Learning with iPad - "Blast from the Past" - hearing stories from people in history

Context

I always wished that I could make historical personalities or murals come alive. Would it not be great to have that "Harry Potter" magical moment where the walls, or a picture comes to live and tells you about their story? That would make a great way to have students explore artefacts in class or on a learning journey.

Preparation and Flow

Admittedly, this is going take a bit of preparation by teachers. Before I take your through the broad steps, tap on the video below to see what happens when a student interacts with an image on the wall at the heritage town of Tiong Bahru below:

Wouldn't this be great? Beats just having students crowd around a guide. I can turn this into a self-discovery and have students piece together a narrative or a learning point; literally getting them to connect the dots.

That said, these are the broad strokes:

1. Select an image(s)as your anchor
2. Go to a site that allows you to modify your image character with motion and voices (I used https://www.d-id.com) Generate that. video output.
3. Next, you will need to get on another platform like Artivive (https://www.artivive.com). In it you will need to upload your image anchor, load up the video you created and make it active.
4. Students will then need to use the Artivive app on iOS to scan the image anchor when the are closer.

And just like that, we have created a new experiential adventure. A little caveat. This does involve some payment along the way for these platforms, but it is kinda worth creating the experience.

Possible Extension

Artivive was originally used to augment physical art. And this is something I will share in another post. That said, wouldn't it be great that we can use the platforms and just the iPad to create even more interactions with artefacts in school and beyond? Can't wait to see what students can do with this.

From the LearnGrowCreate team.

Main author: Thomas