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Election Day via Green Screen

11/5/2014

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Our 8th grade civics class was split into two teams for Virginia's Senate race: Mark Warner and Ed Gillespie.  Students were assigned various roles in their campaign, such as researcher, technology specialist, candidate, speech writer, etc.  Each campaign had to release a commercial and hold a press conference.  We used a green screen ($18 from Amazon with the $7 clips and $33 backdrop stand) and the $2.99 Green Screen app from DoInk.  

Students chose their background and used their devices as prompts to complete the press conference.  They really enjoyed watching their bodies get transformed into another location with the green screen effects.  

After filming, the students submitted their assignments via Google Classroom.  The class vote will take place tomorrow in their classroom.  Good luck to both campaigns!
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Books come to life through augmented reality

10/31/2014

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I've been working with our school librarian to add some augmented reality to our books.  Our school's book fair is next week, and we wanted students and parents to have an opportunity to hear from other students about specific books.  The librarian took pictures of the book covers she wanted students to review and recorded them giving a 40-60 second summary of the book.  Then, she passed the pictures and videos along to me.  I created trigger images from the book covers and linked it to the video review (who says you can't judge a book by its cover?!).  Now, when students/parents/teachers look at the book through the Aurasma app on their iOS or Android device, they will see one of our students reviewing the book title.  We will also put a little logo for augmented reality to indicate that the book could be scanned.
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A yearbook unlike any other

6/20/2014

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"My kids have been playing with their yearbook all weekend!"  This is a quote from a parent email I received after passing out our school yearbooks.  In our 56 page book, we managed to add bonus pictures and videos to 40 pages.  Each homeroom has a class picture on it, resource classes each have a video highlighting their experiences, sports pages have slideshows, and groups such as band have videos from their performances at Christmas or spring concerts.


Finally, the yearbook can be a way to truly chronicle the year's events.  Adding video memories help create a year in review for students, and it allows them to share the sights and sounds of some events with friends and family in a way they couldn't before.


The feedback I have received from this book has been overwhelming.  I think we may have just raised the bar in our yearbook expectations!

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Frozen's "In Summer" inspires end-of-year video

6/20/2014

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The end of the year is a special time in schools.  Emotionally, it can be a confusing time.  Excitement about the potential of summer freedom is coupled with the sorrow of missing friends and caring teachers.

I wanted to help students leave school with a smile on their face, so I decided to make an end of school video.  When I first saw Disney's Frozen, I remembered thinking the Olaf summer song would be ideal for a school parody.

After tweaking the lyrics slightly to fit the school environment, I assigned different roles to various teachers and asked them to participate.  To my delight, they obliged!  While my original goal was to make students smile, there were many smiles and laughs that occurred while filming.  My favorite scene was when all our faculty played together on the playground...how often do you get to see grownups acting like kids?  

When I introduced students to our new school yearbook and its augmented reality component, I told them that as soon as they got home on the last day of school, they could see a surprise video on the first page.  After a day or two, I emailed it to parents so they could see it as well.  The response was overwhelming and extremely positive.  

Positive mission accomplished!

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    Eric De Boer

    K-8 Instructional Technology Specialist in Richmond, Virginia.  Lover of people and technology.

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