Lucky Little Learners: Improve Writing with QR CODES. Do your students struggle with writing COMPLETE SENTENCES that make sense when read aloud?
How about using CAPITAL LETTERS to begin their sentences and PUNCTUATION MARKS to end their sentences? Sometimes I feel like a broken record when it comes to these writing requirements in my classroom! My second graders are required to write a biography as one of their writing projects during the year and I knew that I wanted something to motivate them to do these skills without being that broken record when they show me their work.
I think I found the PERFECT MOTIVATOR...QR CODES! Now, before you stop reading this because you aren't looking for a biography writing project idea, please understand that this can be applied to ALL WRITING PROJECTS. My students started with a list of questions that they were given to ask a classmate that they were set up with to interview. They were excited to write and get started which, of course, made my teacher heart happy! How To Create QR Codes. Teaching Happily Ever After: QR Codes: What are they? How can teachers use QR codes in the classroom? What is a QR code?
QR code stands for "Quick Response. " When you scan it with your mobile device, it instantly gives you the information stored on it. Here is a comic tutorial from The Daring Librarian: You can find them popping up everywhere nowadays- magazines, posters, even clothing! How do you scan them? Why do we need QR codes in the classroom? How can I create my own QR code? Or Both of these sites are fast and easy to use. Shapes & Fractions by 1st grade learning starsMystery Math (addition/subtraction) by Swamp Frog 1st GraderMath Shapes by 1st grade FrogsLibrary Genre Scavenger Hunt by The Daring Librarian QR codes in the Classroom by Free Technology For Teachers I'm linking up with Literacy and Laughter for a Technology Ideas Linky party!
QR Codes In Education. QR Codes in the Classroom. If you haven’t noticed, there has been an influx of strange black-and-white codes showing up all over the place.
Restaurants, stores, movie theaters, magazines, and even on the side of buildings! What are they? They are called QR Codes, with the QR standing for Quick Response. Basically, they are bar codes on steroids. You can download a simple free app on your smartphone to be able to scan the code, which will then take you to a website, file, phone number, or wherever else the author of the code wants you to see. What does that mean for educators? QR Code Math Fun To create my worksheet, I had several steps to cover. My next two steps involved the technology: getting the codes to go somewhere and creating the codes to drop into the page.
While the actual product does take some time and effort, the result will be an activity you can use on a yearly basis. ArtShow. 25 Fun Ways to use QR Codes for Teaching and Learning. I’ve culled a bunch of ideas from different teachers who have shared their approaches to using this simple but powerful construct in the classroom.
Once your students are equipped with a device that can read QR codes and they know how to scan them, you’re ready to use ideas like these in your classroom! If you’re not already familiar with it, scroll down to the bottom of the article to learn how to easily create QR codes, and find QR Code readers. Ideas, Ideas, and More Ideas! The article, Ways to use QR Codes in the Elementary Classroom and Using Google Docs to Create Them, by Jill Thompson, offers these uses: Library Book Add-On: Put QR codes on classroom library books, linking out to information about the author and or book. These ideas come from the web page QR Codes – What are they and how can I use them in my classroom? Assistive Technology: “Provide an alternative access format for students who need additional support in reading and writing.” Ways to use QR Codes in the Elementary Classroom and Using Google Docs to Create Them.
“Traditional thinking is all about ‘what is’.
Future thinking will also need to be about what ‘can be'” By Edward de Bono Quick Response codes also known as QR codes are similar to barcodes. When you scan QR codes using apps such as i-nigma or scan with your smartphone, ipad and computer (if you have a web camera) it links information to you. The information can be text, videos or websites etc. I believe with bring your own technology coming to many schools, I see QR codes becoming more popular in the classroom because they can be read on many devices and it is a real world application now. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
To start putting some of these great ideas into practice in your classroom, you can use QR creators such as Kaywa, QRStuff if you just want to create one QR code but I like using Google docs when creating multiple QR codes quickly. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. =image(ʺ &A2) 7. 8. 9.