Post on 28-Jan-2015
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iBeacons in your classroom
Gary BassMacleod College
Bluetooth LE Smart Bluetooth
iBeacons in your classroom
Gary Bass
Macleod College
session: F4
room: EN413
iBeacons in your classroom
Gary BassMacleod College
WWDC 2013iOS 7
first mention
BLE Beacon• enables a mobile user to navigate and interact
with specific regions ie.“geofenced”
• low cost signal emitters that can be placed anywhere. (including indoors or on moving targets)
Bluetooth LE Smart Bluetooth
‘i’ Beacon• made for iOS
• sample rate 100ms (10per second)
Beacons
iBeacons ( or ibeacons)
100ms
specification and trademark control
indoor positioning BLE communications
How it works
information can be provided based on position
use cases: retail, museums, hotels, airports, conferences, concerts..classrooms/schools
less than 1 metres
1 to 5 metres
more than 5metres
information can be provided based on proximity
retail experience
management
trigger-action
QR codes
AR recognition
BLE micro-location
demonstration
AR recognition
an (i)beacon classroom
homeworkhomework
daily bulletindaily bulletinduring the day!during the day!
teacher requestteacher request
home home room/mentorroom/mentor
(i)beacon learning
location and timecan depend on
an example ..
www.iclevedon.co.uk/?p=726
a few App examples ..
not all require beacon devices
all iPads/MBP/MBA are beacon devices
you can build beacon devices
..using FB location
GeoHopper
‘virtual’ beacon
requires both iOS and OSX apps
iMac/MBP/MBA become ‘ virtual ibeacons’
location triggers actions
How does Geohopper work?
Geohopper uses geofencing technology to automatically generate events from your designated places.
Geohopper will automatically send email, Twitter, RSS or other forms of communication to your selected recipients.
Geohopper uses geofencing technology to automatically generate events from your designated places.
How does Geohopper work?
Geohopper will automatically send email, Twitter, RSS or other forms of communication to your selected recipients.
Geohopper uses geofencing technology to automatically generate events from your designated places.
Geohopper can be used to remotely control devices automatically based on your location.
How does Geohopper work?
…education?
Lighthouse
In summary
beacons are an emerging technology with clear applications
for schools
the Apps are readily accessible
the coding for Apps is also accessible
iBeacons in your classroom
Gary BassMacleod College
• slide 1: apple computer beacon mfi program/ADEprogram
• slide 5, 11, 17: estimote.com
• slide 7: beekn.net
• slides 8, 9: salsadigital.com.au bit.ly/1nDY3Hw
• slide 10: passkit.com
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