QR Codes for the Classroom
Summer 2013
Instructor: Ed Hodge
Contact: elhodge@baschools.org
What is a QR Code?
QR reader app (I-nigma)
http://www.i-nigma.com/downloadi-nigmareader.html
What is a QR Code?
 QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the
trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional bar
code) first designed for the automotive industry in Japan.
 Bar codes are optical machine-readable labels attached to items
that record information related to the item.
 . The code consists of black modules (square dots) arranged in a
square grid on a white background. The information encoded may
be made up of four standardized types ("modes") of data
(numeric, alphanumeric, byte / binary, Kanji) or, through
supported extensions, virtually any type of data.
 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Why QR Codes?
What are the possible Uses?
Practical Uses
 Web page destination explaining product
 Promotion/magazine ad
 Business card
 Table sign
 School Equipment
 Solutions and Tutorials
 Multimedia Content
 Contact information
 Details of a school event
Ideas for QR Codes in Education
Video
For the classroom teacher, they are
valuable for four reasons:
 They can save us time.
 They can save paper.
 They provide a link to mobile devices that help students do their
homework and follow along.
 The provide parents important details.
Black & White and Scanned All Over
Where can I go to make QR Codes?
 Top 10 Free Online QR Code Generators
 Read more at:
http://freenuts.com/top-10-free-online-qr-code-generators/
Now To Practice Creating A QR Code
 Create a QR Code for Back to school with your contact
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information:
Step 1 – Open your QR Code creator website
Step 2 – Choose the style of QR Code
Step 3 – Decide what information to include
Step 4 – Create your Code
Step 5 – Print/Save the Code for use
Step 6 – Scan and check your QR Code
Here is the printable version:
Now, scan to see if it works.
Here is the printable version of a web
link to the PowerPoint for this class in
my DropBox.
Now, scan to see if it works.
Solve and Check the Math Equation
To pay for a sofa, Maddie made a payment
of 64 dollars each month for one year. How
much did the sofa cost ?
More Videos:
Teachers Make QR Codes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucWRCjEdQcg
50 QR code resources for the
classroom
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/50-qr-code-resources-for-theclassroom/16093
Using QR Codes in the Classroom
• Create a QR code 'business' card for your classroom (Beginner)
• Create an internet-based scavenger hunt (Intermediate)
• Create a school-wide/community-wide scavenger hunt (Advanced)
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/qr-codes-education-mary-beth-hertz
Using QR Codes in the Media
http://www.edutopia.org/groups/library-media-specialists/60270
Sandra Wozniak2010 NJ Middle Level Educator of the Year, RetiredPosted on 6/23/2011
Media specialists have been using bar code readers for years. Now, it seems that everyone is using QR
(quick read) codes and cell phones to read them. Wouldn't it be cool if you could have kids read a
book and create a QR code with their opinion that could be attached to the cover. Making your own
QR (quick read) code is easy
Links used to create this course:
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http://www.schrockguide.net/qr-codes-in-the-classroom.html
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http://www.schrockguide.net/qr-codes-in-the-classroom.html
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http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/04/qr-codes-explained-and-ideas-for.html?m=1
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http://www.edutopia.org/blog/using-qr-codes-in-classroom-monicaburns?spMailingID=5564657&spJobID=65228503&spReportId=NjUyMjg1MDMS1&spUserID=MjcyNzg2
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http://edudemic.com/2012/09/start-qr-codes-classroom/
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http://www.edutopia.org/blog/QR-codes-teaching-andrew-miller
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http://www.edutopia.org/groups/library-media-specialists/60270
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http://freenuts.com/top-10-free-online-qr-code-generators/
Questions and Practice
 Do you have any questions?
 Use the remaining of your time to create and collaborate
with your class QR Codes that you might find helpful when
the school year begins.