Scanning for Success: QR Codes in the Classroom
28 April 2016
QR Codes Defined
Quick-Response Codes
Visual web link
Classroom Uses
Use with little ones to decrease the need for typing.
Classroom Uses
The Idea: Use with OneTab if you’re a Chrome fan.
Classroom Uses
The Idea: Embed in Sway newsletters or use as a Sway self-run center.
Classroom Uses
The Idea: Create scavenger hunts.
Classroom Uses
The Ideas:
The following three ideas are all hosted at this link:
Interactive bulletin board for when students finish early
Interactive word wall—listen in context, spell, pronounce, etc.
Share a video to help students engage with challenging content
Classroom Uses
The Idea: Host Milestones reviews.
Suy Lolley
Classroom Uses
The Idea: Use for behavior documentation by combining with Microsoft
Forms.
Classroom Uses
The Idea: Administer surveys or allow them to practice typing for
Milestones.
Classroom Uses
The Idea: Conquer your email inbox with self-titled emails
How QR Codes Are Involved: website generates code with specific title
to email; those who scan email you from their mail program
Creating Codes
Where?
qrstuff.com
Custom colors to differentiate
Link to anything web-hosted
Snipping tool or download
Tips:
Make yourself an answer key.
Save the QR codes with an identifying name and order that correspond to the key.
Practice
Student finished early? Have him/her do the QR creation for you!
Create in Seesaw to include a preview to the item where the QR leads.
Creating Codes
Where else?
Qrexplore.com—many codes at once
OneDrive Classic View—set link options before
creating.
Creating Codes
Let’s create!
Pull up a saved Word or PowerPoint set of questions that you want your students to work on in the near feature.
Let’s begin turning the questions into QR codes.