Makerspace: Building an AR Sandbox - Part 1
Toys as Tools - The Whether or Not Question of "Worth It?" I was helping our education department get some quotes for - 5 SMARTBOARDS ON A GRANT THAT IS IN ITS SECOND YEAR AND THIS IS THE FIRST WE'VE HEARD OF IT - *breathe* - and one of the staff asked the consultant whether they made "AR Sandboxes". Now, I've heard of AR Sandboxes from prior work with Dr. Mina Johnson-Glenberg (to be clear I just got to do some testing of their cool AR setups), so I already think stuff like that is cool and designed to be used in "learning+play" spaces - but it made me wonder if there were actual commercial options to purchase an AR Sandbox. and JFC there are I hate it here . To be clear - companies finding this and providing the service isn't the problem. The problem is in the marketing of these sorts of "tools". Look - I get it, finding cool new toys that look like they can even vaguely engage learners in novel ways is great! Here is this thing ...