QR+Codes

QR codes stands for quick response codes. They are popping up everywhere. I was actually surprised how long they have been around, they were first created in 1994. Recently everywhere I go have seen QR Codes. Here are a couple of articles talking about how teachers are using QR Codes in their classrooms.

Articles

@http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2011/10/17/50-great-ways-to-use-qr-codes-in-the-college-classroom/ This article addresses using QR Codes in a college classroom, but some of the ideas you can use them in a K-12 classroom as well. One of the ideas would be to have a QR Code around my classroom and have my students scan then and it would give them homework assignment or have then do a scavenger hunt around the room. Any example could be teaching my student the six trait of writing and have a QR Code at every station with what their assignment is for that station.

@http://www.classroominthecloud.net/2011/06/10-ways-to-use-qr-codes-in-classroom.html I really liked the ideas on this website because it has some QR Codes on their website. The idea on this website that I really liked is going on a field trip and printing off a sheet with a bunch of QR Codes. You could label each QR Code for each stop on the field trip and then having a mini lecture about each stop.

Now do this assignment with QR Codes and Voki about clouds

In groups you will find one of the QR codes that that is scattered around the room. When every group is at a different QR Code they will scan the code with the phone in their group. When they scan the code they will find that there are either a riddle or clues to a particular type of cloud. The groups mission is to figure out what type of cloud there code describes. Then when the students think they know the answer they will go a create a Voki for me to hear say their answer.

Here is an example

media type="custom" key="12724726" media type="custom" key="12724782" You are not done yet. Once you have done this and I have conformed that you have the correct answer. Your group will then will pick on of the pictures that you have taken that is the cloud that was the correct answer to your riddle. Then your group will make an audioboo. In your audioboo you need to include the type of cloud that your picture is showing, and description of the cloud and two fun fact of your choice. media type="custom" key="12730634"