"Augmented reality allows someone to add another layer to an existing image.  For example, imagine holding your phone over a poster on the wall as if you were going to take a photo of that poster, and then instantly a video starts playing to offer you additional information about that particular poster.  Pretty cool, right?  The first time it happens, it seems like magic."

"Aurasma is one of the most popular and cutting-edge technologies being used in schools around the world today. Enabling teachers to connect digital content such as video to images in books and classroom walls, Aurasma offers a uniquely inventive, fun, and holistic way of engaging students of all ages.  This post is designed for school teachers and covers all the relevant issues around using Aurasma in your school."

"Aurasma is a free app that is similar to QR codes except the QR code part can be any image instead of a code. What that means is you can set the "trigger" to be just about any image you want"

"Aurasma provides an image-recognition software for creating and sharing augmented reality experiences. Users pan with their mobile device cameras to scan images in their physical environment to trigger a separate image or video to play on their screens."

Thought this might be an interesting piece for the group to contemplate...

A list of blog posts about how Twitter is used within the elementary school setting at PS 10 in Brooklyn

A overview of a tech-phobic Kindergarten teacher using Twitter with great success. A great example of social media & technology in the lower grades as well as the ability for teachers to learn when they are willing to try something new...

@Mr_Casal Do you know about http://t.co/NoQRgzNZOO ? Looking forward to putting http://t.co/CEeWtGqydU to good use. Already seeing some great apps for the classroom! #ecc715 - Arielle Muller (@ArielleMuller) June 10, 2014 http://t.co/CEeWtGqydU

"Keep up-to-date with what's movin' and shakin' on the App Store with this list of the Top 50 most downloaded completely FREE apps (with no in-app purchases) available on iTunes as of May 19, 2014. You will find apps for babies, preschoolers, toddlers, students, educators and therapists - that covers 99.9% of our readers, so what are you waiting for?"