QR Codes in Adult Education

Nell Eckersley

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Agenda

• What are QR Codes?• How do I read QR Codes?• Why use QR Codes?• How are QR Codes used in education?• How do I make my own QR Code?• How do I create content to access by

QR Code?

What are QR Codes• Q R stands for

• Developed in Japan to track Toyota car parts in 1994

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Quick Response

• You scan a QR Code and then you are taken to a tech based experience

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How do I read QR Codes?• QR Codes can be used with a mobile device like a

smart phone or a tablet that has a built in camera and access to the internet

• The device must have an QR Code reader app (also called scanner) installed

• There are many apps to choose from. • Scan for Apple devices• QR Droid for Android devices

NOTE: QR Code Readers should be FREE & should not require any personal information

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QR Code Readers

The QR Code Reader app uses the camera on your device to scan the code and then uses the internet to interpret the instructions in the code

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Why Use QR Codes

• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10C6qi7-gECHc2s9Uynlh4fXmZyob_7vIyJyWLNSapV4/viewform

• http://bit.ly/1gM5ftX • http://bit.ly/NEvaluation

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Why Use QR Codes?

• Helps everyone get to he same place online at the same time

• Supports using video, audio, visual resources inside and outside the classroom

• Teachers and students can create them• Feels like Magic

QR Codes in Real Life

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Steps to Using in Education1. First consider what is the learning goal

2. Make sure you and your students have devices that can read QR Codes

3. If devices do not have QR Code Readers, take time out to download the appropriate app some days before you plan to use QR Codes in class

4. Create the QR Codes you need

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QR Codes in Education

Image with Narration• To hear about this photo, go

to this link http://bit.ly/17nx5bO

• or scan the QR Code

 

Tools used to create this:• https://www.google.com/voice• https://www.dropbox.com/

https://vimeo.com • http://bitly.com/

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Make Your Own QR Code

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• Bitly https://bitly.com/• Google http://goo.gl/• ZXING http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/

• Kaywa http://qrcode.kaywa.com/• ScanLife http://www.scanlife.com/en/

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Bitly

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Make Your Own QR Code1. Copy the link to the website you would like to share

using a QR Code

2. Paste the link in the shorten bar in Bitly and click shorten

3. Copy the resulting shortened Bitly link and paste in the Address bar on your browser

4. Add .qr at the end of the shortened link and hit the enter key on your keyboard

5. Your QR code will show up on the screen. Right click on it to copy or save

Analytics

With an account you can also track how many times the URL/QR Code you created has been clicked.

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• Which one is mobile friendly?

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Weebly• Easy to create website for the content

you want to share • Mobile enabled• Tutorial

http://help.weebly.com/beginners-guide.html

http://www.weebly.com http://www.puffinbrowser.com/index.php

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Weebly

http://nelightful.weebly.com/

QR Codes: Applications in Education YouTube Playlist

• http://bit.ly/1hm2yUF

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QR Codes in Education• Make your own QR Code Scavenger Hunt!• Scavenger Hunt• 5 Real Ways To Use QR Codes In Educatio

n• QR Codes Connect Students to Books• Shambles QR Code Resource• Desktop QR Code Reader• QR Codes in Education Livebinder• 50 QR code resources for the classroom

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Evaluation Form

• http://bit.ly/NEvaluation

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My contact info

• Email:  nelle@lacnyc.org • Twitter:  http://twitter.com/LACNYCnell • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nell.eckersleylac • Blog: http://nelightful.wordpress.com/ • Delicious: http://www.delicious.com/nelleckersley• LINCS Technology and Literacy Discussion List:

https://community.lincs.ed.gov/

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LINCS is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education. It is comprised of the Resource Collection, managed by Kratos Learning, the Regional Professional Development Centers, and the Technical Contractor, Quotient, Inc.

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based materials in 16 topic areas; An online Community of Practice where you can share and

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(RPDCs) that deploy evidenced-based PD trainings to states.

For a video overview of LINCS, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3bq6Mdn2Qg

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LINCS Technology Online Course

Title: Integrating Technology in the Adult Education Classroom

Free, self-paced online course Completion time: ~ 4 hours Certificate received upon completion Course accessible through the LINCS Learning

Portal: http://lincs.ed.gov/courses

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