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AURASMA
Spark their
interest….
• Augmented Reality
Imagine that every picture
in your class came alive
and engaged your
students
Explanations are
individualized
Never repeat the same set of
directions for each class
Differentiate
lessons
discretely
Present two or
three
lessons
simultaneously
Applications are limitless
What is it?
What subject does Aurasma
lend itself to best?
Secondary Education
• Chemistry: Instructions
for Lab set-up
• Geometry: Constructions
• Algebra II: Solving
Systems
• History: Biographies
• Foreign Languages:
Vocabulary Review
• English: Diagramming
Sentences
Elementary Education
• Estimating
• Adding Fractions
• Poetry
• Writing Prompts
• Weather Patterns
• Days of the week
• Months of the year
• Wax Museum comes to
life
All of them!!!!!
Getting Started
• Go to http://www.aurasma.com/
• Select “Customer” and create an
account
• Apply now and fill out questions
• Click Channel icon on right
• You are automatically given a
channel that is private
• You want to “add” channel that is
public
• You now have 2 Aurasma channels
Building
an Aura
1. Select a trigger (any picture that
shows good contrast and can be
recognized by scan)
2. Select an overlay (a video,
website, or 3-D image you want to
see)
3. Create Aura : Name the aura then
choose a “trigger” and an “overlay”
4. Save Aura to your channel, ensure
it is public ( I did not do this for first
3 months of using Aurasma)
5. Share your Aurasma channel with
your students!
Things I learned along the way
• Create a folder for your Auras on your computer
– In this folder create 2 sub folders one for triggers
and one for overlays
• Find a good youtube video downloader
– I use www.youtubedownloaderhd.com/
• Glossy pictures do not work well
• I try to use videos that are under 7 minutes
• I either glue Auras to purple construction paper or I put a
butterfly sticker on it.
– If the Aura has two overlays, I use 2 butterfly stickers
Questions from Conference
• How do you delete Auras?
– On ipad…press + to create Aura (choose
overlay) and delete the overlay that affects
that Aura…you do this by pressing the “pencil
at top right” . You will be asked “ are you sure
you want to delete, as deleting the overlay will
delete all Auras using this overlay.
– On Aurasma Studio, select Aura you with to
delete and then select delete from tool bar at
the top.
Dena Bischoff
• Yorktown Middle School Math Department
• dbischoff@yorktown.k12.in.us
• Twitter @Dena Bischoff and @radicalpi
Now it’s your turn…go
crazy!
Using iPad or
smartphone
Get the Aurasma App
Auras are stored in
Aurasma Central.
Whenever Aurasma is
running on a device it talks
to Aurasma Central to
download Auras which are
of interest to that user.
Any Auras you create on
this site will be uploaded to
Aurasma Central ready to
be delivered to mobile
devices.
• Open App: choose “plus”
symbol.
• Choose overlay: Device,
Plus symbol, camera
– Make a quick video,
accept
• Capture trigger
• Name Aura, public, Add to
Channel (Yes)