The iPad Comes Alive with Augmented Reality

Writing, Tour Wrist, Puppet Pal and Screenshots.
Some people might argue that what you will read here is not Augmented Reality. But for me it is. This form of AR is using an app to its full effectiveness to integrate it's images into other apps.
What I am explaining here is how I have used the fantastic 360 Panorama images from an app called Tour Wrist to engage my students to write, improve their descriptive language and enhance their skills in persuasive writing....

Measuring Angles and Augmented Reality....FUN!
This week I had a very different numeracy lesson with my Year 5's. We used Augmented Reality to measure and create angles and converting distances from feet to metres. We used an Augmented Reality App called MathsMovesUSkiJumper, taken from the MathsMovesU...

Augmented Reality, Money and Numeracy!
An AR App that I stubbled across whilst on my quest of searching for engaging AR Apps, was Money Vision App. This app is free, however, the Australian currency is 0.99c for the upgrade.
Basically once you launched the App, Money will freely fall across you iPad screen and look as if there is real money in the room or image you are looking at. I saw a massive about of potential in this App....

iPad's, Augmented Reality and Writing?
The ‘age old’ sentence starters on the board or rocket writing is something of the past. To stimulate and engage students to write we need to engage them with a ‘carrot’ that will enhance their digital minds. Augmented Reality is that ‘carrot’. The list...