Transcript QR Codes Social Studies File

QR Codes in the Classroom
The Amazing Race: Social Studies Edition
Irving ISD
Olivia Kepler, Stacy Force, and Celaina Huckeba
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Why use Technology?
• Technology is all around us.
– Cell Phones, iPads, Kindle Fire, Netbooks, and etc!
• It is in the hands of our students! Most have cells
with internet capabilities.
• Our students are globally connected through
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Facebook
Twitter
Google+
and so forth.
• To prepare our students for success, we need to use
technology as a tool to enhance learning! Use the
technology to your advantage—compete for your
students’ attention!
What are QR codes?
• QR=Quick Response
• Originally used in the car industry in the 90s, but have
become popular due to accessibility in today's
technology age.
• They are barcodes that link to anything you wish them to
link to:
• Picture
• Website
• Text
• And much more!
QR Code Creators (free)
• http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
– URL, Text, Phone #, SMS
• http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/
–Calendar event, Contact information,
Email, Geo location, Phone #, SMS, Text,
URL, WiFi network.
–To add a Geo location, you can enter the
latitude and the longitude, paste a
Google Maps link, or find one in the
map.
QR Code Creators (Free)
• http://www.beqrious.com/generator
– URL, Email, Phone #, Text, Contact info, SMS,
YouTube, Graphical (to put an image into your QR
code for a URL), Google Maps.
• http://azonmedia.com/qrcode-generator
– Text, URL, Phone #, SMS, Email, Email message,
Contact details (vCard & meCard), Google Maps(
location search is available), Social networks (such as
Facebook, Twitter, Delicious and some other
services).
– For the QR code, you can change its error correction
quality, point size and color, download the image, or
embed it into your website or blog.
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A Google Search will give you MANY more options for creating your own codes!
QR Code Readers
• Free Apps for iPhone:
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Scan (by QR Code City)
i-ingma (4 for updated phones)**
QR Scanner
QR Reader for iPhone **
Tap Reader
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BarCode Reader
ScanLife Barcode Reader
Quick Mark QR Code Reader
i-ingma Barcode Reader
QR Droid
• Webcam:
– http://miniqr.com/reader.php
**I use i-ingma and QR Reader for my iPhone
• Check the Apps on your smartphone, you will find one that’s free and that works for you!
QR Codes in the “Real World”
• Print Advertising
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Magazines
Billboards
Flyers
Posters
invites,
• direct link to product details, coupons, websites, event details,
etc.
• Business Cards
– Link to Resume, website (blog), Facebook, Twitter
• Identification
– Passports, Drivers Licenses, Hospital Bands
Amazing Race: Social Studies Edition
• STAAR is here! And is more rigorous than TAKS.
• A few in our Social Studies department decided
to create an activity to engage students and
prepare them for this increased Rigor. Thus, the
• Amazing Race: Social Studies Edition was born!
Process
• We met multiple times to plan out the activities
and the Amazing Race aspect (of completing a task
to find out how/where to get to the next task).
• Activities were created for:
– World Geography (9)
– World History (10)
– United States History (11)
• Some activities overlapped 2 or all 3 grade levels.
• Students were grouped with their classmates
(within the same class period) and making sure that
at least one member of each group had a smart
phone or netbook with webcam to scan the QR
codes.
Process
• Students began the challenge at the same time
from each class period.
• Students competed against each other in the same
grade level.
• We purchased prizes for the teams that completed
all the stops on the race the fastest.
• 9th grade had NINE stops
• 10th grade had TEN stops
• 11th grade had ELEVEN stops
• We awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd places prizes of Flash
Drives, headphones, and classroom supplies.
Amazing Race: Social Studies Edition
Geography, W Hist, and US Hist
• QR Codes for Latitude
and Longitude Practice
• Global grid was created
using tape on the
auditorium floor.
Students were given
coordinates and had to
find them and scan the
code. The code would
give them the next set of
coordinates.
• Some codes required
students to use an atlas
to look up a specific city
to find the coordinates.
Amazing Race: Social Studies Edition
Geography, W Hist, and US Hist
• Religion/Economy Wheel
– Compete between teams, spin the wheel to get a
question and use white boards to write the
answer, but only get 2 chances.
