QR Challenge: Computer Science Open House
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
1. There is no expectation of _______ in the lab. | privacy
|
2. What is Dr. Marmorstein's office phone number(give last four digits)? | 2185
| 3. Are you allowed to play games in the Advanced Computing Lab? | yes
| 4. Should you reboot systems in the lab? | no
| 5. What port should you use to connect to kernighan over SSH? | 225
| 6. The system "sutherland" is named for a famous computer graphics professor. What was his first name? | Ivan
| 7. In what state did Gene Amdahl earn his degree in engineering physics? | South Dakota
| 8. The system "bullroarer" is nickname. What is the hobbit's actual first name? | Bandobras
| 9. If you need graphical access to a remote system, what software should you use? | VNC
| 10. What should you add to your .vimrc to enable spellchecking? | setlocal spelllang=en_us
| 11. What are the last four digits of the phone number for the Advanced Computing Lab? | 4917
| 12. What three letter acronym describes Longwood's computing club? | ACM
| 13. What command can you type to chat with a user named "bob" logged onto the system "wirth"? | talk bob@wirth
| 14. How many megabytes is the default student quota in the lab? | 1024
| 15. What is the wireless password for the ACL wireless network? | FoundedIn0x072f |
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=There_is_no_expectation_of_________in_the_lab.
Question 1 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_Dr._Marmorstein's_office_phone_number(give_last_four_digits)?
Question 2 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Are_you_allowed_to_play_games_in_the_Advanced_Computing_Lab?
Question 3 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Should_you_reboot_systems_in_the_lab?
Question 4 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_port_should_you_use_to_connect_to_kernighan_over_SSH?
Question 5 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_system_"sutherland"_is_named_for_a_famous_computer_graphics_professor.__What_was_his_first_name?
Question 6 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_what_state_did_Gene_Amdahl_earn_his_degree_in_engineering_physics?
Question 7 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_system_"bullroarer"_is_nickname.__What_is_the_hobbit's_actual_first_name?
Question 8 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_you_need_graphical_access_to_a_remote_system,_what_software_should_you_use?
Question 9 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_should_you_add_to_your_.vimrc_to_enable_spellchecking?
Question 10 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_are_the_last_four_digits_of_the_phone_number_for_the_Advanced_Computing_Lab?
Question 11 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_three_letter_acronym_describes_Longwood's_computing_club?
Question 12 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_command_can_you_type_to_chat_with_a_user_named_"bob"_logged_onto_the_system_"wirth"?
Question 13 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_megabytes_is_the_default_student_quota_in_the_lab?
Question 14 (of 15)
Computer Science Open House: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_wireless_password_for_the_ACL_wireless_network?
Question 15 (of 15)