Category: Google Glass

Front page news through Google Glass

5/22/2014

The power of Twitter continues to astound me. Last month, I saw a tweet from RIchmond's local newspaper, the TImes-Dispatch. The tweet asked if anyone in the Richmond area was using Google Glass. I responded that we were a K-8 school using Google Glass, and they followed up and asked if they could interview us for a story.

My principal and I spoke with the reporter on the phone, then he came in with a photographer to capture Google Glass being used in class. Our art teacher was doing a lesson where her students were creating tutorials for next year's group as she explored the flipped classroom model of instruction. The reporter asked some more questions, then thanked us for our time.

The next thing we knew, the article was on the front page of Monday's paper! You can't pay for publicity like that.

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A day at school through a student's eyes

4/7/2014

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How do students see their school? Use Google Glass!

I've been working on a video project for the last two months called A Day at St. Bridget School. My goal was to give teachers, parents and our school community the ability to see our school from the perspective of students.

At different points of the day, I would stop a student from the activity and ask them if they could wear Glass as they continued their work or play. The videos would automatically sync with Google+, then I would be able to download them and import them into iMovie.

One of the aha moments I had was after a scene with a kindergartener. His clip involved him walking from the car into school. However, after I viewed it, I quickly realized we couldn't use the footage. Since the student was the height of an average 5-year-old, the recording was of the teacher's waistline! It helped me realize that signs posted above a few feet high wouldn't be very visible to young children.

After securing the licensing for the background soundtrack, we were able to publish the video to YouTube on Thursday. Here's the finished product:

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Google Glass flips art class

3/19/2014

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Our school art teacher Megan is awesome. Here are a few reasons why:

She's always trying new projects.
University of Montana is her alma mater.
Student art is displayed and frequently refreshed all around the school.
Her materials are usually recycled (or up-cycled).
Nothing phases her.

One of the new projects she's trying this year is some digital art with some photoshop-like elements. The apps she used were Sketchbook X (free) and SuperImpose ($0.99). She was willing to try using Google Glass to flip her multi-step lesson for the students (more information about flipped learning here). Here are the steps we took to create her directions:

Record/narrate each step of the process as a separate video on Glass.
Upload videos to YouTube (Megan tweaked a few with the YouTube editor to tighten up the time).
Label videos with the step number and title.
Add all the videos into a playlist.
Create a QR code from the playlist link.
Display QR code during lesson.

When the 4th graders arrived, Megan modeled all 12 steps of the process live for them. She put a QR code up on her SMARTboard for students to use if they needed a refresher for one of the steps. Students started working on their projects and scanned the QR code to get a list of all the steps required.

Google Glass was awesome because it allowed Megan to use both her hands for the artwork. Without it, I would have had to make the recording next to her. This way, the students could see the project's progress from a first-person perspective.

As students were working, Megan was freed up to walk around the room and assist with troubleshooting instead of going over the directions. Her comment to me was, "This is great! I don't have to repeat myself all the time!"

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Front page news through Google Glass

A day at school through a student's eyes

Google Glass flips art class

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