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Beacons in Education

Scott Adamson Friends Seminary

Using beacons technically & informationally What do beacons do? Each beacon has a unique ID that tags where it is. TwoCanoes, estimote, etc. Set Bluetooth range -if something is "right here" do x thing. This beacon exists here - when laptops are added, inventory them. Ideas: App on the iPhone/ipad - walk past a beacon at the front door, receive a push notification. Casper agent runs on laptop saying "I see the beacon", beacon triggers an event. (maybe bring up a webpage, etc.) How to have students engage? Maybe students go to the physics lab and an app is automatically loaded. Scavenger hunt Count amount of people in a room Events are going on - a beacon will push reminders to local devices Geofence or articulate a room with beacons, (proximity) and create lessons around distance and proportions If you can program distance, you can create lessons around density. Provide information, use in specific locations around the school, use in assemblies, at entrances. (Links about the speaker, backchannel, webpages, etc) Admissions - check ins, notifications, etc. Visiting parents walk in and get updates (wayfinding) OR say "download the app" Displays can be off until a beacon detects a device and turns it on. Who will create the apps and programming for large scale deployment in a school? Beacons only provide information but there needs to be a companion app or program that actually interacts with the user. Some teachers using iBeacons: http://dailygenius.com/ibeacons/ Email address: czaremba@nightingale.org - Christine Zaremba brosen@nightingale.org - Bryan Rosen shawt@d-e.org - Trevor Shaw Dwight Englewood School Jking@riverdale.edu - Jonathan King sadamson@friendsseminary.org - Scott Adamson