2 Animal Habitat - QR Codes In the Classroom

3rd Grade students at Sem Elementary chose an animal and completed clue sentence stems about their animal's habitat. Students then generate a QR Code for the habitat hints they created. They worked collaboratively to solve the mystery animal and habitat utilizing the NeoReader app on an itouch and ipad.

  

Habitat Clue Sentence Stems:

• The climate in my habitat is.....
• My habitat is unique because.....
• It is a good place for me to live because......
• Some of the other plants and animals that live in my habitat are......
• I enjoy eating.......

Student Example:

• The climate in my habitat is warm in spring and cold in winter.
• My habitat is unique because of the beautiful colors in the fall.
• It is a good place for me to live because I can get all the food I need.
• Some of the other plants and animals that live in my habitat are squirrels, ants, termites, robins, other birds, and chipmunks.
• I enjoy eating pretty much anything I find.

Completed QR Code:

 Simple but what a fun way to incorporate QR Codes!

0 OMG - APPitic - What a FANTASTIC site!

What a FANTASTIC site! APPitic is a collection of 1,300+ apps for Education. Created by Apple Distinguished Educators, APPitic is a directory of apps to "transform both your teaching and learning". It is divided by catagories:

• Preschool
• Themes
• Multiple Intelligences (How cool is this!)
• Bloom's Taxonomy

Not only have they reviewed the apps.....the site has a blog with helpful tricks and tips. This is a must see site!!!!

0 Pumpkins: Technology and Library: A Collaboration

Working collaboratively with my librarian, 14 stations (for Kindergarten) were created around a pumpkin theme. Various idevices were utilized (i.e. iTouches, iPads, and Nanos) as well as various online resources. Each station was approximately 4 minutes and the focus of the stations revolved around the following Kindergarten TEKS:

• Technology (2A-C, 5A, 7A)
• Science (K10.B)
• Math (K5.A, 6.0. 6.A)
• As well as other various skills

Both students and teachers seem to enjoy the joint efforts of this collaborative project. Please view the below Animoto of the results:

0 The "TECHing" Hour Staff Development

During their planning time, classroom teachers, participated in a Halloween theme staff development. It was my hope to make it festive and fun as they experience hands-on activities utilizing itouches, ipads and various Web 2.0 online tools. The teachers were very supportive and I believe it went over very well. Thank you teachers! Please view the following Animoto.

0 So What Are QR Codes?

So What Are QR Codes?

Click on link to view QR Codes explained by Common Craft .

QR Codes or (Quick Response Codes) are appearing everywhere - from magazines, various retail environments for digital marketing purposes, clothes, business card, mailers, I even saw one on my billing statements!

NeoReader

Grafter

To scan/view these QR Codes, you simply download a free app to your smartphone. NeoReader or Grafter are my favorite ones but of course there are a slew of others which will do the trick. Once downloaded, you point your phone's camera to the QR Code and scan. The QR Code is very versatile as it will allow you to create QR Codes for the following:

• Plain Text
• URL / Web Address
• Contact information (name, address, phone number, e-mail addresses, etc)
• Calendar Events
• SMS / Text Details ( includes your number and a short text)
• WiFi Network

So now that you have a QR Code reader, what do you use to create these codes? There are many QR Code Generators and most of them, overall, are pretty good. Please visit my delicious bookmarks to learn more about these QR Codes Generators .

You probably are thinking...How can this be used in the classroom?

There are numerous ways to integrate QR Codes in the classroom to engage your students. Please visit my delicious bookmarks on QR Codes in the Classroom to read about how teachers are utilizing this wonderful app tool!

0 Fall 2011 - Online Book Study

GoAnimate.com: Book Study_Oct_2011 by Dovewhisper