Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter no. 5 - July 2015 | Page 63

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2015 Newsletter

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Has your school had projects that included project
meetings abroad? How do you make that public?
How do you make sure everyone can see a piece of
that? Exhibitions and project corners are not
interactive, so you can create Auras for the most
important moments of the project meetings and
add them to photos or postcards from that meeting.
That way, all your students, their parents, visitors
can see and hear for themselves and feel involved
and motivated.

But we did not stop here… we all know how
important dissemination is and how cool it is to
present your school abroad or to visitors without
the burden of creating DVDs. Just a few Auras is all
you need. For example, in our school there is a
room called the Comenius room, where we
showcase all of our projects. The final product of
our first Socrates project is the main attraction for
all the visitors. It is a traditional Romanian house.
We filmed the interior and created an Aura with it,
as you will see by scanning the image below.

If you think creating Auras is a challenge, I can
assure you that if my 3rd and 5th graders learnt the
basics in under 5 minutes, then anyone can. Enrich
your projects and your classes with AR and see how
your students’ motivation goes through the roof.
But be sure to talk to them about netiquette first,
because Auras can be shared on social media, by
email and just like any online platform, a bit of
netiquette and internet safety is never a bad idea.
I would like to conclude this by inviting you all to
scan a 20 dollar bill using Aurasma and be amazed.
If you do not have such a bill, here is the trigger
image:

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We included this image on a flyer and now
everyone had the video handy.
The many incredible ways in which you can use
Aurasma in class is what makes it so popular and
successful. You can make videos of yourself
explaining certain concepts, theories and add them
to something as simple as a title on a piece of
paper on the classroom wall. Whenever your
students think they need a bit of help, they can
scan the paper and they see you explain things all
over again.

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