{"id":215,"date":"2010-11-23T15:54:10","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T20:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/edtech\/?p=215"},"modified":"2011-01-27T11:33:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T16:33:32","slug":"augmented-reality-blogs-geo-tagging-to-connect-students-with-their-environment-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/edtech\/2010\/11\/23\/augmented-reality-blogs-geo-tagging-to-connect-students-with-their-environment-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Augmented Reality, Blogs and Geo-Tagging to Connect Students with their Environment Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Goal<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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The Instructional Media Services Department worked with the faculty leading the Japan Summer Abroad program to create a student project designed to provide an opportunity for students to become familiar with their new\u00a0surroundings\u00a0and culture. \u00a0The project required groups of students to study and explore a number of locations in their host cities. \u00a0Students were broken up into small groups and asked to research specific locations in the cities they were staying. \u00a0The assignment was entirely location based with students creating an augmented reality layer with these points of interest,\u00a0uploading geo-tagged photos to a Google map and embedding this map into their blog. \u00a0All these elements integrated along with their travel journals on the course blog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Program Overview<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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The Japan Practicum is a four-week summer program that focuses on Japan in the time of the geisha and samurai, the Tokugawa era. During morning classes, students will be learning about history, literature, art and architecture, and then apply the coursework by taking field trips to see the actual sites.<\/p>\n

Assignment<\/h3>\n

Contemporary College Life Presentation using Augmented Reality:<\/strong>
\nThis group project will include getting to know some Nanzan students and finding out about their lives. \u00a0You will introduce the students and some interesting things you discovered about how their college life is similar to or different from your own. \u00a0As part of this, you will introduce the class to an important place in their lives outside the college proper, be it karaoke bar, club or park. \u00a0Add a POI using the layar input form on the blog. \u00a0Make sure to include a title, short description, picture, latitude, longitude, and a link to a blog post about the student and place. \u00a0Remember your POI and blog post will help future students find and explore these places.<\/p>\n

Blog<\/strong>:
\nYou will be expected to post your thoughts and impressions about your experiences at least twice a week in an online diary. \u00a0You may miss one entry without affecting your grade. \u00a0Please include at least one photo with each entry.<\/p>\n

Online Discussion:
\n<\/strong>Three people per day post on things they found interesting in either the sights or the readings. \u00a0These could be reflective pieces, questions with some thoughts on the answers, or a close reading of a passage. \u00a0They must be between 200-400 words to receive full credit. \u00a0Others will respond to these posts with their thoughts.<\/p>\n

Photo essay:<\/strong>
\nYou are required to post an selected collection of photos taken during your stay on the practicum picasaweb page. \u00a0Do not upload indiscriminately, but select the best 20-30 images. \u00a0After uploading the photos be sure they appear on the map, if not geotag them by hand. \u00a0These may have a coherent theme or just those you thought best showcased the experience. \u00a0\u00a0These must be uploaded by the last day of the program. \u00a0Cameras are not required, you will be able to borrow a Dickinson GPS camera.<\/p>\n

Final Paper and Presentation:<\/strong>
\nThe final project will be the final research paper and presentation. \u00a0The paper should be a five page paper exploring an idea, location, historical figure or story you found most \u00a0interesting in your time in Japan. \u00a0You should give basic background information, but be sure to take us beyond the simple wikipedia entry. \u00a0The presentation should share what you have learned with the rest of the class through powerpoint. \u00a0All parts of this assignment will be part of the grade: draft, paper and presentation.<\/p>\n

Augmented Reality Layer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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GPS Camera<\/h4>\n

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Dickinson Blog<\/h4>\n

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