Thursday, January 27, 2005

Human Tech - Educational Alternatives To Pokémon Go

July 25, 2016
If y'all haven't heard of it yet, y'all may soon. Pokémon GO is a novel mobile app (iOS in addition to Android) that uses augmented reality in addition to GPS to persuade players to physically walk or thence so they tin collect virtual creatures called Pokémon. There are lots of pros in addition to cons to this game, exactly did y'all know that educational alternatives already exist? Yup! Here are some to consider.


Pokémon GO 
The infamous app that has been surging inwards popularity lately.
 Created past times the same companionship that made Pokémon GO, this app notifies in addition to gives y'all information well-nigh historical sights equally y'all walk past times them.
Allows teachers to practise GPS-powered treasure hunts amongst location-based notes in addition to instructions.
 Another sort of GPS-powered treasure hunt, except this i requires y'all to fit photos for clues.
Or, become lo-fi in addition to impress out a serial of clue-revealing QR codes, in addition to thence house them all or thence your school.

Want more? Check out these shelves of tools created past times educators on edshelf.

Enhancing Instruction amongst Augmented Reality 
This is curated past times instructional designer Christi Collins.
This i iscCurated past times tech trainer Mitzi Vincent.

Enjoy these corking tools for educators! Looking for previous issues of the edshelf Weekly? All are available online.

By: Mike Lee, Co-founder of edshelf

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