QR Codes - Reading & Mini Lessons with Sue Falvey (@FalveyKStars)
Above: Mrs. Falvey's K students scan QR codes in their digital reading center.
Thank you to Sue Falvey for this awesome contribution. You can follow Sue on Twitter at @FalveyKStars. Read how Sue uses QR codes below:
QR Codes in Kindergarten: Choice and Differentiation in the Classroom
I am always searching for ways to help my students become vested in their own learning. Giving my students voice and choice in their learning and providing them with opportunities to be successful, independent learners is something I am always working towards. One way I help my students to be more independent learners is by the use of QR codes (Quick Response Codes). These are barcodes which students scan with their iPads to be able to quickly go to a website without having to type in a URL. The QR reader is a free app at the app store for our phone or iPad. The following is an example of how I use a QR reader during Readers Workshop.
QR Codes in Kindergarten: Choice and Differentiation in the Classroom
I am always searching for ways to help my students become vested in their own learning. Giving my students voice and choice in their learning and providing them with opportunities to be successful, independent learners is something I am always working towards. One way I help my students to be more independent learners is by the use of QR codes (Quick Response Codes). These are barcodes which students scan with their iPads to be able to quickly go to a website without having to type in a URL. The QR reader is a free app at the app store for our phone or iPad. The following is an example of how I use a QR reader during Readers Workshop.
To help my students be independent learners while I am conferencing with other students there are a range of books in the reading corner with QR codes that the students scan with their iPads. Students are able to choose between different books containing QR codes to practice letter sounds, sight words, and to read or listen to books. The letter sound books and the sight word books have codes that take the student to videos that help them practice those skills. The QR reading books take the students to a website that allows them to read a story or have the story read to them. Each book contains lots of choices. Once they scan a QR Code they are either watching the video of their choice or reading a book of their choice. The online storybooks are nonfiction so students are selecting and reading about self-selected topics. The QR code storybooks were shared on Twitter by Jeannie Freeman (@TechTimeWithJ9) and Matt Gomez (@mattGgomez). These are two great people to follow on Twitter if you do not already do so.
My students love to scan. It is magical to them. They get very excited to share what they have scanned with their friends. I feel like these codes help me facilitate personalized learning and give the students a sense of pride because they can ‘do it themselves’. If you would like to try these QR Code books in your classroom you will find the links below. Happy Scanning!
- Sue Falvey
My students love to scan. It is magical to them. They get very excited to share what they have scanned with their friends. I feel like these codes help me facilitate personalized learning and give the students a sense of pride because they can ‘do it themselves’. If you would like to try these QR Code books in your classroom you will find the links below. Happy Scanning!
- Sue Falvey
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