Super-Awesome-Check-Out-Able-Makerspaces at the LIBRARY!
by Maddie Anderson
"The Good Old Globe with a fun twist of Augmented Reality" -Shifu Orbit
Seriously. This is the coolest learning tool for "around the world" I have ever seen.
Okay. So. As a parent, I am skeptical of things that may glue my child to a screen (my child already steals my phone and knows how to work it better than I do some days), and of things that require bluetooth settings, because I find they only work half the time and I spend all my time fighting with the bluetooth with my child staring at me impatiently.
I had thought this would be something that would connect with bluetooth and need a bunch of batteries and be not super user friendly.
I WAS WRONG!
I downloaded the app, and it did an automatic install of all globe features. The user sets up a profile, and then hovers over a part of the globe with the CAMERA, and the app pulls up a variety of categories like animals, monuments, inventions, cultures, maps, cuisine, mysteries, and more! The little explorer can travel all around the world filling out their passport. There are games to play, and open exploration.
It is unbelievably easy to navigate. For example.
I spun the globe and landed on a spot in the ocean. I selected the category "Animals" and I chose to learn about the Turtle.
With my turtle selected, I was greeted by a very friendly turtle. I could learn all about the Sea Turtle by reading the pane on the side, and, with my headphones in, had a narrator reading it all to me.
