This was a busy week for technology at Lynn Lucas.  On Monday, I met with Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Gutierrez about Augmented Reality, or AR.  [metaslider id=”330″] We looked at the Galaxy Explorer and HoloGLOBE apps.  The Galaxy Explorer app focuses on the parts of the Solar System.  The HoloGLOBE app shows real time data using NASA satellites of wind patterns, temperatures, and precipitation on the Earth.[metaslider id=”335″] These two ladies starting running with the information and created a whole lesson plan for the Merge Cubes.

Merge Cubes and Galaxy Explorer App

Check out their plans in the LLMS Technology Google Classroom.

On Tuesday, Ms. Burge’s Career Pathways classes began a unit on Bloxels.  Bloxels is a user-friendly way for students to learn to build their own video games.  Students had to work in groups to choose a theme for their game, such as adaptations to the environment due to pollution.  Students then used the Bloxels app and the game boards to build characters.  Each character had to have idle, walking, and jumping actions.  The students got to choose the type of character, the costume, and the actions.  Next week, the students will begin creating the game and the background for their characters.  Be on the look at for student-produced games soon.

The T3 on Tuesday was a discussion on VR and AR (Virtual and Augmented Reality).  There were seven teachers in attendance.  It was a great afternoon learning about Google Expeditions VR and AR activities, as well as learning about the Merge Cubes.  For more on Merge Cubes, visit the Miniverse.

Sixth-grade math is gearing up for another round of Goosechase.  This time, these ladies plan on having the students use a coordinate grid overlayed on a map of Lynn Lucas to practice plotting ordered pairs.  Students will have to identify classrooms in all four quadrants and give ordered pairs for a specific location.  During the activity, students will be working together to plot the points and then go and take a picture of the teacher’s room that corresponds.