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QR Codes Activities
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The whole art of teaching is the
only art of awakening the
natural curiosity of young minds
for the purpose of satisfying it
afterwards
- Anatole France
You need
a QR
scanner
Photo by Ericskiff, Flic.kr/p/8UdHco
QR Code
Quick response
barcode
Photo by Ericskiff, Flic.kr/p/8UdHco
QR Code
Quick response
barcode
QuickMark
I-nigma
SparQcode.com
QR CodeWiz
QRidee
Unitaglive.com
Visualead.com
QR Code iPad Apps/ Tools
SparQCode.com
Adapted photo by James Mitchell, Flic.kr/p/d2aRZQ
Why QR Codes?
Adapted photo by James Mitchell, Flic.kr/p/d2aRZQ
Why QR Codes?
Curiosity
Exploration
Real world interaction Movement
Scavenger
Hunts
Schooltechnology.org, Photo by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr
Large Square Dance by rickpilot_2000, https://flic.kr/p/99xxvw
Mingle!
Did you catch the punch line?
Thepegeek.com/2009/03/25/learning-the-skeleton-with-qr-codes/
www.schooltechnology.org Photos of elementary students using iPads at school to do
amazing projects. Photo taken by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr, CC 2.0
• Students collect QR codes in
their homes & area
• Print the codes they found,
then post all on a wall
• Students scan 2+ QR codes:
• What did it link to?
• Was it found on a billboard,
letter, coupon, pamphlet?
• Wow could you make it
more interesting?
Interactive?
Thepegeek.com/2009/03/25/learning-the-skeleton-with-qr-codes
• Assign students part/
aspect/characteristic
of the object to
research
• Students create a QR
code with a video,
audio, question, game,
website
• Students scan QR
codes on the object &
discover what their
peers found
• Assign students part/
aspect/characteristic
of the object to define
• Students create a QR
code with a video
definition
• Upload to Posterous/
Wiki/Blog
• They can add to
Wordia.com
Classtools.net/QR/index.php
QR Code Periodic Table with Symbols By Periodic Videos, Flickr
Visit a website & contribute to it!
Create a video
Launch an MP3
Students => Content Creators
Joedale.typepad.com
Create/Answer Polls
Attach to Digital Stories
Attach to Video Web Story
Students Contribute to a Discussion
Contribute to a Mindmap
Popplet.com & iOS app
Create a Collaborative Story
Guess Who Interview
iPhone Generation by xcode, Flickr
• Students create interview
questions
• Print QR codes & add to a
wall
• Students answer the one
they scan
• Students guess with the
clues who the person is
Contribute to a Discussion
Create Interactive Timelines
Capzles.com
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the kids working together and motivating
them, the teacher is the most important.”
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