QR Challenge: DC II Unit 1

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Wireless technology to transfer data	Bluetooth
2. A CD or DVD writer	Burner
3. Use of web services to perform functions that were traditionally performed with software on an individual computer	Cloud Computing
4. An optical storage medium made for recording storing, and playing back audio, video, text, and other information	Compact Disk
5. An optical disk with a capacity of 47 Gb or more that can hold a full-length movie	Digital Video Disk
6. Program used to create vector graphics	drawing software
7. A plug-and-play portable storage device that uses flash memory and is lightweight to attach to a key chain	Flash drive
8. A unit of storage measuring roughly one billion bytes	Gigabyte
9. Software designed to edit, manipulate or modify digital photographs	Image editing software
10. A free standing electronic system that allows transactions or provides information	Kiosk
11. A unit of storage measuring roughly one million bytes	Megabyte
12. Storage device that records data by burning microscopic holes in the surface of the disk with a laser	Optical storage
13. Programs used to create bitmap images	Painting software
14. A still camera used for simple operations	Point and shoot cameras
15. An input device that converts hard copy, such as photos and documents, to a digital copy	Scanner
16. Camera that has a detachable lens	SLR Camera
17. A unit of storage measuring roughly one trillion bytes	Terabyte
18. A connection port used to connect various outside devices	USB port

 

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