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. We don`t imagine our lives without Internet. We can find all necessary information there. We use popular services and sources every day. One of the most popular sources is social nets. | 1. | 2. More functional social nets allow watching photos and video films, to listen to music and so on. There is a possibility to enter different interesting groups. There exist social nets connecting people according to a general interest, for example, computer games players are combined into a social net. | 2 | 3. People got used to surfing on the Internet because it is quick and very easy to discover any wish. You don`t need to think of suggestions and ideas. At least social networks help disabled and lonely people very much. | 3 | 4. Most of social networks are used by people to meet friends with similar interests and hobbies. Very often close - minded persons find each other on the Internet. Although people live far away from one another any network can unite them. | 4 | 5. Finally, in addition to fulfilling the task of a social network, sites such as Facebook, provide entertainment for their users. Take for instance the Facebook applications, which feature all kinds of quizzes and games for the users. And so numbers of users of Facebook are millions. | 5 | 6. Some years ago computer games were quite. But what about modern games that have become quite complicated and absolutely available for everyone? | 1g | 7. Many children start playing computer games at the age of 4 or 5. For most of them it isn’t a problem but some of them become addicts. More and more small kids and teenagers tend to spend the majority of their spare time on front of the computer or some other electronic gadget. | 2g | 8. A recent study has showed that every third pupil plays computer games at least 30 hours a week! Doctors say that spending hours in front of the screen is harmful for children’s eye-sight. Another problem is violent action games where children have to fight their enemies. This type of games often causes aggressive children’s behavior. | 3g | 9. There are some positive results of playing the computer. There are such games (educational and sports games, simulations, puzzles) which increase concentration and memory abilities, logical activity. | 4g | 10. Thus, every medal has its reverse. Playing computer games is a nice way of entertainment but there is no need to play them all the time. We shouldn’t forget about sports, our family and everyday duties. | 5g | 11. Everyone knows that YouTube is a free video sharing site which makes it easy to watch online videos. The site was created in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, three young men who were all working at the same company. | 1y | 12. They had been trying to think of a concept for a new website for several months when they came up with the idea of a video-sharing website. | 2y | 13. Once the new website had been set up, they uploaded their first video. It was called Me at the Zoo and it showed Jawed Karim visiting San Diego Zoo. The short film attracted a lot of viewers and it didn’t take long for the site to become extremely popular. | 3y | 14. Today, YouTube is estimated to be one of the most popular websites in the Internet. Millions of users around the world have created accounts on the site that allow them to upload videos that anyone can watch. | 4y | 15. Today, YouTube is estimated to be one of the most popular websites in the Internet. Millions of users around the world have created accounts on the site that allow them to upload videos that anyone can watch. | 5y |
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