ANZAC Correspondent vs Ezikey

Step back in time to experience WWI through the eyes of an ANZAC war correspondent. Augmented reality (AR) makes history come alive as you collect photographs and stories from Australians across battlefields in Egypt, Turkey and France. It’s history, captured by you. * Transform the way you learn, see and understand the world around you through augmented reality. * Use your smartphone or tablet as a vintage camera to capture photographs and learn stories from men and women on your journey across the battlefields. * From the camps in Egypt and the fighting in Palestine, to the dangers of the Gallipoli campaign, follow the troops on the Western Front at Pozières, and report on the action in Villers-Bretonneux. * Select your favourite photographs, stories and headlines to assemble your own downloadable newspaper articles. * Discover bonus stories on your journey, and unlock a driving experience in the A7V tank Mephisto For Teachers: Use augmented reality to make history come alive, right here, in the classroom. We collaborated with historians, teachers, and students to create ANZAC Correspondent, using AR technology to help younger generations feel connected to these stories. An immersive and innovative experience means students are kept engaged for longer, and the intuitive navigation allows students to direct their own learning experience. Primary sources used within ANZAC Correspondent give insight into different historical perspectives and provide valuable opportunities for further research. Implement ANZAC correspondent in your classroom today! What students are saying: “I like how there’s a storyline, how you go from Egypt to Gallipoli and then through to the western front. It’s pretty cool to be able to be in a familiar environment with all these things that you didn’t know popping up. Like the airplane! It’s normally just a roof and then there’s an airplane that you get to see. It’s pretty cool.” – Tom, Grade 10 Student Ormiston College “I like how it took me to different places and told me about the different things the ANZACs did in the different locations. I think learning is a bit easier when it’s something different, and a bit more immersive, and it’s actually speaking to you, instead of just reading it from a textbook and answering some questions. My favourite part was travelling the different places and being able to see exactly what happened in those places and teaching us about it.” – Theo, Grade 10 Student “I liked how it was really realistic, how you can move around – it felt really real. I liked how it took you all around where the Australians were involved, you could see key features of it and I found that really good to learn with.”– Sarah, Grade 10 Student What teachers are saying: “We’re working with the click generation, so I think the key difficulty we face is actually getting the kids to focus for long enough on something to digest it and to actually take the information in on a deeper level. We’re using augmented and virtual reality a lot more in our humanities classrooms and this is a fantastic example of that; where augmented reality can actually take the kids in to those historical settings and give them a digital, tactile experience of what it was like in those times and places. The storyline is great, where there’s a range of different approaches the students can take within the storyline. Whilst there’s a clear pathway they can take, the way they move along that path is many and varied, which makes it a good option for using it with classrooms of students because they can have a range of experiences to talk about and discuss. The use of the technology is an engaging way to get the students involved, but it’s also important in allowing them to create their perspective of history.” – Ian Burgess, Head of Humanities Department, Ormiston College

Ezikey is two things in one app: a keyboard that types the Ezidi script anywhere on your phone, and a course that teaches you to read and write it from the very first letter. THE KEYBOARD Add it once in iOS Settings and the script is on your globe key in every app — messages, notes, search, anywhere you can type. Hold a key for its related letters. It asks for no special permission and has no internet access at all, so nothing you type can go anywhere. LEARN THE SCRIPT Ten sections, in order, starting at the alphabet and ending in full sentences: • All 42 letters, a handful at a time • Writing rules — vowels, elif, and the borrowed letters • First words, numbers, the body, the world, food and time • Grammar: pronouns, am/are/is, the present tense • Greetings and phrases you would actually use • Home and people, food and clothes, actions and describing words Lessons are short. Thirty XP is a day's practice — enough to hold a streak, small enough to do on a break. A DICTIONARY, NOT JUST A SEARCH BOX 8,700 words to search or simply browse: by letter, by kind of word, or by the forms actually said in Duhok, Sheikhan and Shingal. The spellings taught in the lessons are marked, so the course and the dictionary never contradict each other. Find a word that looks wrong and there is a button to tell us. A WORD A DAY, WHERE YOU WILL SEE IT Put the widget on your Lock Screen or Home Screen and a new word is waiting every time you pick up your phone, with how to say it and what it means. Already know it? Tap the arrow for the next one. You can also have one, five or ten words sent to you a day, at times you choose. KEEP GOING A streak that is honest about the days you missed, a week you can read at a glance, and a leaderboard that starts over every Monday — so it is never too late to be on it. WHAT IT COSTS Nothing. The account is free and takes a moment. There are no purchases, no subscriptions and no ads anywhere in the app. Nothing you do is tracked, and there is no advertising or analytics code in it at all. Your lessons and XP are saved to your account so a new phone picks up where the old one stopped, and that is the only reason there is an account. Made by an Ezidi, for Ezidis.