A QR (quick response) code is a 3D barcode that can forward you directly to weblinks by downloading an app, such as Norton QR code snap, and scanning the code with a camera on a smart phone or iPad (Anderson 2012).
Here, Nicole Zumpano introduces QR codes and their uses both commercially and in education:
Ideas for use in the classroom:
Anderson discusses uses of QR codes in the classroom in his livebinder.
He gives examples such as using a QR code to link to student generate
reviews of coursebooks, adding one to a worksheet so that students can
access content and check answers, for voting via twitter app and to link
to student generated presentations on Linoit or Prezi.
Richard Byrne makes further suggestions of the uses of QR in education in his blog. His
post 'QR code treasure hunt generator' in 2011 explores the idea of
using the codes to get students involved in a kinaesthetic information
gathering activity and links to an example of a treasure hunt designed
and trialled by the Toulouse International School. Codes link students
to questions or information which they can work on solving. In another post,
he talks about creating QR codes that link to podcasts or audio,
providing for different delivery of information and learning styles;
this could be very useful for language teaching.
Cameron Romney
suggests a great idea of giving the students their homework answers via
a code. He gives the answers to the last homework by putting a QR code
on top of a worksheet in the next class. As he says, this avoids wasting
time in class checking homework, allows students to check for
themselves at their own pace and means he doesn't have to mark hundreds
of papers.
This video gives an introduction to QR codes and also gives many examples of how to use them in education:
QR codes are not that new and there have been some positive and negative feedback on them recently.
While some educators still find innovative uses for them, others feel the 'fad' may be coming to an end. As Justine Yu discusses, there are two main problems with QR codes.; they are awkward to use as you need to download an app and then access your camera to snap the code, and the effort often outweighs the information you are directed to. Similarly, Jon Barocas thinks they are a 'pasing fad' for the same reasons highlighted by Yu. However, both these bloggers are discussing the use of QR codes in business and advertising. There is less negative feedback on using them in education.
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