Desarrollo de una aplicación con Leap Motion como herramienta de soporte educativo en la Unidad Educativa Juan Francisco Yerovi, Pueblo Viejo –Alausí.

Abstract

The application with Leap Motion “Move Learn” was developed with educational support tool in natural sciences, social science and mathematics for children in fourth and fifth year of basic education, this educational tool was created with the development platform Unity 5.5.2f1 with Leap Motion Software Development Kit (SDK) support by Visual Studio and agile SCRUM development methodology to the better track software development by achieving a quality product; the pre-development research was based on studies of Information Integration And Communication Technologies (ICT´s) in education, technological advances for interaction in virtual learning environments and ludic learning in basic education. Some add-ons were required for the development of virtual environment: connection scripts, 3D handshaking and interaction, collision of 3D objects provided by Leap Motion; the environment were development according to the themes required by the teachers of the establishment. The Leap Motion physical device allowed students to interact and manipulate 3D objects in virtual environments by masking hand gestures on the devices, by manipulating the objects the relevant information about the objects was displayed. With the use of this device in the classroom at basic Intercultural Bilingual Educative Center “Juan Francisco Yerovi” achieved significant advances in learning, using innovative teaching methods and greater assimilation in the teaching- learning process according to established in the Ministry of Education. It is advisable to the use ITC´s in teaching-learning process for a greater assimilation of knowledge at different levels of education, transforming traditional teaching methods into attractive and immersive playful processes that the student can learn while having fun.