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. Copyright status is only granted to well-known authors and filmmakers. | False | 2. Sam buys a new band's CD but decides he doesn't like the singer, so he resells the CD on eBay. That is legal. | True | 3. Paula read an interesting article about the making of the film Titanic and wants to use a short quote in her cinema review paper for class. That is breaking copyright. | False She is using a short quote for the purpose of scholastic commentary, it would be fair use. | 4. The Public Domain is a polar research station in Antartica. | False Public Domain refers to works that are not copyrightable, are designated for free and unlimited public access. | 5. Since Richard forgot to register his screenplay before he sent it out to agents for review, he's no longer eligible to copyright it. | False Copyright is automatic once your original work is in a fixed, tangible form. | 6. Tom wants to copyright his idea for a book about dragons, can he? | False You can not copyright an idea, only the original creative work you created. | 7. If Jada writes a story, who owns it? | She does! | 8. If Sara wants to make a copy of Ethan's story, what does she have to do? | Ask him if it is okay. | 9. How long does copyright last? | Copyright lasts for the life of a person who creates a work plus 70 years. | 10. It is permissible for a student to share computer software with a classmate. | False | 11. If an article on a website doesn't carry a copyright notice (symbol), it is in the public domain. | False Once creative works are fixed in a tangible form they are automatically copyrighted. | 12. My students must contact the U.S. Copyright Office in order to obtain permission to use copyrighted works in projects. | False You must obtain permission from the copyright holder unless it falls under Fair Use. | 13. Ben really likes Abby's video game and asks, "Can you make me a copy?" How should Abby answer Ben's question? | No,Ben must buy the video game if he wants to keep it. |
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