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.
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| 1. What does fm stand for? | frequency modulation | 2. Are most radio stations free? | yes | 3. List 5 ways radio stations make money | online advertising, sponsored content, charging caller, selling newscasts, on air advertising | 4. Do artists get paid when their song comes on the radio? | No, Radio airplay is considered a public performance. Public performances generate performance royalties for songwriters, which are collected by the PROs (ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC). In the US, terrestrial broadcasters (AM or FM stations) do not pay performers or sound recording copyright owners; they only pay the songwriters | 5. How can you request a song on the radio? | calling/texting and tweeting | 6. What is broadcasting on the internet referred to as? | Webcasting | 7. Who do you think would be involved in getting your song played on the radio? | Radio promotion company, programme and music directors at radio stations, agent. | 8. What radio station is Marvin Humes associated with? | Capital fm | 9. What does Over Play mean? | "Over play" is a term that is subjective. Radio stations typically program their music for their P1 audience. P1 is defined as a group of listeners who listen to that station more than any other station in the market. ... They would play the song 92 times per week for their P1 audience to hear the song once per day. | 10. What is a Radio Play script? | A radio play script follows a distinctive format that allows the playwright to convey how sound and music will be used in the performance. For instance: ... sound and music cues are triple spaced. paragraphs are triple spaced. all cues are capitalised and numbered. |
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