Final Week

I really like the idea of using QR codes in class. I think it is a great tool for using other technology in class. It links websites to a physical piece of paper. A teacher can prepare a worksheet, a listening segment, a video, an article and more online. Then if the teacher wants to give them for homework, all she has to do is make a QR code and give that to the students. 

This is an especially good idea because kids often lose the homework given to them between the school and their home. When it's online, they can't complain that their dog ate it! Kids backpacks are often way to heavy for them. Help ease their load by giving them online homework instead of schlepping a book back and forth. 

I think giving homework online through a QR code in addition to emailing it to them is a good idea. I think that the homework given has to be short and to the point. QR codes are aimed at phones. We can't expect anyone to read an entire article on a tiny screen. For that reason, I think it's a practical idea to email the homework to the students as well. 

An example of an activity might be to introduce the upcoming lesson through a short clip. I am teaching a lesson about Martin Luther King Jr. day. If this wasn't my avdaha massit, I might have asked the students to watch the speech "I have a Dream" prior to the lesson. I would handout slips of paper with the code on it that links to the speech and ask the students to watch the clip before the next lesson.