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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
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| 1. What is the file extension for an Adobe file? | 2. Which browser is created by Google? | Chrome | 3. Name the output device that you use to view information on the computer. | monitor | 4. Name the storage device most often used by students. | flash drive | 5. Screen readers and speech-to-text programs like Dragon are considered this. | assistive technology | 6. What is the name of the first tab in Word that contains many of the text formatting buttons? | home tab | 7. The place in your browser where you enter the URL is called what? | address bar | 8. Name two ways you can identify a hyperlink on a page. | color, hand, underline | 9. Which program would you need to open a file named racescores.xlsx? | excel | 10. Which program would you need to open a file named family.gif? | photo editor | 11. Which finger do you use to correctly type a W? | left ring | 12. What is the correct address for the Moodle website? | moodle.acsk12.us | 13. Your right ring finger rests on this key in the home row. | L | 14. Name all of the home row keys. | asdfjkl; | 15. What is the name for a software program that runs all other programs on your computer, such as Windows 7? | operating system | 16. What are the rules for proper and respectful behavior online called? | netiquette | 17. Which tab in Word do you need to go to if you want to add word art to your poster? | insert | 18. What do you need to do to a picture in Word so you can move it easily around the page? | change the text wrapping | 19. Explain how to properly get an online image and add it to your Word project. | save as and insert picture | 20. How do you make a URL you copied from online live when you paste it into a Word document? | click enter after last character or select it and use the hyperlink button | 21. Name the newest operating system released by Microsoft. | Windows 8 | 22. What is another name for a web address | URL | 23. Give two different meanings for a homepage. | first page of website and first page your browser opens to | 24. List two differences between a search engine and a directory. | human, categories, fewer results with directory | 25. Which finger do you use to correctly type a c? | left middle |
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