2020 #ETCoaches Book Study & Twitter Chat - Week 1 Takeaways

 

Learning Transported: Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality for All Classrooms by Jaime Donally

ISTE Edtech Coaches 2020 Book Study and Twitter Slow Chat (#ETCoaches) started on January 21st and we are off to a great start. It’s never too late to join in the conversation. You can find the schedule and additional information here.  

Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality Resources for Teaching and Learning

Here are some of my takeaways from the first 3 days of the conversations.
Day 1: Introductions - AR and VR to Explore
These are some of the resources and tweets that were shared during Day 1 of the Book Study.

• National Geographic 360 (Tweet)
• Google Earth/Map Resources (These were mentioned in a variety of tweets.)
• Google Tour Builder (The Original)
• Google Earth Tours
• Google Earth Voyager
• Google Geo VR
• Google Virtual Tour Builder
• Google Expeditions (Teacher Center - Google Expeditions)
• Flipgrid QR Codes and Fligrid AR (Tweet)
• Cospaces (Tweet)
• Merge Cubes (Tweet)
• New York Times VR (Tweet)
• Real Composer (Tweet)
• Nearpod VR (Tweet)
• Catchy Words (Tweet)
• Google Arts and Culture Museum Views (Tweet)
• Google Tilt Brush (Tweet)
• Google VR Tools
• 3D Bear (Tweet)
• Story Spheres
• Several Links to Lists of AR/VR Resources (Tweet)
• 25 resources for bringing AR and VR to the classroom
• VR and AR Tools and Resources
• Apple Augmented Reality in Education Lessons

Day 2: Learning from the Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality Website
These are some of the resources and tweets that were shared on Day 2 of the Book Study.

• Top 2019 ARVRinEDU Resources (Tweet)
• App Smashing with EyeJack (Tweet)
• ARVRinEDU Training - YouTube Video (Tweet)
• Waypoint EDU (Tweet)
• Videos Posts (Tweet)
• Here Is What the Right Tools for Mixed Reality in the Classroom Look Like (Tweet)
• Advocating for Immersive Technologies to Augment Education (Tweet)

Day 3: AR, VR and Mixed Reality Thoughts Connected to Chapter 1
The biggest takeaways from day three connect to understanding the differences between AR, VR, and MR.

Augmented Reality - “The view through a device camera includes a digital layer on top. The digital layer gives the illusion that we see something in the physical world that is not really there.” (page 4) Google Maps AR is one example of augmented reality.

Virtual Reality - “These technologies provide the opportunity to view a digital experience without using your device camera. We are no longer looking at our reality through our camera with a new experience layered on top, but fully immersed into a digital experience that replaces our reality.” (page 6) Google Earth could be considered an example of virtual reality.”

Mixed Reality - “Mixed reality combines digital interaction with the experience in the real world. In doing so, MR takes augmented reality experiences to the next level by allowing our real and digital worlds to interact with one another.” (page 8) Examples of viable mixed reality apps and tools are a bit more hard to define. The HoloAnatomy App could be one of the best mixed reality examples I’ve found connected to education.

Friday is for catching up and reflecting. A new question will be posted on Monday. Hope to see you there. You can find the schedule and additional information here.
What did I miss? Please share your thoughts in the comments below!