Creating and using QR codes in the classroom and libraries. For the 4T Virtual Conference.

1. Creating and Using QR codes in Your Classroom & Libraries
Elissa Malespina – South Orange Middle School Librarian

2. About Me
• Librarian at South Orange Middle School in
South Orange, NJ
• Published an article on Using QR codes in
School Libraries that is appearing in this
months School Library Workshop
• Complete techno-geek who loves to try to
newest thing out there. Currently using
Glogster, Edmodo, Animoto, Wikispaces, and
many other technologies with my staff and
students.
• You can follow me on Twitter @SOMSlibrary

3. Poll
• How many of you have scanned a QR Code
before?
-Click Green check ✔ if you have
-Click Red X if you have not

4. Fun with QR codes

6. COOL WAYS THAT QR CODES
ARE USED OUTSIDE THE
LIBRARY/CLASSROOM

7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericrice/4564201533/

8. http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/vie
w/15557/tesco-virtual-supermarket-in-a-
subway-station.html

9. http://orangeqr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/QR-Code-Business-Card.jpg
http://www.joelbuckland.com/wp-

10. What are QR Codes
• Definition: A QR code (abbreviated from Quick
Response code) is a type of matrix barcode
(or two-dimensional code) first designed for the
automotive industry. More recently, the system
has become popular outside of the industry due
to its fast readability and comparatively large
storage capacity. The code consists of black
modules arranged in a square pattern on a
white background. The information encoded
can be made up of any kind of data (e.g.,
binary, alphanumeric, or Kanji symbols).

11. What are QR Codes continued
• Created by Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave in
1994 to track vehicles during the manufacturing
process,[the QR code is one of the most
popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. It
was designed to allow its contents to be
decoded at high speed.
• The technology has seen frequent use in
Japan; the United Kingdom is the seventh-
largest national consumer of QR codes.
• Taken from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

12. Information that can be stored on QR
codes
• A website URL
• Contact Information
• A phone number
• A geographic location
• A text message to be sent to a phone #
• A plain text message
• A calendar event
-info from article in NJEA Review by Patricia Bruder

13. What you need to make this work
• A Smartphone or Computer with Webcam, or
Ipad 2.
• Qrcode Reader
• Qrcode Generator
• Imagination

14. STEP 1: QR Code Readers
• First thing you need to do is download a
scanner to your Smartphone, Ipad or Computer
• Recommended ones:
For Iphone or Ipad (All FREE)
*NeoReader,
*Microsoft Tag
*Barcodes
For Android
*QRDroid

15. QR code readers continued
Great website to find Readers: http://www.mobile-
barcodes.com/qr-code-software/
Desktop Readers:
• Dansi Desktop QR code Reader
• Jaxo Systems

16. STEP 2: QR Code Generators
• Delivr http://delivr.com/
• QR Stuff: http://www.qrstuff.com/
• Kaywa: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
• Tag Extension for Google Chrome:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bcfd
doencoiedfjgepnlhcpfikgaogdg

17. Poll
• Have you ever made a QR code before?
-Click Green check ✔ if you have
-Click Red X if you have not

18. HOW TO USE THEM IN YOUR
SCHOOL

19. Uses in the Classroom
• Scavenger Hunts
• On a field trip to a museum supplement info by
providing a worksheet with QR codes
• QR code takes students to quiz @ end of trip
• Provide parents with codes that they can scan
to get homework/assignment info
• Digital portfolios for students – adding copies of
papers, projects, tests and quizzes to the QR
code on a student’s report card gives parents a
broader picture of their child’s grade.

20. Classroom Uses Continued
• Connecting with parents--on back-to-school
night or post QR codes in classroom linked to
information about the classroom curriculum or
student displays.
• Engaging students – with textbooks or study
guides.
• Easing the transition to college – virtual college
tours.
• Periodic Table of Elements – Code links to
videos of each element

21. Classroom uses continued again..
• Checking answers to a worksheets/classwork
• Use an interactive whiteboard to record
notes/math equations/brainstorming/etc. Host
the video online and add a QR code to a
homework assignment so students can be
retaught from home
- From QR codes in Classroom & 10 Ways to
Use QR code in classroom

22. Examples of how we use them @ my
school

23. More example of uses in our school

24. How we use them @ SOMS
• I have made posters with QR codes on them
that link to all the teachers in the school that
have websites. People can then scan the codes
to get to the teachers websites.
• Great for back to school night and teacher
conferences
• 3D Timelines
• Teachers using them in classroom

25. Uses in Special Education Classroom
• As an alternative to writing down long URLs,
phone numbers or address for students with
motor skills issues
• To create a visual phone or address book for
quick access
• To supplement or summarize class material
• To create flash cards
• To provide audio information or directions
- From QR codes as Assistive Technology

26. Using them in College Classroom
• Vcard – adding contact info & other important
info so students can easily contact you
• Office Availability
• Links to supplemental materials in textbook
• Classroom Calendar
• List Sources from your presentation
• Post assignments for the week
• Links to audio copies of lectures
• Links to videos
- This list came from 50 Great Ways to Use QR codes in College
Classroom

27. USES IN LIBRARY

29. On Books

30. Ideas on how to use them on books
• Links to Authors Websites
• Links to Book Trailer
• Links to Videos about the Subject Matter
• Links to Historical Documents
• Links to websites that relate to the topic
• Read – a – like Book Links
• Possibilities are endless

31. In the Library

32. How I use them in my library
• On books
• On Audio books
• On displays
• On Magazines – link to electronic copy of
magazine
• Have student make them using bookmarks
(which I got from http://lib-
girl.blogspot.com/2011/07/holy-bodacious-
barcodes-using-qr-codes.html )

33. HOW TO MAKE QR CODES

34. How to make a QR code: Using Delivr

36. Analytics from a Livebinder QR code I made

41. MAKING A QR CODE:
YOUTUBE

55. HOW TO MAKE A QR CODE:
WEBSITE

62. PRINTING QR CODES
2 WAYS

63. USING PRINT WIZARD

71. USING WORD

77. Contact Information
• Feel free to contact me with any questions or
ways that you are using them in your school.
• Elissa Malespina : emalespina@gmail.com
• https://emalespina.wikispaces.com/4T+Virtual+
Conference+QR+Code+Presentation
• Twitter @SOMSlibrary
• My livebinder with tons of QR code info:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id
=389822

78. My Wiki Link

79. Livebinder Link