QR Challenge: Computer Terms

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. define keyboard	a panel of keys that operate a computer
2. define computer mouse	a electronically device that operates the cursor on your computer screen
3. define Microsoft Word	a program where you can create documents and it is developed by Microsoft
4. define save	saving something to a hard drive
5. define printer	a device that can change something on a computer to an actual image
6. define monitor	a device to display something visually
7. define hard drive	a device that reads and writes information
8. define browser	a program used to view world wide web pages such as Internet Explorer
9. define download	transfers data from another computer to your computer
10. define icon	a small picture used to represent a program
11. define memory	a device that hold computer data
12. define network	a collection of computers that are all connected
13. define tool bar13	a row of icons used to perform tasks in a program
14. define arrow keys	the keys on the keyboard used to move the cursor up and down and side to side
15. define attachment	a file you can add to an email to send to someone else
16. define bold	a style of text that makes a text bigger or thicker
17. define delete key	a key used to delete the text that is selected
18. define e-mail18	the ability to send and receive messages on a electronic device
19. define computer	an electronic device that can store and accept data
20. define cursor	the flashing line that indicates where your next characters be
21. define edit	to make changes to a document that was already saved
22. define font	the style or shape of the text
23. define highlight	to choose a part of the document by clicking and dragging over it with a mouse
24. define home page	an introductory page to the website you are visiting
25. define page orientation	a page setup of a document (portrait or horizontal)
26. define paste	insert the text just copied or cut from a document
27. define text	words on a page or in a database
28. define blank page	insert blank page at cursor position
29. define text wrap	change the way the text wraps around the selected object
30. define page color	choose the color of the background of the page
31. define text box	insert the preformatted text boxes
32. define spelling and grammar	check the spelling and grammar of text in the document
33. define picture border	specify the color, width, and line style for the outline of the selected picture
34. define alignment	the way in which the text lines up across the page
35. define desktop	the background on the home screen of a computer
36. define hardcopy	is a output produced by a printer
37. define close	close a window that is open for viewing
38. define pointer	the name of the arrow that moves across the page when you move the mouse
39. define computer trash	files or folders you want to get rid of forever
40. define underline	underline the selected text

 

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