QR Code Your Learning

Students will:

• Be able to take a digital artifact and embed it into a QR code.
• Be able to share the code with an audience.

Vocabulary Words:

1. QR Code: A QR code is a type of barcode that is readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera telephones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded may be text you want students to read, websites, or video.

2. Embed: To embed is to incorporate (a video or other item of data) within the body of a web page or other document.

3. Scan: To scan is to pass an electron beam over and convert (an image) into variations of electrical properties (as voltage) that convey information electronically.

To prepare for this lesson:

1. You will need devices that can scan a QR code to test them: Here are some apps that can be downloaded onto a device. 
   • QR Reader for iPhone
   • Quick Scan (iOS)
   • Qr and Barcode Scanner (Android)
2. Watch a video tutorial to learn more about QR Codes and how to create them using QR Stuff. 
    
3. Here are several sites that generate QR Codes. 
   • QR Code generator
   • My QR Stuff  
   • Canva QR Code generator
4. Create your own QR code so that you are comfortable teaching this to students.

See the Accommodations Page and Charts on the 21things4students website in the Teacher Resources. 

Directions for this activity:

1. Ask Students what is a QR code? Have you ever seen a QR Code? Have you ever scanned a QR Code?
   • A QR Code is a type of barcode that is readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera telephones.
   • The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background.
   • The information encoded may be text you want students to read, websites, or video.
2. Depending on the age of the student show one of the the videos to the students.
   1. How Do QR Codes and Card Readers Work
   2. QR Codes 101: What Are They and How to Use Them

3. Ask the students what they could use QR codes for in the classroom.

4. Start out REALLY BASIC with the students.

5. Have students go to a favorite website they use to find reliable information.

6. Have students copy the URL. 

7. Have students go to a QR Code creator.

8. Have them click on the URL block in the creator

9. The students will paste their URL into the Box

10. Click DOWNLOAD Code

11. Have them save the code to use on a poster or print to use in the classroom. 

Different options for assessing the students:

• Observations
• Check for understanding
• Have students share on a Google doc their favorite site to go to locate relevant reliable information