Welcome to the all-new Zappar app. Zappar connects the digital world with the things round about you. All you have to do is get the app and Zap!
It's like opening a window to another dimension, where everyday things can transform to unlock a video, a game or even 3D characters to play with right there in front of you.
All you have to do is download the app and point the camera at a Zapcode or Zappar Powered products and images to make them come to life.
You’ll find Zapcodes on more and more things out in the wild for you to unlock. Everything from t-shirts, puzzles, hats, books, greetings cards, phone cases and loads more!
To find the latest zaps and experience the Zappar magic download the app and head to www.zappar.com
This is a free app.
Type of Material:
Simulation app. It creates augmented reality.
Recommended Uses:
This app could be used for activities that were developed with Zapcodes.
Technical Requirements:
This is an app that can be used on an android device or an iphone.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
No learning goals are established for this app. The application of the app in a classroom could have objectives for the use of the actual zapped material.
Target Student Population:
This app can be used by any individual who can use a smart phone or comparable technology with any level of student.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Some knowledge of smart phones or comparable technology is required. Educators would need to discern where augmented reality would be useful in their classrooms.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The strengths of this app are the unlimited possibilities. Depending on the teacher, materials could be brought to life with this app which would engage the students in the material.
Concerns:
Choosing what to augment and how to use that material is not necessarily easy for an educator.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
This app is only restricted by the imagination of the teacher. This app could also be used by students to develop zaps that would be used to demonstrate skills/concepts being learned. The tool would be useful for visual learners.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
This app is very easy to use by simply downloading the app and pointing the camera at an image or product with a zapcode on it to make them come to life.
Concerns:
The zaps that are already created are not necessarily geared to education.
Other Issues and Comments:
It would be easy for users to spend many hours engaging with this app. It may not be the best use of time.
Creative Commons:
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