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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
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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1. | 2. If your name is Amanda A., Nicolle, Jillian M., Ashley, or Lindsey you are in Group 1. Proceed to Room 352. | gr1A | 3. If your name is Kaitlin, Spencer, Samantha, Katelyn, or Jenni you are in Group 2. Proceed to the cafe on the 1st floor. | gr2A | 4. If your name is Courtney, Katie, Allison, Kelsey, or Jillian S. you are in Group 3. Proceed to the Teacher Ed department door on the 3rd floor. | gr3A | 5. If your name is Hannah, Olivia, Amanda M., J.D., or Corinne you are in Group 4. Proceed to the Glass Block area (former Writing Center) on the 1st floor. | gr4A | 6. Take a look at the comic on this door. Someone take a picture of it and discuss with your group how you feel about the message. Have someone in your group tweet about your feelings (do not use image) and add hashtag #educ150. Then proceed to the cafe on the 1st floor. | gr1b | 7. Take your group and step out the nearest entrance door to Dyson. Have a person in your group that did not take the last picture take one of the campus. Discuss with your group the benefits to a traditional university education over MOOCs. Then proceed to the Teacher Ed department on the 3rd floor. | gr1c | 8. Go over to the window area near the stairway and pose for a picture that a person will take who has not yet taken a picture. The picture should represent something we have discussed in class this semester. Then proceed to the area on the 1st floor that has glass blocks and used to be the Writing Center. | gr1d | 9. Take a poll: Ask at least 5 people (not in educ 150!) if they know what a QR code is. First see if they know it by the term alone. If they don’t show them a picture of one and see if they can decide what it is and why it is used. Record the results of your poll on somebody’s Smartphone. Return to the Computer Lab. | gr1e | 10. Take your group and step out the nearest entrance door to Dyson. Have a person in your group that did not take the last picture take one of the campus. Discuss with your group the benefits to a traditional university education over MOOCs. Then proceed to the Teacher Ed department on the 3rd floor. | gr2b | 11. Go over to the window area near the stairway and pose for a picture that a person will take who has not yet taken a picture. The picture should represent something we have discussed in class this semester. Then proceed to the area on the 1st floor that has glass blocks and used to be the Writing Center. | gr2c | 12. Take a poll: Ask at least 5 people (not in educ 150!) if they know what a QR code is. First see if they know it by the term alone. If they don’t show them a picture of one and see if they can decide what it is and why it is used. Record the results of your poll on somebody’s Smartphone. Then proceed to room 352. | gr2d | 13. Take a look at the comic on this door. Someone take a picture of it and discuss with your group how you feel about the message. Have someone in your group tweet about your feelings (do not use image) and add hashtag #educ150. Then return to the computer lab. | gr2e | 14. Go over to the window area near the stairway and pose for a picture that a person will take who has not yet taken a picture. The picture should represent something we have discussed in class this semester. Then proceed to the area on the 1st floor that has glass blocks and used to be the Writing Center. | gr3b | 15. Take a poll: Ask at least 5 people (not in educ150!) if they know what a QR code is. First see if they know it by the term alone. If they don’t show them a picture of one and see if they can decide what it is and why it is used. Record the results of your poll on somebody’s Smartphone. Proceed to room 352. | gr3c | 16. Take a look at the comic on this door. Someone take a picture of it and discuss with your group how you feel about the message. Have someone in your group tweet about your feelings (do not use image) and add hashtag #educ150. Then proceed to the cafe on the 1st floor. | gr3d | 17. Take your group and step out the nearest entrance door to Dyson. Have a person in your group that did not take the last picture take one of the campus. Discuss with your group the benefits to a traditional university education over MOOCs. Then return to the computer lab. | gr3e | 18. Take a poll: Ask at least 5 people (not in educ150) if they know what a QR code is. First see if they know it by the term alone. If they don’t show them a picture of one and see if they can decide what it is and why it is used. Record the results of your poll on somebody’s Smartphone. Proceed to Room 352. | gr4b | 19. Take a look at the comic on this door. Someone take a picture of it and discuss with your group how you feel about the message. Have someone in your group tweet about your feelings (do not use image) and add hashtag #educ150. Then proceed to the cafe on the 1st floor. | gr4c | 20. Take your group and step out the nearest entrance door to Dyson. Have a person in your group that did not take the last picture take one of the campus. Discuss with your group the benefits to a traditional university education over MOOCs. Then proceed to the Teacher Ed department on the 3rd floor. | gr4d | 21. Go over to the window area near the stairway and pose for a picture that a person will take who has not yet taken a picture. The picture should represent something we have discussed in class this semester. Then proceed to the area on the 1st floor that has glass blocks and used to be the Writing Center. | gr4e |
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