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.
Question | Answer |
1. Tweet | A microblog that allows people to update their status using only 140 characters. | 2. Retweet | A repeated tweet. Sometimes used to reply to allow everyone to see the original tweet. Also used to forward a message onto your own followers. | 3. Mistweet | Accidentally sending a tweet to the wrong person or wishing you didn\'t send a particular tweet. | 4. Drive-By-Tweet | Sending a tweet between different activities. | 5. Hashtag | Tagging an individual tweet by using a hash in front of the tag e.g. #LiverpoolFC | 6. Tweet Back | Bringing an older tweet back into the conversation | 7. Tweeps | Twitter followers who are your friends on multiple social networks. | 8. Twaiting | To tweet while waiting in line or waiting for something to happen. | 9. Twead | Reading Twitter. | 10. Twebay | Putting something up for sale on Twitter. | 11. Twis | Disrespecting a Twitter user. | 12. Twitterfly | A social butterfly on Twitter. | 13. Twitterish | Erratic behaviour prone to outbursts. | 14. Twitterphobe | Someone who is fearful or reluctant to join Twitter. | 15. Twitterphoria | Elation felt when someone you follow decides to follow you back. | 16. Twitticisms | Witty or funny tweets. |
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