Friday, February 25, 2011

Uses for Quick Response Codes

A fabulous way to utilize quick response tags in the library is to have them on the inside of novel jackets. Any student could have instant access to the author's biography, website, or blog if these exist. Accessing author commentaries and videos and applications such as Google Lit trip would help add interest to the novel. Also, students writing essays, such as character analyses, could have access to scholarly reviews and/or journal articles instantly with the click of a button.

For younger students, setting up a geography scavenger hunt could help make learning fun. Quick response tags could begin in the classroom and end in the library with clues as to which country they must find. Once they make it through the scavenger hunt, the last quick response tag could have a video about various aspects of that particular country, such as cultural values, with which to end the lesson.