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QR Codes Activities
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The whole art of teaching is the
only art of awakening the
natural curiosity of young minds
for the purpose of satisfying it
afterwards
- Anatole France

You need
a QR
scanner

Photo by Ericskiff, Flic.kr/p/8UdHco
QR Code
Quick response
barcode

Photo by Ericskiff, Flic.kr/p/8UdHco
QR Code
Quick response
barcode

QuickMark
I-nigma
SparQcode.com
QR CodeWiz
QRidee
Unitaglive.com
Visualead.com
QR Code iPad Apps/ Tools

SparQCode.com

Adapted photo by James Mitchell, Flic.kr/p/d2aRZQ
Why QR Codes?

Adapted photo by James Mitchell, Flic.kr/p/d2aRZQ
Why QR Codes?
Curiosity
Exploration
Real world interaction Movement

Scavenger
Hunts
Schooltechnology.org, Photo by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr

Large Square Dance by rickpilot_2000, https://flic.kr/p/99xxvw
Mingle!

Did you catch the punch line?

Thepegeek.com/2009/03/25/learning-the-skeleton-with-qr-codes/

www.schooltechnology.org Photos of elementary students using iPads at school to do
amazing projects. Photo taken by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr, CC 2.0
• Students collect QR codes in
their homes & area
• Print the codes they found,
then post all on a wall
• Students scan 2+ QR codes:
• What did it link to?
• Was it found on a billboard,
letter, coupon, pamphlet?
• Wow could you make it
more interesting?
Interactive?

Thepegeek.com/2009/03/25/learning-the-skeleton-with-qr-codes
• Assign students part/
aspect/characteristic
of the object to
research
• Students create a QR
code with a video,
audio, question, game,
website
• Students scan QR
codes on the object &
discover what their
peers found

• Assign students part/
aspect/characteristic
of the object to define
• Students create a QR
code with a video
definition
• Upload to Posterous/
Wiki/Blog
• They can add to
Wordia.com

Classtools.net/QR/index.php

QR Code Periodic Table with Symbols By Periodic Videos, Flickr

Visit a website & contribute to it!
Create a video
Launch an MP3
Students => Content Creators
Joedale.typepad.com

Create/Answer Polls

Attach to Digital Stories

Attach to Video Web Story

Students Contribute to a Discussion

Contribute to a Mindmap

Popplet.com & iOS app

Create a Collaborative Story

Guess Who Interview
iPhone Generation by xcode, Flickr
• Students create interview
questions
• Print QR codes & add to a
wall
• Students answer the one
they scan
• Students guess with the
clues who the person is

Contribute to a Discussion

Create Interactive Timelines
Capzles.com

More Ideas!

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting
the kids working together and motivating
them, the teacher is the most important.”
~ Bill Gates

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