Monday, April 30, 2012

Tool 11-QR Code Generator

You have seen these codes everywhere. They are called QR (Quick Response) Codes. When you create these, anyone with a Smartphone with a QR Reader app can scan them in and it will take them directly to a website, some text, etc. Read the article from ISTE about using QR Codes in the classroom. Here is the generator I used: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ You will decide which website (URL) to send peole to, or you can type in some text, or make one for your phone number. Pretty cool!!!! qrcode

Your assignment for Tool 11 is:
1. Read the ISTE article
2. Create a QR Code
3. Post the code to YOUR blog usingthe HTML code
4. Post a link in Comments below to the blog post where you posted this code
5. Reflection: There are lots of great ways you could use this with students. In the library we could have QR codes connected to book trailers that the students could watch before they checked out a book. What are some ideas you can think of for using this technology with your students?
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  1. ramonaMay 1, 2012 at 4:24 PM

    http://maddogcommentsbyskor.blogspot.com/2012/05/qr-code.html

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  2. AnonymousMay 4, 2012 at 9:33 AM

    Posted on Senorita blog: http://azlizard22.blogspot.com/

    this was really easy to do. I used the site http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ to generate the code. I think this would be very useful for students. They always seem to have smart phones and access to internet so this would be one more way for them to check assignments when they are absent or if they forget what the homework was. It would useful to parents as well.

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  3. H. ReynoldsMay 6, 2012 at 9:45 AM

    This tool was super easy to use - I used it to create a QR code for our class wiki. My android phone has a QR creator/scanner app too, but I wanted to try the kaywa site. Since most of our kids have iPhones or androids (or some such) it would be an efficient way for them to keep up with what is posted to their class page: announcements, schedules, due dates, assignments, links, etc. I can see using it to guide students to specific links to supplement in-class reading or research - maybe even appropriate youtube videos (an audio of a selected poem, a speech, etc.) That way, they can listen to the item on their phone rather than waiting until they get home since youtube is blocked by the district...

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  4. MichelleMay 7, 2012 at 5:39 PM

    Here is the link to my QR code post: http://barcanic.blogspot.com/2012/05/qr-code.html.

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    1. BETHMay 8, 2012 at 8:31 AM

      Cool! Now Evan can post these everywhere:)

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  5. H. ReynoldsMay 8, 2012 at 5:29 PM

    here is a link to another article - looks like about ways to use QR codes in the classroom - woot!
    5http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/50-qr-code-resources-for-the-classroom/160930

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  6. Sheri GimlinMay 16, 2012 at 9:53 AM

    http://alzheimersmomma.blogspot.com/

    You could post almost any info for students or parents on a class website or students could generate their own codes for papers, links to websites etc.

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  7. NinaMay 20, 2012 at 11:39 PM

    That was fun and easy! I created an immediate link to the unit circle with all the trig function values.

    http://justrandomlybloggingalong.blogspot.com/

    I could easily use the QR code to link to other sites that could give assistance for working homework problems or present alternative explanations.

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