QR CODESNANCY SHERMAN & SALLY SHACKELFORD

SALLY SHACKELFORD & NANCY SHERMANSally and Nancy are both 2nd grade teachers with Hoover City Schools. Sally teaches at Trace Crossings and Nancy teaches at Deer Valley.Both have an EdS in Technology in Education from Lesley University. Sally and Nancy are very passionate about technology and integrating technology in the curriculum.

WHAT IS A QR CODE? A QR code is a type of bar code. QR

means quick response. These codes are read with a camera phone, iTouch or bar code reader. Once you scan the code, it can take you to a website, a movie, a recording, text, email, text message, phone number, etc.

 

QR CODES Quick Response (QR) Codes. Create them at:

http://www.qrstuff.com/ Use QR Codes to provide mobile learning

opportunites. For examples of how to use them in

educational settings, go

to: http://cybraryman.com/qrcodes.html Download free Code Scanning APPS (i-nigma, Mobiletag, QR

Reader, Paperlinks, etc. )

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HOW TO SCAN QR CODES Use an iTouch or an iPhone that has a

camera. You will need a QR Reader app that is free

from the iTunes store. From your iTouch or iPhone, select the app.

Select scan. Hold iTouch/iPhone in front of the code

until you see the code in the screen. Press scan, you will hear the camera click. Press follow link. Be patient while it loads.

HOW TO SCAN CONT’D Press the home key on the

iTouch/iPhone Go to the next QR code. Start the scan again.

Home Key

USING QR CODES IN THE CLASSROOM Examples: Flat Tiger Project http://flattiger.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us Milk From the Farm to Your Table I Spy All About Me

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