McGraw Hill and Verizon have partnered to create McGraw Hill AR, a new app combining proven content with powerful technology to engage your students while promoting deep conceptual understanding. 

What is McGraw Hill AR?

McGraw Hill AR is an augmented reality app that includes free, standards-aligned, publisher-grade lessons that unlock a world of possibility—no prep or guesswork required. Currently, the app features Algebra readiness and 3-D geometry content for grades 6 and up and can supplement any core curriculum by:

• Connecting challenging, abstract mathematical concepts to recognizable, daily objects that students can manipulate and explore. 
• Stimulating engagement and improving retention through interaction, exploration, and multi-sensory experiences. 
• Working with existing technology in your classroom like smartphones and tablets.

How does McGraw Hill AR work? 

Each activity offers a familiar, predictable approach to guide your AR integration: 

• Observe: Students watch a narrated animation. 
• Explore: Students point their device’s camera at an empty space to interact with 3D objects and experiment at their own pace. 
• Evaluate: Students engage with interactive AR challenges to test their knowledge. 

Challenge:

Create an interactive digital application to augment McGraw-Hill Education's national Reading Wonders program.

Solution:

ATM worked closely with McGraw-Hill Education to create Reading Wonders, an iPad application that targets students reading at the K-2 or 3-6 grade level. Reading Wonders was the first app created exclusively for the Common Core standards for Reading and Language Arts. Available in English and Spanish, the application contains three unique game types to keep students engaged. The dynamic retrieval of content from a larger internal database keeps content fresh and relevant. Reading Wonders teaches to the lowest reading level using voiceover and imagery, while also containing advanced grammar tutorials within interactive games for more advanced readers. To date, the Grammar & Word Wonderland apps have been downloaded over 500,000 times.

Challenge:

Design an intuitive e-learning course that will help all students prepare for success in a series of AP level courses by giving them foundational knowledge that they can build on.

Solution:

ATM with its education production team worked with McGraw-Hill Education to create The McGraw-Hill ONboard™ Series for Advanced Placement. The 2014 CODiE award-winning, revolutionary online, interactive program that is designed to help incoming AP students build background knowledge and skills they need to succeed in their upcoming AP coursework and beyond. ONboard™ has been built for 10 different courses of study using a variety of interactive tools throughout the courses to engage students and provide multiple opportunities to assess their learning and retention.