to
reinforce reflections of students, if students can give the right answers,
teacher will let butterfly stay around that student for a longer time. Or just
use these apps to explore students’ boundless imaginations. As we learned, each
AR app needs its own triggers, we can find them in the website. we can also
create them by ourselves by following instructions in the website. Anyway it
could be a good project for providing collaboration between students and let
students get involved in AR world initiatively.