The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced their picks for Best Apps for Teaching & Learning 2019. “Apps recognized foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration and are user friendly to encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. “

“With Figment AR you can “turn your world into an augmented funhouse” as the developers share on in the description on the App Store. This fun app lets you create scenes filled with imaginative objects out of the world around you.  Add interactive animals, objects and emojis to make your scene come to life. Students can create “portals” to step into another dimension while adding environmental effects like rain, fireworks, snow and more.”

Platform: iOS & Android
Cost: FREE!
Grades: All

This post from the Immersive Technology in Education blog has some screenshots and ideas for using the app in your classroom. And this article from Mr. P’s ICT blog describes how to use the app as a storytelling prompt to help students with their writing techniques!

Watch this quick video to see how the app works: