Our teacher printed off some QR codes so that we could easily scan it and download the app it took us to ... Harmony Day Stories. Some people had used this app before but our teacher had something very different planned for us!
We explored the app and talked about Harmony Day and what it was about. Then came the fun part! We opened up 'Activate Stories' and then scanned these pictures that were linked to the app. Wow! The pictures came to life. There were three different characters who talked about their life in Australia and when you turned the picture around you could see a different scene from the story they were telling you. We found out later that this is called Augmented Reality.
Our task for the rest of the term was to write our own Harmony Day stories. We worked in small groups to write these stories and then we needed to come up with some creative ways to present them. The published stories will be shown to the Prep - Grade 5 Learning Communities.
Here are some examples of the work we have created:
YouTube video link
We explored the app and talked about Harmony Day and what it was about. Then came the fun part! We opened up 'Activate Stories' and then scanned these pictures that were linked to the app. Wow! The pictures came to life. There were three different characters who talked about their life in Australia and when you turned the picture around you could see a different scene from the story they were telling you. We found out later that this is called Augmented Reality.
Our task for the rest of the term was to write our own Harmony Day stories. We worked in small groups to write these stories and then we needed to come up with some creative ways to present them. The published stories will be shown to the Prep - Grade 5 Learning Communities.
Here are some examples of the work we have created:
YouTube video link