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Google Glass Applications for Teaching and Learning

Google glass applications are expanding learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom, making it more interactive , immersive, and engaging. As we know, when students are more engaged, they are more motivated and they perform better. With an increasing number of amazing education applications becoming available and more being developed all of the time, there is no limit to the exciting possibilities for education!

Below you'll find some of the highly ranked education apps for Google Glass. Simply click the slides to view more details.

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My Homework My Homework for Glass allows students to keep track of their assignments without carrying around a bunch of syllabi. Just ask Glass “What’s due?”	Speech Helper Professors and instructors can use a Glassware app like Speech Helper to view their slide notes during a slide show presentation and can also control the slides ("Ok, glass. Slide Remote").	Google Glass Reader With this app students are able to highlight text on a piece of paper and then wink while wearing Google Glass to trigger Reader to analyze the text. From there it can show the text highlighted with the page number, data from Wikipedia, and ability to translate to your native language.
My Glass Sharing When wearing Glass, teachers and students can use both of their hands, and can easily document a science lab, presentation, or other class-related event and post that up to a class Facebook, Twitter or Google+ account, all via Glass. For students being able to use as a reflective practise as well as easily send questions or comments to a classroom backchannel, teacher can better assist them with various classroom tasks.	Dictionary This glassware allows us to look up words in several languages and access specialty dictionaries like Medical, Legal, and Financial, plus multiple encyclopedias. We can also play audio pronunciations of words by using the two-finger touch gesture to focus on the audio speaker icon on definition pages.	Field Trip on Glass A virtual field trip is the opportunity to explore and see places, things, and people not normally seen on a typical classroom day. During a classroom virtual field trip, students can explore places across the high seas, states across our country, and many nearby or far away people, places, and things. This is an opportunity to see and experience the world without ever leaving the classroom. And the virtual field trip is cost effective to schools.
Evernote Evernote for Google Glass adds note taking and Evernote sharing functionality to Glass. The app is fantastic when you want to quickly jot down a note and makes use of the voice features of Glass to do so. It is a great application for educators and its usefulness can range from planning a course to delivering a lesson plan to capturing feedback after class.	WordLens WordLens is a Glassware app that translates what the viewer is reading to and from many languages. This can be very beneficial to a second language learner in the classroom.	GuidiGo GuidiGo brings real-time explanations of paintings, sculptures and landmarks right into Glass, allowing students to watch videos, listen to audio commentary and even zoom in on a canvas. It's also the time at which learning a particular topic or idea becomes possible or easiest.
Google Quotes Glass Quotes is a great Glass app for when educators and students need the right thing to say or just for a little inspiration. The app gives you heads-up access to over 64,000 quotes written by over 9000 authors.That being said, the app does deliver on some impressive quotes to use for speeches, projects or purely for self-motivation.	Glassentation Glassentation is a Google Glass App for presentations. Glassentation sends PowerPoint or Google Doc downloads to glass. You can give presentations like a pro, and keep your audience engaged by keeping your eyes them without need to look down at your notes.	Calendar Use the Glass calendar for keeping students organized.