I never imagine I can see dinosaurs in the real world! But it happened when I just simply clicked on the Dinosaurs app on ipad. All kinds of dinosaurs are just walking and roaming around everywhere in my surroundings. When we touch each single of them on the screen, the detail information will pop up, such as species, diet, sizes, the period they live and so on. We can experience them both in my real world and their virtual world by switching scenes. In my language classroom, after I introduce the topic and read dinosaur stories to my students, I can ask them to create their own dinosaur research report. They can read more dinosaurs reading books, playing with Lego, playing with the toy dinosaurs and put a 3D image of a dinosaur in a photo. They are going to present along with their posters about their knowledge on dinosaurs and sort the dinosaurs into categories. I will apply this app to students fourth grade and above.
As a language teacher, I always expect my students to explore the details of an object and describe it in an expository writing. AR House will provide students a real virtual experience. They are able to take a tour of a construction site on this app instead of going to a field trip. They have the opportunity to exam every floor from every angle in the building for details, they can observe the building’s outdoor view and every perspective from the roof. Students can work in peers and talk with each other about what they observed and how they felt. They can come up with the discussion of the structure of the building and outline the structure of their writing before they start the written work. I will use this app for the written task for middle and high school students.
If I want to talk about the body part or the physical structure of humankind, Anatomy 4D will be a good app for that. Just through this app and a simple printed image, Anatomy 4D transports students, teachers, and anyone who wants to learn about the body into an interactive 4D experience of human anatomy. Students will be able to learn about and explore the human body and heart in intricate detail. They can choose to change the view back and forth between a male and female body. They have the opportunity to highlight various organ systems individually, for example, they can focus on just the skeletal, muscular, or respiratory system. They can zoom in to experience each organ or body part in-depth. This app will be used for me to teach high school students.
Quiver could be perfect for me to use as a storytelling prompt. It comes in different languages including English, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish and instructions on how to use the app. Students will have fun to color and create their main story characters and settings. The feature of the app seems attractive to students that it gives students the opportunity to customize their own figures and watch each one jump off the page! Students will love this magical experience. By moving the device that hosts the app around, students can view the animation from different angles.When viewing any given animation students can zoom it in and out, capture a photo or video record it, pause and resume it. This app helps students to develop their imagination and creativity in a storytelling activity. I will choose to use it to children 6 years and above.
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