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.
Question | Answer |
| 1. How many adults does it take to assist a whole class with book selection and checkout? | It takes at least 2 adults, preferably 3 | 2. How are the adults to help? | One person is needed to focus completely on individual students checking out with our library automation system. The other person(s) are needed to: Help individual students find books, either by using the online catalog or looking on the shelves. Monitor use of shelf markers. Monitor sound level. Monitor behavior. | 3. How should books be placed on the circulation desk when returning and checking out? | have students place their books on the circulation desk with the spine of the book in their right hand and the RISD barcode at the top right hand corner of the book. | 4. What does the teacher do after all books are set down on circulation desk when students are returning books? | check in books while I start the lesson with your class | 5. When lesson is over and students are looking for books and checking them out, what does the teacher need to do? | It is your choice if you’d like to run the checkout desk or monitor students while assisting them in locating books in the library. I’ll be happy to train you in using our Library.Solutions software. |
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