To Beacon or Not to Beacon: Make Schools Interactive
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Step into an interactive classroom to learn how and why proximity technology can be used in education. We are a team of educational technology nerds interested in helping teachers harness the power of these new tools. In this presentation we will explore Beacon technology.
To Beacon or Not to Beacon: Make Schools Interactive
- 1. To Beacon or Not to Beacon: Make Schools Interactive Chris Penny and Henry Finch
- 2. Agenda Introductions iBeacon myths What is an iBeacon? iBeacon demonstration Getting hands on with iBeacon Making schools interactive Discussion
- 3. one of the most transformative mobile technologies to come along in the last 10 years.- Mike Elgan Computer World 2014
- 4. Top 5 iBeacon Myths 1.iBeacon is an "indoor location" technology 2.iBeacon is for Apple products only 3.iBeacons track you and harvest personal information 4.iBeacon allows the NSA to track your location 5.iBeacon causes skin cancer.
- 5. What is an iBeacon? Small electronic device that broadcasts information via Bluetooth technology Provides location service and works with an app Does NOT provide any content.
- 11. What devices work with iBeacons? iOS devices with Lightning Connector plus iPad gen 3 Macintosh computers with OS X Mavericks or above and Bluetooth 4.0 Android 4.3+ and Bluetooth 4.0 Windows Phone with the Lumia Cyan update or above and Bluetooth 4.0. Bluetooth 4.0 Speci鍖cations include Bluetooth Low Energy
- 12. A beacon is a tiny computer
- 13. Broadcasting range and proximity
- 14. Unique identi鍖ers To Beacon or Not to Beacon ID = 7 (SXSW Edu)
- 15. Context and micro-location from the cloud To Beacon or Not to Beacon To Beacon or Not to Beacon
- 16. Unique Identi鍖ers UUID - a unique code special to your organization Major - a number 0-65535 a place in your organization Minor - a number 0-65535 an area in your place
- 17. Unique Identi鍖ers UUID Major 1 Major 2 Major 3 Major 4 Minor 1 Minor 2 Minor 1 Minor 2 Minor 1 Minor 2 Minor 1 Minor 2 beacon1 beacon2 beacon3 beacon4 beacon5 beacon6 beacon7 beacon8
- 18. Unique Identi鍖ers f7826da6-4fa2-4e98-8024-bc5b71e0893e (school) 10000 (administration) 20000 (high school) 30000 (middle school) 40000 (elementary) 1000 (enroll) 1100 (bo) 1000 (of鍖ce) 1100 (ath) 3000 (of鍖ce) 3100 (lunch) 4000 (of鍖ce) 4001 (nurse) beacon1 beacon2 beacon3 beacon4 beacon5 beacon6 beacon7 beacon8 beacon 1 - UUID:school Major:administration Minor:enrollment beacon 1 - UUID:f7826da6-4fa2-4e98-8024-bc5b71e0893e Major:10000 Minor:1000 beacon 8 - UUID:school Major:elementary Minor:nurse beacon 8 - UUID:f7826da6-4fa2-4e98-8024-bc5b71e0893e Major:40000 Minor:4001 UUIDMajorMinor
- 19. How does iBeacon work? When you install an app It registers the UUID with the system When your iOS device detects a beacon Sees if the UUID is associated with an app If so, it hands o鍖 the beacon info to your app App has 10 seconds to wake up and deal with it
- 20. How can I use iBeacon Technology? Write an app Code assist App store
- 21. Write an App Must become a developer $99/year - apple.com/developer Download Xcode Learn Objective C and/or Swift
- 22. Code Assist Beacondo - beacondo.com Macintosh - Beacondo Designer iOS - Beacondo Viewer Developer Account
- 23. App Store Apps for speci鍖c use Be Here (education) Beecon (home automation) Mingleton (social) Others
- 24. #SXSWBeacon
- 25. Code Assist App Store
- 27. Demo
- 28. Get hands on with iBeacon #locly
- 29. The locly app
- 30. locly terms you will need to know projects Like a 鍖ling cabinet,projectslet you organize your content.You can create as many projects as you like and switch their visibility on and o鍖 in the app or online. places Like folders in the 鍖ling cabinetplaceskeep all your related content together. You can pin places to a beacon and include them in treasure hunts. Users scroll up and down in the app to view places that are nearby. cards Like pages in your folders,cardsare your actual content. You can create as many cards as you like in each place and users scroll left and right to view the cards in each place.
- 33. Its time to start using iBeacon and locly Part 1:Creating Content Part 2:Your Device as a Beacon Part 3:Assigning Content to Beacon Devices Part 4:Creating Content from Other Apps Part 5:Creating a Simple Treasure Hunt
- 34. Educational ideas for iBeacons self-discovery displays classroom learning zones learning & heritage trails information zones & points
- 35. Theres always important stu鍖 to share
- 36. main entrances & exits assembly halls & public spaces corridors & notice boards Keep everyone informed where & when you need to
- 37. To Beacon or Not to Beacon: Make Schools Interactive Chris Penny chrispenny@me.com Henry Finch h鍖nch@me.com Thanks