2. QR or Quick Response
Codes are a type of twodimensional barcode
that can be read using
smartphones and
dedicated QR reading
devices.
http://www.whatisaqrcode.co.uk/
Creation of QR codes.
Denso-Wave - a
subsidiary of the Toyota
Group - are attributed
with the creation of the
QR Code. It was used to
track parts in the vehicle
manufacturing industry.
4. Get feedback. Link a
QR Code to a poll or
feedback page so
students, teachers, and
parents can ask
questions, share
comments, and make
complaints.
Give directions. Place a
QR Code at the entrance
to your school that links
to a Google map of the
surrounding area.
5. Audio tours. Put QR
Codes along a guided
tour of the school so
visitors can listen to
audio and watch videos.
For meetings. Put a QR
Code on your office door
or teacher website and
link it to an online
calendar so parents can
check your availability
and book a date and
time.
6. Hand out grades. Use a
password-protected QR
code for report cards and
progress reports sent home
to parents.
Helpful hints. Create a
QR code that contains
help tips for parents
helping students on
homework.
7. Encouraging
involvement. Post QR
codes on posters to
inform about
fundraising, events,
and/or how to become
involved in the PTA.
Show and tell. Add QR
codes on instruction
sheets showing a video of
someone demonstrating
how to complete the
activity.
8. Demonstrate name tag Give them more on
know how. At
parent/teacher
conferences, create a
name tag that includes a
QR code link to your
email, phone number or
website.
newsletters or
brochures. Include a QR
code that includes more
information about
participants, calendar of
upcoming events, game
schedules and/or ways to
donate.
9. Use your voice. Use the
website http://qrvoice.net
to type a message up to 100
characters in various
languages that will be
converted to a QR code
then when clicked will be
read by a synthesized
voice.
Student led P/T
conferences. Have
students create QR codes
utilizing qrvoice.net that
allows the students to talk
about their work or report
card with the parents.
10. Keep multiple families happy. As families wait
to conference with you, have them visit stations
that contain QR codes with tutorials of math and
literacy games you would like them to practice at
home with their child.
11. Be prepared. On your
welcome to school letter
include a QR code of
your supply list.
Counseling corner. Post a
QR code by the office
linking to an “Ask a
Counselor Form”.
Share your vCard. Put a QR
Code on the chalkboard or in
your syllabus the first day of
class so that smartphonetoting students can capture
and store your contact
information.
12. Get their attention.
Post a large QR Code in
the classroom offering
extra credit to students
who scan it and answer a
question.
Enhance the value of
textbooks and
handouts. Put QR
Codes on or in the
textbook or on handouts
to point students to
additional resources.
13. What do they know?
Create a QR code that
will do a quick pretest.
Review. Do a quick
review about an
upcoming unit or test
using a QR code.
Reduce student
excuses. Use a QR Code
to add important dates to
a digital calendar.
14. Ask questions and get
answers. Link a QR Code
to Quora (at
www.quora.com), the
online question-andanswer site, where students
can see answers to
frequently asked questions
and can also submit
questions. Students must
register for an account.
Apply it. Link a QR
code to a game, riddle
or real life application
to encourage students
to apply something
they have learned.
15. Access Wi-Fi. Use a
QR Code to link them
directly to the login
page to access the
Wi-Fi.
Voting. Vote for spirit
week, Who’s Who, or
prom themes.
16. Promote reading.
Create QR codes that
contain book trailers,
author interviews,
and/or dramatic
readings.
Extend it. Post a QR
code on print
assignments that link to
interactive tutorials or
trivia related to the topic
17. Mastering music.
Students in band could
practice their music at
home by accessing a QR
code on their music that
links to audio of their
individual piece.
Global impact. Place
QR codes on countries,
landmarks, states or
oceans on a map or globe
that links to videos or
webpages about those
places.
18. Graph it. Create a
paper handout with a
QR code for an online
graphing tool like
Create-a-Graph.
Word wall. Create a
vocabulary word wall
with QR codes that
contain whatever
information you want
them to learn.
19. History repeated.
History teachers can
place QR codes on
worksheets that link to
battle reenactments on
YouTube.
Managing misses.
Create QR codes to links
of teacher videos
presenting or explaining
an important concept in
case a student is absent.
20. Getting to the right
site. Create QR codes
to ensure that students
are getting to exact
sites you want them to
visit without the risk of
misspellings or
mistypes.
Language lesson
learned. Language
teachers can place a
QR code on worksheets
and posters that allows
the students to listen
and practice vocab
words.
21. Teamwork Test.
Students work together
to create QR codes
with paper scraps,
mosaic tiles or Legos of
their favorite website.
Ignite curiosity.
Use the QR Code
treasure hunt
generator at
ClassTools.net to
create QR Codes
with questions and
answers and post
them all around your
classroom or school.
22. “Who Am I? ”Students
take pictures including
QR codes in the photo.
The QR code includes
their biographies.
Books Come Alive.
Have students create a
QR code of a book talk
to be placed in the
library near the book or
actually placed inside
the book.
23. Student interviews.
Post QR codes next to
student projects or
artwork with video
interviews reflecting on
what they made, why
they made it, what
influenced the project,
etc.
This Day in History.
Have students create QR
codes to place on the
class calendar for each
day. This project could be
an on-going project for
the whole year creating
an interactive yearbook.
24. Create 21st Century
Resumes. Have students
use QR codes on their
resumes that link to
other content such as
their website or portfolio.
Create Interactive Labs
or Dissections. Codes
attached to a skeleton
model or dissected pig
can take students to
important directions or
content. Or vice versa.
Maybe this will help
them to create the lab
themselves or make a
model for the class lab.
25. Holiday helpfulness:
Bring a President’s Day,
Black History Month, or
Women’s History Month
poster, research paper or
worksheet to life with
QR codes linking to
compelling video or
audio.
Choose your own
adventure. Have
students create a
“Choose Your Own
Adventure” website that
has individual QR codes
that need to be scanned
to advance the story.
26. If you are a school that does not allow cell phones or
electronic devices, you can set up a QR code reader
on a desktop.
http://www.dansl.net/blog/2010/desktop-qr-codereader/
27. www.visulead.com
www.qrstuff.com
www.kaywa.com
http://snap.vu/
http://goqr.me/
http://www.qrexplore.com
Use a URL shortener
such as www.bitly.com to
create cleaner QR codes.
28. • How Education Professionals Can Make Use of QR Codes
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-educationprofessionals-can-make-use-of-qr-cod.html
•
Creativity and Communication with QR Codes.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eCDcI4YACRimngmC_hiV
iV_qNX4FEkko0O5m_JUoDeU/embed?hl=en&size=l#slide=id.g78b
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• Kathy Schrock
http://www.schrockguide.net/qr-codes-in-the-classroom.html
• Desktop QR Code Reader
http://www.dansl.net/blog/2010/desktop-qr-code-reader/
• Using QR Codes in the Classroom
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pYyNpm4_rp9lZL8bamDd
Lc0cDtD2ROIe3UH3pJvpvg/present?pli=1&ueb=true#slide=id.g5ebf
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29. Twelve Ideas for Teaching with QR Codes
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/QR-codes-teachingandrew-miller
40 interesting ways to use QR Codes in the
classroom
http://www.slideshare.net/jonesytheteacher/40interesting-ways-to-use-qr-codes-in-the-classroom
