Get Real: Augmented Reality for the Classroom.

than you think! Imagine a video game that takes place in the real world— right outside your classroom! In this game, the players learn that an alien spaceship has crashed on their school grounds, and they must solve a mystery: What are the aliens’ intentions toward Earth? Each of the players, working in a team of four, has a role to play: chemist, cryptologist, computer hacker, or FBI agent. And each gets his or her own GPS-enabled mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet, displaying a map of the school grounds with digital markers tracking each player’s location as well as the locations of virtual people and artifacts. Players must walk to and inspect these markers to gather evidence that will ultimately help them solve the mystery. Would some of your students be more interested in playing a game like this than in doing math problems? What if they could do both? With augmented reality (AR) simulations, they can! AUGMENTED REALITY FOR THE CLASSROOM