QR Challenge: Computer Apps

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. Short for "application." The programs you download and run on a smartphone. Can be free, or for sale. Most apps come from Apple’s iTunes App Store but some can be made specifically by and for businesses or schools, and some are made expressly for the Jailbreak Cydia app store.	APP
2. An email address registered with Apple, typically for iTunes, the Apple Online Store, or Apple Discussion groups.	Apple ID
3. a ongoing internet-based publication, in chronological format, often focusing on a mix of news, commentary, and analysis, with frequent links to other sites on the web.	Blog
4. a wireless technology used for exchanging short-range (under 30-feet) data between electronic devices.	Bluetooth
5. One of Apple's built-in apps, it handles events, invitations, and reminders on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.	Calendar
6. Built-in Apple app that handles the taking of photos and videos on iPhone and iPod touch 4.	Camera
7. A company that provides cell phone service.	Carrier
8. The biggest company on the net and the provider of the maps data, YouTube videos, and Gmail for iOS users.	Google
9. An SMS/MMS-like system for sending free text and multimedia messages from one iOS device to another over cellular or Wi-Fi networks.	imessage
10. Apple's intelligent virtual assistant that replaces VoiceControl on the iPhone 4S.	Siri

 

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