QR Challenge: What are the skills that employers want?

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.

---

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!

---

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.

---

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1.
2. VERBAL COMMUNICATION...Able to express your ideas clearly and confidently in speech	s
3.
4.
5. TEAMWORK.....Work confidently within a group	g
6.
7.
8. COMMERCIAL AWARENESS.....Understand the commercial realities affecting the organisation.	u
9.
10.
11. ANALYSING & INVESTIGATING.. Gather information systematically to establish facts & principles. Problem solving	h
12.
13. INITIATIVE/SELF MOTIVATION.. Able to act on initiative, identify opportunities & proactive in putting forward ideas & solutions	he
14.
15. DRIVE.. Determination to get things done. Make things happen & constantly looking for better ways of doing things	f
16.
17.
18. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.. Able to express yourself clearly in writing	i
19.
20.
21. PLANNING & ORGANISING... Able to plan activities & carry them through effectively	o
22.
23.
24. FLEXIBILITY... Adapt successfully to changing situations & environments	y
25.
26.
27. TIME MANAGEMENT.. Manage time effectively, prioritising tasks and able to work to deadlines	i

 

---