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Augmented Reality Edugaming Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

Student-made geology games

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 Audrey Homan 10 Comments ARIS, Main Street Middle School, STEM, Vermont

Putting a human face on science storytelling Lava flows down the halls of Main Street Middle School, in Montpelier, Vermont,

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Augmented Reality 

3 ways to use Chatterpix with maps

May 10, 2015May 17, 2015 Audrey Homan 11 Comments ARIS, Aurasma, Chatterpix, geography, Google Drive, hidden object games, Thinglink

Thinglink, augmented reality and gaming Alert reader Lucia Hoegeveen asked a question about our suggestion that you create a map of a

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News 

Tarrant Institute partners presenting at Dynamic Landscapes

May 14, 2014June 27, 2017 Audrey Homan 5 Comments 3D printing, ARIS, Dynamic Landscapes, Edmunds Middle School, gaming, STEM, Vermont

Local educators and students presenting at Vermont state conference If you’re one of the many folks planning on attending Dynamic

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Edugaming Innovative Edtech Classrooms News Tools We Like Videos 

Edmunds Middle School is on the airwaves with ARIS

January 3, 2014 Audrey Homan 0 Comments ARIS, Edmunds Middle School

Edmunds Middle School teachers, students and district technologists were on Commissioner’s Corner last night , talking about their experiences designing

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Edugaming Innovative Edtech Classrooms Tools We Like 

ARIS @ Echo

December 4, 2013 Audrey Homan 3 Comments ARIS, community partnership, Edmunds Middle School, iPads

When last we left our trusty Edmunds Explorers, they had just defeated a horde of geometry-loving aliens who’d invaded the

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Edugaming Tools We Like 

Best. Game launch. Ever.

November 25, 2013 Audrey Homan 0 Comments ARIS, Edmunds Middle School

Following up on our intro to ARIS with geometry last Friday, this morning the 6th graders from Edmunds Middle School

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Edugaming Innovative Edtech Classrooms Tools We Like 

Geometry, aliens and ARIS at Edmunds Middle School

November 25, 2013 Audrey Homan 2 Comments ARIS, Edmunds Middle School, geometry, math, STEM

Pop quiz, hotshot. What do geometry, aliens and the augmented reality gaming platform all have in common? A: All were

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Edugaming 

Introducing ARIS to a new crop of teachers

October 8, 2013 Audrey Homan 0 Comments ARIS

How one UVM class of pre-service teachers investigated the possibilities of this increasingly popular augmented-reality tool: read the whole article

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Edugaming 

ARIS: The EpiQRious Caterpillar

November 7, 2012February 28, 2016 Audrey Homan ARIS, gaming

A narrated walk-through of our current ARIS game in development: The EpiQRious Caterpillar.

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Videos 

Wi-fi considerations for using ARIS at UVM

October 15, 2012 Audrey Homan 0 Comments ARIS

aka What a Lovely Gravel Path That Is. Audrey muses on the current wi-fi coverage situation at UVM while trying

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