Feeling left out of
the QR hoopla because you don’t have an iThing (or tablet, kindle, etc.)? If you have a laptop or desktop with a camera
then I have good news for you. There’s a
free app called QR journal that you can download for all your QR scanning
needs.
Ever since
self-checking QR code task cards became a regular part of my math routine, I
started using the laptops over the iPads because I can get more kids on them at
one time. Here’s one of my boys scanning
his task card to check his answer. Just
make sure they click “scan” in the left hand corner and the answer will show up
on the bottom, which you can see in the picture. Then they click skip to go to a fresh screen
and scan their next one.
If you haven’t tried QR codes yet in your classroom, I highly recommend it. My kids are so much more motivated to do math problems and literally beg me to make more QR code sets on a daily basis. They even chose a QR code party for our January PBIS celebration!
If you are
interested in getting started with QR codes using your iPad, iPod Touch, or tablet, here are a couple of apps I recommend:
Hi Kristen! I'm your newest follower :) You've gotten me SUPER excited about these QR codes. I think my littles would just love doing this. My school purchased an iPad cart this year and I can't wait to share this idea with the staff. Thanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea - would you also be able to incorporate this into workstations where it would bring up a video or site that the kids needed to explore? Thanks for sharing! Is it difficult to get started?
ReplyDeleteYes, as long as you generate a QR code for the link to the video so the students can access it by scanning the QR code. I like using this site to generate QR codes: http://www.qrstuff.com. Let me know if you have questions.:)
DeleteYou have to have mac computers for this, though, right?
ReplyDeleteQR Journal is a Mac app, but I think there's one for PCs- just not sure what it's called.
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