What are QR Codes and how can they be used in adult education. This PowerPoint goes over the basics of QR Codes and also explains how you can make your own QR Code using Bitly.

1. QR Codes in Adult Education
Nell Eckersley

2. Agenda
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What are QR Codes?
How do I read QR Codes?
Why use QR Codes?
How are QR Codes used in education?
How do I make my own QR Code?
How do I create content to access by
QR Code?
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3. What are QR Codes
• Q R stands for
• Developed in Japan to track Toyota car parts in
1994
• You scan a QR
Code and then you
are taken to a tech
based experience
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4. How do I read QR Codes?
• QR Codes can be used with a mobile device like a
smart phone or a tablet that has a built in camera and
access to the internet
• The device must have an QR Code reader app (also
called scanner) installed
• There are many apps to choose from.
• Scan for Apple devices
• QR Droid for Android devices
NOTE: QR Code Readers should be FREE & should
not require any personal information
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5. QR Code Readers
The QR Code Reader
app uses the
camera on your
device to scan the
code and then uses
the internet to
interpret the
instructions in the
code
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6. Why Use QR Codes
• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10C6qi7gECHc2s9Uynlh4fXmZyob_7vIyJyWLNSapV
4/viewform
• http://bit.ly/1gM5ftX
• http://bit.ly/NEvaluation
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7. Why Use QR Codes?
• Helps everyone get to he same place
online at the same time
• Supports using video, audio, visual
resources inside and outside the
classroom
• Teachers and students can create them
• Feels like Magic
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8. QR Codes in Real Life
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9. Steps to Using in Education
1. First consider what is the learning goal
2. Make sure you and your students have
devices that can read QR Codes
3. If devices do not have QR Code
Readers, take time out to download the
appropriate app some days before you
plan to use QR Codes in class
4. Create the QR Codes you need
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10. QR Codes in Education
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11. Image with Narration
• To hear about this photo, go
to this link
http://bit.ly/17nx5bO
• or scan the QR Code
Tools used to create this:
• https://www.google.com/voice
• https://www.dropbox.com/
https://vimeo.com
• http://bitly.com/
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12. Make Your Own QR Code
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Bitly https://bitly.com/
Google http://goo.gl/
ZXING http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/
Kaywa http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
ScanLife http://www.scanlife.com/en/
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13. Bitly
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14. Make Your Own QR Code
1. Copy the link to the website you would like to share
using a QR Code
2. Paste the link in the shorten bar in Bitly and click
shorten
3. Copy the resulting shortened Bitly link and paste in
the Address bar on your browser
4. Add .qr at the end of the shortened link and hit the
enter key on your keyboard
5. Your QR code will show up on the screen. Right
click on it to copy or save
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15. http://bitly.com/16KMHab+
Analytics
With an account you can also track how many times
the URL/QR Code you created has been clicked.
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16. • Which one is mobile friendly?
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17. Weebly
• Easy to create website for the content
you want to share
• Mobile enabled
• Tutorial
http://help.weebly.com/beginnersguide.html
http://www.weebly.com
http://www.puffinbrowser.com/index.php
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18. Weebly
http://nelightful.weebly.com/
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19. QR Codes: Applications in
Education YouTube Playlist
• http://bit.ly/1hm2yUF
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20. QR Codes in Education
• Make your own QR Code Scavenger Hunt!
• Scavenger Hunt
• 5 Real Ways To Use QR Codes In
Education
• QR Codes Connect Students to Books
• Shambles QR Code Resource
• Desktop QR Code Reader
• QR Codes in Education Livebinder
• 50 QR code resources for the classroom
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21. Evaluation Form
• http://bit.ly/NEvaluation
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22. My contact info
• Email: nelle@lacnyc.org
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/LACNYCnell
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nell.eckersleylac
• Blog: http://nelightful.wordpress.com/
• Delicious: http://www.delicious.com/nelleckersley
• LINCS Technology and Literacy Discussion List:
https://community.lincs.ed.gov/
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23. Literacy Information and Communication
System (LINCS)
LINCS provides you with the information, resources,
professional development activities, and online
network you need to enhance your practice and
ensure your adult students receive high-quality
learning opportunities.
http://lincs.ed.gov/
LINCS is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult
Education. It is comprised of the Resource Collection, managed by Kratos Learning, the
Regional Professional Development Centers, and the Technical Contractor, Quotient, Inc.
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24. LINCS Makes a Difference
How can LINCS help you with your work? It offers:
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A Resource Collection containing high-quality, evidencebased materials in 16 topic areas;
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An online Community of Practice where you can share and
collaborate with your peers;
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A Learning Portal where you can engage in self-paced and
facilitated professional development courses; and
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Four Regional Professional Development Centers
(RPDCs) that deploy evidenced-based PD trainings to states.
For a video overview of LINCS, visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3bq6Mdn2Qg
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25. LINCS Technology Online Course
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Title: Integrating Technology in the Adult
Education Classroom
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Free, self-paced online course
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Completion time: ~ 4 hours
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Certificate received upon completion
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Course accessible through the LINCS Learning
Portal: http://lincs.ed.gov/courses
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26. Don’t Miss a Beat; Connect with LINCS
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Join the Community:
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https://community.lincs.ed.gov
Access the Learning Portal:
http://lincs.ed.gov/courses
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Search the Resource Collection:
http://lincs.ed.gov/collections
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Follow the latest updates: @LINCS_ED
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Join our professional group: LINCS_ED
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Watch webinar archives and more: LincsEd
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