Discusses how to utilize QR coding to design lessons in the K-12 classroom aligned to Common Core State Standards.

1. Using QR Coding to Facilitate
Student Engagement and
Differentiation in the
Classroom
DR. DERRICK MEARS, PH.D.
ED.S. COORDINATOR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND
INSTRUCTION/EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OR ARKANSAS
EMAIL:DMEARS@UARK.EDU
WEB:WWW.TINYURL.COM/MEARSDR
TWITTER:@MEARSDR

2. Who is This Guy!
•25th year in education:
• 12 years in K-12:
•Kansas City Public School District
•North Kansas City School District
•Science, Physical Education and
Gifted Education
•Chair of Staff Development
Committee, New Teacher Mentor,
Essential Elements of Instruction
Trainer

3. Who is This Guy!
•25th year in education:
• 13th year in Higher Education:
• Teacher Education, Curriculum and
Instruction, Educational Technology
• Currently coordinate the Ed.S. in Curriculum
and Instruction
• Teach graduate courses in:
• Educational media, Learning with
Technology in K-12 Schools, Instructional
Design, Curriculum and Assessment

4. Let’s Get Started!
•Find The QR Code Reader on
your device:
•iPhone/iPad:
•QR Reader
•Android:
•QR Code Reader
•Windows:
•QR Code Scanner

5. Who is This Guy!
•Presentation Information:
•http://tinyurl.com/QRCoding

6. What is a QR Code?
•Quick Response Code:
•Two dimensional bar code
•Scanned with a mobile
tagging application on a
device.
•Downloads or accesses
based material.

7. What is a QR Code?
•QR Code Components:
•4 squares
•2 alignment lines
•Alternate black and
white

8. Why Use Them?
•Quick Response Code:
•High volume of information:
•Can store up to 4,296 alphanumeric or 7.089
numeric characters
•High level of error correction:
•30% of an image can be distorted and it will
still be recognized

9. Why Use Them?
•Easy Access to Content:
•Apollo Space Flight
•http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/a
pollo/index.html
•
• NASA: The
• Apollo Program
•Reasons:
•Gets them to the
information you
want them to
study faster.
•Keeps them away
from the
information you
do not want them
to study.

10. Deconstructing Common Core Standards
Deconstructing Standards Statements:
•Nouns:
•Concepts students are to learn related to the
standard.
•Verbs:
•Level of thinking or understanding expected
•Adjectives:
•Provide the guidance for assessing student learning
related to the standard

14. •Nouns:
• A noun is a person place of thing!
• What is the concept they are asked to learn?
•Verbs:
• To run, to walk, to jump to fly-verb that’s what’s happening
• What are they asked to do related to the concept?
•Adjectives:
• Words to describe those people places and things It was a hairy
bear, it was a scary bear
• What degree of understanding do you assess?
Deconstructing Common Core Standards

15. •History of Space Flight
•CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1
•Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of
science and technical texts.
• Nouns-evidence, analysis, science, texts.
• Verbs-cite, support
• Adjectives-specific, textual, technical
•3 pieces of specific, textual, technical evidence
•2 pieces of specific, textual, technical evidence
•1-piece of specific, textual, technical evidence
Deconstructing Common Core Standards

16. How Can I Use Them?
•History of Space Flight
•CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1
•Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and
technical texts.
•3 pieces of specific, textual, technical evidence
We ChooseTo GoTo the Moon
• Watch this clip of a speech from
President Kennedy which launched the
Space Race!

17. How Can I Use Them?
•History of Space Flight
•CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1
•Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and
technical texts.
•3 pieces of specific, textual, technical evidence
We ChooseTo GoTo the Moon
• Provide a summary of the Apollo missions that lead to
the first landing on the moon.
• From the text provide specific textual, technical evidence
relating to:
• The number of missions required to get to the moon
• What each of the mission accomplished

18. How Can I Use Them?
•History of Space Flight
•CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1
•Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and
technical texts.
•3 pieces of specific, textual, technical evidence
We ChooseTo GoTo the Moon
• Provide a summary of the Apollo missions that lead to
the first landing on the moon.
• From the text provide specific textual, technical evidence
relating to:
• The number of missions required to get to the moon
• What each of the mission accomplished

19. How Do I Create Lessons?
• QR Code Maker
• For iPad
• QR Code Generator
• ForAndroid
QR Code Creator
WEB-BASED
http://www.qr-code-generator.com/

20. Using QR Coding to Facilitate
Student Engagement and
Differentiation in the
Classroom
DR. DERRICK MEARS, PH.D.
ED.S. COORDINATOR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CURRICULUM AND
INSTRUCTION/EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OR ARKANSAS
EMAIL:DMEARS@UARK.EDU
WEB:WWW.TINYURL.COM/MEARSDR
TWITTER:@MEARSDR