Aurasma is a great learning tool that uses technology to engage students in the classroom. It allows students to scan images and engage with content in a new way! It would be an amazing tool for taking students on a virtual field trip. I have created an Aurasma that teaches students about Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall to help fulfill Virginia SOL Civics 3.11b.
There will be six images set up around the classroom. I plan on setting up two-three copies of each image so that each station does not get overcrowded. Students will each receive an iPad and a pair of headphones. They will go around the room to scan the images and watch the videos that relate to Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall.
To view the videos associated with each image, download the free Aurasma app on an iPhone or iPad. Then, scan the image using your device's camera. The video will immediately begin playing on your device, as it is on my iPhone in this photo!
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| I test out the Who is Cesar Chavez? Aurasma |
Aurasma does not embed videos from YouTube. So, I followed these instructions to save the videos and use them as an overlay. All links to the original YouTube videos can be found below.
All photographs used in the images below were found on WikiMedia Commons.
Aurasma One:
Aurasma Two:
Aurasma Five:
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Videos:
- Overlay for Who is Cesar Chavez? : Video by HomeSchool Pop (I shortened this video a bit to lessen the amount of Homeschool Pop information the students would have to watch before the informational part of the video began.)
- Overlay for What is the United Farm Workers?: Video by Hrdkored
- Overlay for Who is Thurgood Marshall?: Video by Educational Video for Students
- Overlay for What is the Supreme Court?: Video by Citizen Genius
- Overlay for What is the Brown v. the Board of Education?: Video by State Bar of Georgia
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