Teachers and Technology and QR codes

I've just finished helping the professional development director for the diocese do five different tech workshops for teachers. We did two workshops on using the SmartBoard, one on using QR codes in the classroom, one for ELA projects using the iPad and then Encouraging Writing with Weebly. Everyday went very well. I was quite pleased and I think all in attendance were too. I was also happy to see a nice group from my school present. Yippee!

My favorite of the week though was our QR Code workshop. We sent our participants on a sort of QR Scavenger hunt that led them through different ways to use a QR code. I know some people think QR codes are old but they are simple to make and easy to use and that my friend is what teachers will actually use.

Of the many ways to use QR codes there were two that I would use. One- put a QR code on homework that when scanned will take a student to a tutorial to help them remember how to do their assignment. The tutorial could be teacher created or linked to a video elsewhere or maybe a website with a game to help them.

The second one that I think is brilliant is to put a QR code in the front of a student's take home folder or whatever they use. The QR code is linked to the homework assignments for the day, week, month, whatever you choose. No excuse for not knowing the homework! You could even have a QR printed out for the parents to hang on the fridge so they could scan it. Too many uses!

**hint hint** did you scan the code?