Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality is perhaps even more powerful than VR in an education setting because every student can have the same experience at the same time. It can easily be added into an existing lesson and be experienced concurrently with class lecture, group work, research, and more.

Imagine frog dissection without the smell! Students can look at the human body and dive into layers of a cell. If you have a topic you teach, there is an augmented reality visual experience you can draw on to reinforce learning. There are also numerous ways for students to take advantage of existing material, add to it, and incorporate it into their own project to showcase their learning.

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BrainPop Jr.

This is both a site as well as an app that is on our students’ iPads. BrainPop Jr. could really live in any category on this tech resources site as it contains videos and interactive lessons across the academic spectrum. However, the resources surrounding social studies are particularly useful as it provides one more source of student-friendly information about a range of research topics. We have a school account so you can check your email for login username and password info.
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Scientists at the Smithsonian

This site has bios and more dedicated to meeting the scientists who are a part of the Smithsonian Institution. Depending on a particular grade level’s unit of study (ex. SK bat unit, 2nd grade’s rainforests, Middle School’s Earth science…) they could be interesting introductory snippets. There is also contact info for potential distance learning opportunities.
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Build Your Reef

This is a SUPER cool app that allows students the chance to build and care for their own virtual ocean world. It is on all the JK iPads and is both simple to use for our early learners, as well as robust enough to allow our learners to grow with it to build even more!

Wonderopolis

Wonderopolis is a great site for students to explore independently, or as a class “warm-up” as it rotates a new thought-provoking question a day. There is a ton of information, videos, etc… on a huge range of topics.

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