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    {"title" :"Using Augmented Reality to Teach Kids about Currency","deck" : "The U.S. Currency Education Program used research, prototyping, and user-feedback to develop a mobile app to teach young students about money.","summary" : "The U.S. Currency Education Program used research, prototyping, and user-feedback to develop a mobile app to teach young students about money.","date" : "2019-03-05T12:00:00-05:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"ayjah-thomas" : "Ayjah Thomas"},"topics" : {
        
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