I would like you to take a minute of your time to think about using QR Codes in our school district. There are many different ways in which they can be used and I find that teachers and students look at them to be useful even outside of an educational setting.
Using QR Codes can allow a teacher to give tests, assignments, and activities to their students. I have experienced using QR Codes in a "scavenger hunt" to learn how to use them and find more information by walking around and scanning different ones. An example of an assignment using these codes would be to have the students log on to their Google accounts and go into whatever activity you have planned. Then, for each question they have a QR Code that they must scan to find the answer. The awesome thing about these is that once scanned, it may bring you to a video, picture, and something to read.
The pleasant thing about QR Codes is that teachers can copy and paste links into websites and create their own! How great is that? They can change the colors of them, and even add a little picture in the middle of it if they wanted to and it will STILL scan! It gives the students something a little more exiting to look at as their scanning and maybe a laugh or two on the way.
In my personal opinion, I found that making an activity like a scavenger hunt was fun and educational a the same time. It got students out of the classroom and allowed them to roam around scanning different codes and taking in new information. With this kind of activity you can then quiz your students on what they just learned and read about to make sure they were paying attention and actually reading/ watching what you wanted them to.
The importance of using QR Codes in an educational setting I feel is growing. If we bring these into our district and start using them it will "shake things up" and give the students a new entertaining way of learning rather than watching slide shows all the time or having a professor stand up in front of the classroom and lecture the whole time.
I hope you take this into consideration and I thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Brianne Mitchell
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