On August 16, our Year 5/6 STEM Extension students travelled to the Cumberland Park Community Centre to showcase their Augmented Reality games which were designed with a goal to increase movement for older people from ECH. Augmented Reality (or AR) involves superimposing computer-generated images on the real world using a device. The most famous example is Pokémon Go but now, companies are using AR to help sell products, to display data, and to help those with disabilities.
The older participants were amazed at what the students had created and had plenty of fun learning how to play and hearing how the students made their games. The students also learned a lot, listening to the feedback on what made their games successful and enjoyable or otherwise! A big thank you to Sharon Beech of ECH for her work in helping facilitate the partnership.
Meanwhile, our Year 3/4 STEM Extension students completed their learning on game design by inviting their younger buddies to come and play their games designed to teach the younger buddy a new concept or skill, such as addition and subtraction, or even responsibility!
It was a great way to cap off the enormous amount of work that the students had put into designing, coding, testing and refining their games over the past two terms.
STEM Extension is a funded program with limited positions, for students with exceptional academic performance. For further information about the program and entry criteria, please contact Digital Technologies Coordinator, Lachlan Norman at lachlan.norman451@schools.sa.edu.au.
Lachlan Norman - Digital Technologies Coordinator