Taking It to the Street: Using QR Codes to Tell Student-Created (Hi)stories on Location

Autor/in	van 't Hooft, Mark
Titel	Taking It to the Street: Using QR Codes to Tell Student-Created (Hi)stories on Location
Quelle	In: Social Education, 77 (2013) 2, S.99-101 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7724
Schlagwörter	Social Studies; Educational Technology; Local History; Student Research; Web Sites; Multimedia Materials; Video Equipment; Handheld Devices; Information Dissemination; Information Technology; Telecommunications; Coding; Elementary School Students; Story Telling; Scripts; Production Techniques; Visual Aids; Curriculum Development; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gemeinschaftskunde; Unterrichtsmedien; Ortsgeschichte; Studentenforschung; Web-Design; Informationsverbreitung; Informationstechnologie; Telekommunikationstechnik; Codierung; Programmierung; Skript; Production engineering; Produktionstechnik; Anschauungsmaterial; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung
Abstract	One of the challenges that social studies educators face daily is how to make student learning relevant. Digital technologies can play an important role by connecting what happens in the classroom to the world beyond. One way to do this is by turning students into producers of information and having them create content rather than simply consume. This article describes an initiative in which teachers and students used a variety of digital tools to research local history and create digital stories accessible at their relevant location by way of QR codes. QR, or "quick response," codes are small squares made up of black and white pixels that function much like the more traditional bar codes. QR codes can be scanned by smartphones or other wireless mobile devices to access a variety of digital content. Examples of embedded content include text, map coordinates, and hyperlinks to websites or multimedia content such as videos and podcasts. QR codes are ideal tools for education, as they can be used to enhance learning inside and outside of the classroom by amplifying physical resources with digital ones. For example, in the social studies, QR codes can be used to make maps, timelines, displays, and even physical locations interactive by linking them to websites or multimedia with questions or clues related to various learning activities. They can also be used to scaffold learning by connecting students to additional information, hints that might help them solve problems, or video tutorials. The article continues with the development of a digital learning class project and creation of QR codes. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10