Amazing Race: Social Studies Edition
Geography, W Hist, and US Hist
• Charts, Maps, Graphs, oh my!
– Students went to BlackBoard and complete a “test”
that had questions using charts, maps and graphs
(they were mostly old TAKS test questions). Groups
had to reach at least 80% mastery. If they reached
80%, BlackBoard would tell them where to go next. If
not, they would have to take the test again.
Amazing Race: Social Studies Edition
Geography, W Hist, and US Hist
10th Grade Example (World History)
9th Grade
Example (World Geography)
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11 Grade Example (US History)
• Newspaper Challenge
– Students again went to BlackBoard. Different
assignments were set up for each grade level (9, 10,
or 11). Students had to answer a series of questions
that went with “Newspaper Headlines” that we
created.
Amazing Race: Social Studies Edition
Geography, W Hist, and US Hist
• Timeline Challenge
1. Students had to match dates with their
corresponding events, then have the teacher
check their answers.
– Students were allowed to use their smartphones to
look up answers if needed on their second try.
2. Students then had to pick 2 of the events to act
out in front of the teacher and the teacher had
to be able to guess what events they were acting
out.
Other Stops on the Amazing Race
• Level of Development (Geography, 9)
– BlackBoard Activity on HDI
• Population Pyramid Lego's (Geography, 9)
– Use Lego's to build 3 types of Population Pyramids
• Map Challenge (Geography, 9)
– Students have to determine which type of map
will help them answer the question (Physical,
Climate, Economic, Population Density,
Vegetation)
Other Stops on the Amazing Race
• Turning Points Puzzle (Whist 10)
– Puzzle of matching major world
event titles with their description
(World Wars, Industrial
Revolution, Protestant
Reformation, etc)
• Amendments Looping Cards
(Whist 10 and US 11)
• Depression/New Deal
Looping Cards (US 11)
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QR Codes in the Classroom
• Beyond the Amazing Race, what other ways can QR
codes be used to engage learners?
• Warm-up activities: quick scan QR code to start the
lesson with an objective or question.
• Station ideas: post QR codes around the room with
different topics/learning objectives at each code
that relate to your content for the day.
• Famous People/Places—put a QR code on each
student and have them go around the room, scan
each other and discuss their person/place (maybe
even just describe their person/place and the
students have to figure out who/where they are)
QR Codes in the Classroom
• Beyond the Amazing Race, what other ways can QR codes
be used to engage learners?
• Homework help. Sending home a worksheet or online
assignment? Attach a QR code to it that has
tips/hints/formulas/etc that will help the students with
their learning.
• Scavenger Hunt on the web using QR codes (post codes
around the room that are linked to websites or questions
where students have to answer questions before they can
go on to the next code).
• Student Feedback for Yes/No or Open ended questions. A
pre-written SMS goes to an SMS service to be accessed by
the presenter through a webpage.
QR Codes in the Classroom
• Beyond the Amazing Race, what other ways can QR
codes be used to engage learners?
• Class notes can be turned into a QR code so
students can pay more attention during
lecture/discussion times and participate instead of
focusing on writing down everything.
• Links to Google Documents, Videos, Homework,
Shared projects, News stories, BrainPop, Quia,
Google Maps, Khan Academy, etc.
• Paper Test with map or chart questions? Okay, but
lessen the amount of paper by using QR codes to
link the maps and charts.
QR Codes in the Classroom
• Beyond the Amazing Race, what other ways can QR codes
be used to engage learners?
• Using textbooks, but want more? Put QR codes in your
textbook (use a sticker/post it note) that links to an
extension of the content, a game, video, assignment, etc.
• Attach Codes to assignments that go over the answers for
quick homework check and feedback for students to
verify their learning.
• Have students create resumes with QR codes that link to
their own personal website, blog, or twitter account.
• Business Cards: http://snapmyinfo.com/
• Even Bill Cosby uses QR codes!!
http://twitter.com/#!/BillCosby
How do QR codes help the teacher?
• They create a world of immediate engagement
for students. They are comfortable and familiar
with using their own smartphone and netbook
devices in everyday life and now they can use
them in the classroom too.
• The technology is easy to use/understand and
gives the students more control over their own
learning. It also gives them access to the same
technology seen outside the classroom.