I have just recently discovered the amazing-ness of QR codes. They are so easy to make and the possibilities are endless. One of the quick and easy ways that I use QR codes is to distribute information at Open House. Having a QR code made it quick and easy to make parents aware of my classroom website.
But when I was scouring Pinterest for a good How-To on making QR codes, I stumbled across a multitude of ways to use them in your classroom. Seriously – go to Pinterest right now and type in QR code. You will be astounded by the amount of ways you can use this in your classroom. They can be used for listening centers, checking your work on a paper, guiding students to informational websites about classroom content – list could go on for days. Interested? Well here’s how to get started:
Have your content ready
What do you want to show up when they scan the code? A website? Text? A document? Have it ready to go.
Find your QR code generator of choice
Here is the QR code generator that I have used in the past: The QR Code Generator. It is so simple. If you have a website, you just click the website tab, paste in your website address, and a code is generated that you can copy and paste into any document.
If you want text to appear, you simply type it into the text box, and again – Presto! A QR code appears. SO. Easy.
If you want to connect your QR code to a document, there is another website I found called TagMyDoc, but I have not yet personally used it. You upload documents to the site and it creates QR codes for you. Another option is to upload your document using Gmail or Dropbox, or some other sort of online drive. Here is a great article about how to use Gmail to create QR codes for documents.
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