How to use and create a QR Code for your classroom -- VERY informative, a must-watch! | How a high school class utilizes QR Codes for the day's activities |
Suddenly it Clicks provides additional resources regarding QR Codes for educators. Ideas for QR Readers and QR Creators are listed, as are a number of implementation ideas for educational purposes.
Potentials of QR Codes
2 Simple ways to use QR Codes in Education.
This article from edudemic.com provides two ways teachers can utilize QR Codes in their classrooms. Information is provided via a video and some written commentary on how to create assignment (homework) sheets and a portfolio for individuals viewing and using QR Codes.
Skrzypek, Frederic. (2013, February 17). 2 Simple ways to use QR Codes in education. Edudemic. Retrieved from http://edudemic.com/2013/02/qr-codes-in-education/
Five Reasons I Love Using QR Codes in My Classroom
This blog from edutopia.org begins with a brief introduction to QR Codes, and then the author describes five ways QR Codes can positively impact a classroom and educational setting. The majority of these positive impacts include eliminating student frustration, as the QR code (once scanned) takes users directly to a web site. This eliminates errors and is timely for all involved.
Burns, M. (2013, January 23). Five reasons I love using QR Codes in my classroom. Edutopia. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/using-qr-codes-in-classroom-monica-burns
QR Codes in the School Library: A dozen practical uses.
The article begins by providing seven steps to integrating QR Codes into a school library's use. Additionally, 13 ways to incorporate QR Codes into a library and its activities and features are highlighted; many of these ideas can be adapted for classroom use.
Lamb, A., & Johnson, L. (2013). QR codes in the school library: A dozen practical uses. Teacher Librarian, 40(3), 63. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.lib.uni.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=a56d3993-b758-47b4-8a68-c80749ee388f%40sessionmgr15&vid=2&hid=28
Scanning the Potential for Using QR Codes in the Classroom
This article begins with a brief background on QR Codes. The authors then segue into a discussion on how QR Codes can be implemented into a classroom for the benefit of students' learning. The article ends with some tidbits of advice for those looking to integrate QR Codes into their classrooms and their students' learning.
Robertson, C., & Green, T. (2012). Scanning the potential for using qr codes in the classroom. TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 56(2), 11. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.lib.uni.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=9ca74aa0-4174-4988-a6ad-8db2953da5b5%40sessionmgr15&vid=2&hid=28
Twelve Ideas for Teaching with QR Codes
This blog from edutopia.org provides teachers with 12 ideas for incorporating QR Codes into their instruction. Ideas include: student-created resumes with QR Code links to portfolios and student work, student exemplars to incorporate into the modeling phase of instruction, rewarding students for their classroom achievements, differentiating instruction to provide appropriate scaffolding, and others.
Miller, A. (2011, December 5). Twelve ideas for teaching with QR Codes. Edutopia. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/QR-codes-teaching-andrew-miller
Bus #60
Bus #60 is consistently late picking students up for school; busing issues have continually surfaced the last two years I have worked at Expo and have never been resolved for unknown reasons. One way for students to be aware of where the bus is currently located on its route (if it is behind/ahead of schedule, etc.) is a QR Code. This could be printed on a sticker to be placed on the back side of students' district ID badges. Students riding bus 60 (and other buses could do the same) could scan the QR Code with their smart phone to get information on the bus's whereabouts. This would help ensure that students do not walk home (assuming the bus has already gone by when indeed it has not) and thus miss school. Hopefully, this will allow more students to be at school consistently. While I don't believe this is the best and only fix for this consistent issue, it is one move towards a solution that would ensure students are at school learning.
Expo coffee shop
Expo High School has its very own student-run coffee shop, Expo Express, that serves Expo High School. Next year, the business department and students are planning on expanding their products to all of Expo Alternative Learning Center (Bridges, STAR-C, WEB-C, and Grad Connect). The coffee shop could create a QR Code that, when scanned, provides information regarding the shop's products and prices. The coffee shop has a phone and will offer delivery service next year. The QR Code could provide an opportunity for customers to know (or be reminded) about products before calling, especially if they do not have a menu handy. This could be included on a card near the classroom's phone or at strategically located places throughout the school. Expo Express coffee mugs are in the works, and these could include a QR Code which provides information, as well.
Expo products
Expo High School is transitioning to career interest academies next school year (2013-2014). The two areas of focus will be business and graphic design. These are different academies than those offered at East High School and West High School, the other two high schools in the Waterloo Community School District. Conversations are occurring with local business owners to sell some of the products Expo students create and produce in their stores. To provide customers with additional information regarding Expo's career interest academies and the current focus of the district, a QR Code could be included on the label that would provide customers with detailed information regarding this or other information deemed appropriate by those enrolled in the academies. Business cards could also be created and placed near these products with a QR Code included on the business card; the QR code could lead individuals to additional information regarding the program and the district's academies.
Reading materials and daily activities
One way for students to access class materials and activities for a particular class is to utilize QR Codes. The teacher could create a QR Code that links to an article students are to read, an experiement students are will be conducting, a video that will be discussed later during class, etc. The QR Codes will allow students to quickly access the material without having to type in the URL. This would increase the speed with which students could all arrive at the same material together.
Students' schedules
Due to the frequency with which new students arrive at Expo Alternative Learning Center (new students enroll every two weeks) and the complexity of programs offered at Expo (high school, Grad Connect, Crossroads Connection-mall school, S.H.I.N.E.S. academy, STAR-C, and WEB-C), it would be helpful and beneficial for students to have a QR Code printed on their schedules. These QR Codes could be specific for each program and could include a link to information regarding the specific program, a school map to find classes, teacher websites, and information to access PLATO. This would provide additional "need to know" information beyond that which is already printed on students' schedules, with the intention of improving student success.
Teacher websites
As I have created a classroom website that I hope to further develop for all of my classes, I could include a QR Code outside of my classroom door and also post it within my classroom. This QR Code could direct students to my class website where notes would be posted for their viewing outside of class. It could also include and/or direct students to homework assignments, notes, readings, exemplary work (to be used as models), etc.
