I have been playing around with QR codes for a few years and really liked the concept of them but always struggled to get the best use for them. Finally I found an easy website that enables you to generate QR codes easily and create a scavenger hunt.
My purpose for doing so was to set up QR codes around the school with riddles for them to solve. At each they were required to solve a measurement problem. They recorded all their information on the notepad on their ipad and came back to the class with the answers which we worked through as a class and discussed.
Some Examples were finding the
- perimeter of the basketball court
- radius of the netball centre circle
- Circumference of my car tyre
- volume of the school pool
It was great following the students around and listening to them talk and discuss with each other. It was also interesting watching what equipment they used to measure.
They did install a measuring app- but most children preferred to use the meter rulers and tape measure.
When they were back in the class I videoed some of them. It was very exciting for me to capture their learning. One task led them to measure the ipad but only half of it- so it was a triangle. I had taught them this the lesson before so it was great to hear them recall this and use the correct method to find the answer.
The great thing about this lesson was that the students were able to Identify what areas they needed to improve on. To do this I was able to buddy them up with someone else who had a strength in that area and they were able to show them how they find the answer.
Show me app- this is a great app, it does exactly as the name suggest. It is done with voice record and drawing and writing so a very powerful tool!
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