Daily Diigo Bookmarks from Steve Yuen 11/23/2010

• 4+ Easy Ways to Create A Virtual Business Card

  tags: easy ways Businesscard tools create virtual

• PDF ReDirect Lets You Merge, Rotate, Optimize, Encrypt & Print PDFs [Windows]

  tags: pdf redirect

• 8 Ways Technology Is Improving Education

  tags: technology ways education tools

• Google Docs Now Syncs With Microsoft Office

  tags: microsoft google now docs office sync

• Ten Simple Strategies for Re-engaging Students | Edutopia <span class="“> – Annotated

  tags: strategies edutopia ten engagement simple students

  • 1. Have fun
  • 2. Learn beyond the walls
  • 3. Expand your audience
  • 4. Collaborate
  • 5. Deconstruct an issue transparently
  • 6. Make many mistakes along the way
  • 7. Share
  • 8. Provide Constructive Criticism
  • 9. Eat a sandwich
  • 10. Engage Others

• 5 Unique Uses for Bit.ly Bundles

  tags: 5 uses unique bit.ly bundles URL shorteners

• The First Unofficial Guide to Dropbox

  tags: dropbox guide unofficial

• Top Web Tools for Enhancing Collaboration

  “Top Web Tools for Enhancing Collaboration “

  tags: Collaboration web2.0 tools Resources web education technology top

• Students, Ownership and Creativity: 35 Resources

  Students, Ownership and Creativity: 35 Resources

  tags: Web 2.0 resources creativity ownership

• Top 10 Sites for Creating Quizzes by David Kapuler

  “Top 10 Sites for Creating Quizzes by David Kapuler”

• ’11 the year of the QR Code

  tags: qr code QRcodes elearning year QR codes ’11

• QR codes and academic libraries — College & Research Libraries News

  tags: codes qr libraries

• QR Codes

• 101 Uses For Quick Response (QR) Codes: Creating Audience Engagement With The Next Killer US App – a Blog by GREAT! CEO & IDEAologist Dan Smigrod [@smigrod, @uSCANme] – That’s GREAT!

  tags: codes engagement for uses qr

• fre:ac – free audio converter

  tags: audio converter free software fre ac tools mp3

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Augmented Reality (AR) in Education

Augmented reality (AR) is an emerging form of experience in which the real world is enhanced by computer-generated content specific to a location and to an activity.  Today, AR applications have become portable and available on mobile devices.  AR is beginning to change news, entertainment, sports, e-commerce, travel, museums, architecture, and marketing in tangible, exciting ways.  In education and training, AR has the potential to make ubiquitous learning a reality, allowing learners to gain immediate access to a wide range of location-specific information from various sources.  The 2010 Horizon Report predicts that the use of simple AR in education will be widespread within 2 to 3 years on U.S. college campuses.

Although AR is not new, it is still in infancy especially applying in education.  As an educator, I think AR has great potentials in teaching and learning. We should examine the impact of AR on society, evaluate the implications of AR for education, and explore the integration of AR applications into teaching and learning environments.  To learn more about AR and its potentials and future in teaching and learning, I recommend the following videos.

Augmented Reality – Explained by Common Craft (Free Version)

Augmented Reality in the Classroom

Augmented Reality in the Classroom (2010 NMC Symposium)

Augmented Reality Encyclopedia

Augmented reality – Education

Augmented Reality – The Future of Education ( Ara Pacis ) – HD version

insideAR – The Future of Augmented Reality

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