QR Challenge: Having fun with technology!

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. What are you looking forward to most this year?
2. If you could learn math any way you wanted....how would you choose to do it?
3. What kind of incentives would you like to see in this class? Please be realistic.
4. Do you find math enjoyable? Why or Why not?
5. If we were to perform more treasure hunts like this one, would you be excited about coming to class? Why or Why not?
6. What was your most favorite part of math class last year?
7. What was your least favorite part of math class last year?
8. What expectations do you have for me as a teacher?
9. What expectations do I have for you as students?
10. Do you like to work in groups or individually?
11. Would you be open to try "flipping the classroom"? Note: Where you watch a video of the lesson at home and/or in class and do the homework in the classroom.

 

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