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What is Aurasma?
I first learned about Aurasma at Iste 2013 where I attended a couple of great sessions from a lecturer at a Teacher Training Institution in the United States. Aurasma seems to be a step up on QR codes. It is a free App available on Android and iOS to bring about augmented reality experiences. It uses augmented reality to tag videos to trigger images. In a nutshell Aurasma embeds a digital layer (namely a photo, a 3D animation, a video) into print media.The auras that are created are stored on Aurasma Studio.
Terminology
But first some terminology:
- Aurasma: a free app to make augmented reality
- augmented reality: making something come to life
- aura: the magic circle that pops up when you hold your device over a trigger
- trigger image: the picture you want to elaborate on (probably something from your camera roll or in your photos)
- overlay: the media you apply on top of the trigger image (usually a video from your camera roll)
Aurasma used in a Grade 6 classroom
This video gives some ideas on how this works.
This video made by Jill Compher shows the steps to using Aurasma and is taken from An Aurasma “How To”
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Examples of using Aurasma
I loved watching the following two videos taken from the blogpost entitled:
http://engagetheirminds.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/two-more-fabulous-ways-to-use-aurasma-for-education/
1) Aurasma in the music room
2) Aurasma used with homework help!
Wish I knew how to do this! I am wondering if Telligami was used in conjunction with Aurasma.
Further reading
1. Take a minute or two to page through this lovely flipboard made up of articles about Aurasma.
https://flipboard.com/section/augmented-reality-in-education-brgZbu
2. I have been collecting posts about Aurasma on Pinterest
http://www.pinterest.com/fibeal/aurasma-in-the-classroom/
3. Erin Klein has a free Step-by-Step 19 page document on how to use Aurasma and this can be downloaded at Teachers Pay Teachers.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-to-Make-an-Aurasma-Augmented-Reality-Video-708830
Follow Erin Klein and see what she does with her class using Aurasma. http://goo.gl/VncVtW
4. Further useful posts
- http://thrasymakos.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/an-aurasma-how-to/
- http://www.kleinspiration.com/2013/05/using-augmented-reality-via-aurasma-in.html
- http://engagetheirminds.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/two-more-fabulous-ways-to-use-aurasma-for-education/
- http://keldarichards.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/le-mur-parlant/
Wondering - what is your experience of this app?
