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QR Codes


Definition:
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  QR Code or Quick Response Code is a form of bar code. You can create them with a qr code generator and read them with a qr reader app on a smart phone
Tools:
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 To create a QR Code
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

To read a QR Code, you need to install one of the many available apps on a smartphone that has a camera.

Scanlife http://web.scanlife.com/en
How to:
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 With the Kaywa code generator, you can connect the code to a url, a text, a phone number or an SMS. Once you create the code you can copy it and paste it into a document, website, or whatever you print. Just fill in the fields and the code is created for you. You can then copy the image and paste it into a document, print it separately or use it on a web site.

To read a code, simply open your application and point your camera at the code, the reader. You will then be connected to the link. Each reader works slightly differently.
Pedagogical uses:
learn_idea		  With more and more students owning smart phones with data plans, it is possible to use QR codes outside school

  • Going on a field trip? Prepare a sheet with codes embedded so students can get further information on a particular topic (a historical building, a scientific concept...), or see an image of the area from the past.
  • Have your students create a tour of your neighbourhood. Create a pamphlet with QR codes beside the item of interest. The QR code can link to an audio recording done by the students describing the building, an event, a piece of art, an oral history of someone who lived there....
  • Have students create an audio guide to an art exhibit. QR codes can be posted beside the piece of art, linked to an audio file.
  • Create a school tour. QR codes posted around the school can link to more information about the programme, the activities in a particular room, student reflections...
  • For more ideas Interesting Ways and tips to Use QR Codes in the Classroom
    • this is a collaborative document that keeps growing.

Collaboration in the community:
collab3		 Students can create tourist pamphlets with QR codes for the community (see above)

 


















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