Sunday 14 September 2014

Our students were having fun with the colAR app discovering what augmented reality is and does.

What is Augmented Reality?

 Augmented reality is changing the way we view the world -- or at least the way its users see the world. Augmented reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data.

 As a result, the technology functions by enhancing one’s current perception of reality.

 With the help of advanced AR technology (e.g. adding computer vision and object recognition) the information about the surrounding real world of the user becomes interactive and digitally manipulable.

 Artificial information about the environment and its objects can be overlaid on the real world.
Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality
                                                                Our students found out that it really is as easy as 1 2 3 
ColAR app available at the app store

 FEATURES

-Enjoy a traditional physical coloring experience.
-Watch your artwork come to life on your mobile device screen.
-Watch the animation from any angle.
-Latest augmented reality technology.
-Zoom in and Zoom out the animation
-Play and Pause the animation
-Different music with each page
See plenty more examples at colAR on Pinterest

International Dot Day September 15  Don't miss the chance to use the Dot page.

 Free for some of the images https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/colar-mix/id650645305?mt=8 PLUS $3.79 for most of the packs including the NZ Animals pack
http://colarapp.com/

Thursday 11 September 2014

Years One & Two have been very busy learning.

The students in Year One have been working really well on their Reading Eggs program.
Last week they viewed Story 1: Details, Details (SWF 4Mb)
Hector and his friends learn about their personal information—what it is, who should it be shared with and how can it be used. 
Today they also viewed Story 2 on Hector's World called "Welcome to the Carnival."
Welcome to the Carnival (SWF 7.3Mb)
Hector and his friends visit the Silicon Deep carnival and learn how protect themselves and their personal information.

Meet Hector's Friends
Students then explored the Build Your Wildself site and created an avatar. 
They saved a copy of the avatar into their U drive and then some of the students started creating a wild avatar.

1B learning in the LTiC this week. on PhotoPeach

1C were busy working in our LTiC today. on PhotoPeach
The students in 2E have been working really steadily on their Reading Eggs program. 
They can now independently explore and create in different software programs and on many sites.
Students were able to choose which site to explore after finishing their reading work today.
Some students went to Story Monster, others enjoyed exploring the fun places such as music cafe, the shop and the playground in reading eggs, whilst others were super keen to apply themselves in various cool maths online games.

Year 2E exploring & learning in the LTiC. on PhotoPeach

Sunday 7 September 2014

Our students have been exploring, reading & viewing their choice of resources from Tumblebooks.

TUMBLEBOOKS



For kids and families, TumbleBooks lets you watch and listen to hundreds of e-books online, play a game,  watch a video, write a review..


To visit Tumblebooks at home you first need to visit the Coffs City Library page http://libraries.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx and then click on the Tumblebooks icon. 

Featured e-Resource
TumbleBooks Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading.
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After you click on the Tumblebook icon the Library page below will open and you can choose from the wide range od resources available.

The students learned to navigate through the various types of resources available or 
they explored the use of the search bar available in the top left corner.

We did a search for ocean and we found a variety of resources sorted by authors:

The kids gave this site the thumbs up!

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