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. What is a QR code? | a digitized link to information that can be read with your cellphone. | 2. What is computer assisted reporting?2 | using powerful search engines and limited search requests to report.2 | 3. What are open source content management systems?3 | Systems made to create a web publication.3 | 4. What are photo releases?4 | Permission forms to post content on the website.4 | 5. What does a web editor/manager need to have to be good at it?5 | Similar skills to student editor, understand news value, bring an understanding of good news judgement, be organized, and exhibit leadership skills.5 | 6. How do students build and manage their own sites?6 | By using content creation system software.6 | 7. What aggravates the site's readers if it is not done frequently?7 | Updating the site.7 | 8. What should publications do before beginning to experiment with online content?8 | They should have a definite plan for providing it.8 | 9. What is JPEG?9 | A picture compression format appropriate for the web.9 | 10. What are compression formats?10 | Pictures, headlines and short summaries that can highlight new content.10 |
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