Into the Driver's Seat

by Vicki Davis

 

"QR Codes(Quick Response Codes) are just barcodes. There is nothing fancy about them.

"Just like the grocery store clerk uses barcodes to look up the product and scan the price into the computer, your mobile device or computer can look up QR codes to:

take you to a website, read some text, give you a phone number, or generate a text message.

"QR Codes are barcodes of information that hardlink the physical world with the online world. They are considered a form of simple augmented reality.

"QR Codes in the Classroom 
For the classroom teacher, they are valuable for three reasons:

They can save us time.They can save paper.They provide a link to mobile devices that help students do their homework and follow along.

"This Post.
This blog post is divided into three parts. First, you have to be ready to use QR Codes, then you have to teach the students. Finally, we learn seven ways QR codes are being used in the classroom RIGHT NOW."