QR (Quick Response) codes are a handy way for teachers to provide LINKS to various resources and activities. The most common type of QR code teachers make is a link to a web address, which can be a link to a web site, an instructional video, or even a document housed (& shared) on Google Drive.
This video illustrates some creative way teachers and students at McGuffey school district in Claysville, PA, use QR codes.
This video illustrates some creative way teachers and students at McGuffey school district in Claysville, PA, use QR codes.
QR codes are super easy to make on the iPad (here are instructions for creating QR codes using Qrafter Pro), but some buildings may not have access to printing via iPads, so many teachers create QR codes on their laptops. Currently, I use goqr.me most often on my laptop, so here are steps for creating a QR code via this site.
One aspect of QR codes that I’m anxious to learn more about is dynamic QR codes. Most QR codes we make are static, meaning that the image of the code is generated and linked to one site. You cannot change this link. A dynamic QR code, however, allows you to re-use the same code image and change the code’s link. This would be handy for, say, a 6th-grade science teacher. She can link her classroom QR code in one unit to a folder of water cycle resources in Google Drive for Unit 3 and then change the link for Unit 4 to another folder in Google Drive. She doesn’t have to keep generating new QR codes; she can re-use HER code. Sounds handy to me!
Many sites that create dynamic QR codes require a paid account, but I did find uqr.me, which allows you to create ONE dynamic QR code with a free account. Since the QR code is dynamic (meaning you can change the link associated with it), one may be all you need!
Find more QR code resources here! Have fun :-)