|
QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator
I have been in Common Core training for the last two days and am so pleased with this initiative to bring dignity, perseverance and evidentiary research to learning. I hear all the concerns and cries and hope to be a listener and discerner. As I learn more and more how to apply the Common Core standards in the classroom, I can see the benefits to the students, I can see the perception of the teacher concerns and can now better understand the framework. The Common Core Standards are not curriculum, but a creative and rigorous means to lifting our students into being productive, self-sufficient and contributing citizens. Not only was the training enlightening, but our facilitator, Karen Beerer, had a host of digital tools to help implement concepts in the classroom. This "tuesdays," the last one of this school year, is all about using QR codes with limited technology to generate any form of assessment or activities for your students.
|
The QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator is one of the most fun FREE tools available to teachers anywhere. Although I have posted about the benefits of QR codes in a "tuesdays" - November 2011, there was a lot more work involved to create the QR codes that most teachers didn't even try. Now with this QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator, there is no end to the creative uses of QR codes in the classroom (for next year!) Our presenter set our 9 QR codes on each side of the room and it was our task to "read" any 5 of the codes to begin a scavenger hunt into the Common Core Standards. Any teacher of any subject with any questions can create a fun curriculum-based scavenger hunt that will have the students engaged and actively seeking answers.
|
 With summer time coming soon, I want to encourage you to take a second look at the power of QR codes for the new school year. Can you imagine how nice Open House could be if you had QR codes with your syllabus, goals, and even a video introduction to your class hanging around the room? QR codes are a two-dimensional barcode designed originally the DENSO WAVE company in 1994, but it wasn't until the Japanese began experimenting with communicating with QR codes did they reach their tipping point. Basically, QR codes are barcodes on steroids! They are popping up on billboards, magazines, websites, TV and more. They are typically used in business, but they have incredible possibilities for the classroom. For a super graphic and simple explanation of QR codes, check out the Common Craft video explanation. This code above will begin a simple QR scavenger hunt just for you.  The i-Nigma app icon
|
|
Using the QR code Treasure Hunt Generator is FREE, fun and simple. You don't need an account nor log in. You simple need to create a series of questions and they do the rest of the work. In fact, there are five codes below. If you scan them with any QR code reader (I recommend i-Nigma) and send your answers to me in email, I will do a random drawing before next Tuesday for a prize. Keep them guessing what's coming next!
Have a safe summer and spend time in renewal and with family. I will begin the "best of tuesdays" from this year next week.
 
 
|
| What is "tuesdays with Karen"?
|
"tuesdays with Karen" is a weekly newsletter/blog designed to encourage, equip and empower teachers to be creative with educational technology. Please add your technology comments to my "tuesdays with Karen" blog. |
