McGonigal has written a book stating how computer games help make kids smarter by using a delivery system they will embrace. Visit the Smithsonian.com to read about her views ans make sure you read the comments as well. Whenever you have a new way to reach kids that mirrors such a hated medium (by parents) you get a great discussion.

One of the things I love about natural history museums is that you sometimes get to see real dinosaur bones. There is no substitute for seeing the fossilized remains of creatures that lived millions of years ago. If you want to see dinosaurs running around you will have to look to the movies, but a new exhibit tries to bring dinosaurs to life in a museum setting. Next week Canon will open its “Dinosaurs—Miracle of the Desert” exhibit in Chiba, Japan. This is not going to be your standard fossil casts and models display, but an entirely digital show featuring moving dinosaurs that visitors can see only by looking through special 3D goggles. Just make sure that you don’t run into anyone else while walking around!

This is from Smithsonian.com

This is cool and silly. Technology is a great way to engage kids in learning without them realizing. As I watch this video, I wonder if the girl will but the Lego box to play with the mundane cubes inside.
Putting images on a flat surface is really expanding into all kinds of territories.

This new site offers the latest news in augmented reality. They now have an AR app for smartphones and Total Immersion coming soon for iPads.
Augmented Planet
This video is featured on the site and shows the latest AR aimed at teachers. The kids would LOVE this!!!!

This is Popular Science's second cover in AR. The 3-D projection is not as fun as the baseball cards, it is fun to think of textbooks showing the Battle of Bull run in 3-D or an octopus camouflaging in many different environments.

This is a cool video to teach students how this new technology is starting to revolutionize the workplace!

Wow your students with a new version of AR using baseball cards. Hopefully this technology will make its way into the classroom.

This video is sure to get your students brains buzzing! When you first try to explain what AR is to a group of middle students, they don't know and it is something that is hard to explain to them.Showing videos of what they are about to experience is a great introduction.

It is also nice for a change to know something about technology that they don't!

White Board Blog
This website is a great way to 'try out' the latest technology in AR. You do have to print out a marker for the object to 'stand' on before you can interact with the object. You will also be using your computers webcam for this. The teacher in me loves the first example of AR where you can superimpose the body systems over top of your own body. What a great learning tool! If you like to experiement with technology check it out!

The videos you find on my site are great ways to inform students while they are experiencing AR. You can also include assessments to check for understanding of the material given. I am in the beginning stages of developing lessons with AR and there is so much that can be done. The few 'hunts' I have developed on paper is the use of prior knowledge through vocabulary and picture association. I have scaffold onto those concepts through the use of videos and peer discussions.