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. application | a software program in which you do your work | 2. backup | a copy of a file you make for archiving purposes (so you don't lose your files) | 3. bit | the smallest piece of information used by a computer (either a 1 or a 0) | 4. boot | to start up the computer | 5. browser | A program used to view the websites, such as Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer | 6. bug | a programming error that causes a program to behave in an unexpected way | 7. Click and Drag | moving data or icons to another place on the computer | 8. CPU | Central Processing Unit - processing chip that is the "brains" of the computer | 9. crash | a system malfunction in which the computer stops working and usually has to be restarted | 10. database | an electronic list of information that can be stored and sorted | 11. desktop | the shaded or colored background of the computer screen | 12. download | transferring data from another computer to your computer | 13. file | a name for an application or document | 14. folder | and electronic sub-directory which contains files | 15. Google | combination search engine, email server, and personal drive | 16. hard drive | a large capacity storage device | 17. icon | small picture used to represent a file or program | 18. internet | network of computers encompassing the world wide web (www) | 19. memory | any device that holds computer data | 20. menu | list of operations available to the user of a program | 21. network | a collection of computes that are connected | 22. operating system | the system software that controls the computer | 23. peripheral | an add-on component to the computer | 24. RAM | acronym for random access memory (like working storage) | 25. ROM | acronym for read only memory (can only be read, cannot write to it) | 26. social media | electronic communication where users share information, messages, and graphics | 27. task bar | bar that spans the bottom of the screen that shows start button and shortcut icons | 28. URL | Universal resource locator - website address | 29. virus | deliberately harmful program designed to create glitches or destroy data | 30. window | screen in software program that permits the user to have several programs open |
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