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Deeper Learning With QR Codes and Augmented Reality

A Scannable Solution for Your Classroom

By: Monica Burns

Discover how free, scannable technology can enrich learning and captivate students, including use of QR codes and Augmented Reality to promote hands-on learning, creativity, and critical thinking.

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781506331775
Published By: Corwin
Series: Corwin Teaching Essentials
Year: 2016
Page Count: 104
Publication date: March 14, 2016

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Engaging, interactive learning—right in your students’ hands!

What if your students’ mobile devices became an instructional asset rather than a distraction? Discover how free, scannable technology can enrich learning while captivating students. Best of all, these technologies are easy to implement within your classroom.

Monica Burns offers user-friendly strategies and tips in this quick-read guide. Get ready to:

• Learn about QR codes and Augmented Reality (AR)
• Reach each student with new, hands-on learning opportunities
• Embrace the ACES Framework for teaching with scannable technologies: Access, Curate, Engage, and Share
• Promote self-directed learning and showcase your students’ creations
• Leverage technology to connect your classroom with families and the community

Don’t miss this opportunity to become a leader in digital learning!

"Burns provides practical ideas for integrating QR and AR in the classroom. As AR and QR continue to play a bigger role in education, this book is a great starting point for teachers to integrate engaging tools and strategies in their classrooms."
Zachary Walker, Professor and Educational Consultant
National Institute of Education, Singapore

"This is a book that you won’t want to put down. I found the suggestions so exciting that I wanted to try them out immediately, and I couldn’t wait to see what valuable prompts for learning the next page would reveal. This easy read is packed with practical applications."
Debra Las, Science Teacher
Rochester Public Schools Rochester, MN

Key features

This book includes:
- The ins and outs of the ACES Framework for integrating scannable technology
- Step-by-step tutorials for using QR Codes and Augmented Reality
- Examples from teachers who use QR Codes and Augmented Reality in their classrooms
- Activity ideas

Author(s)

Monica Burns

Dr. Monica Burns is a Curriculum and EdTech Consultant, Apple Distinguished Educator and Founder of ClassTechTips.com. As a classroom teacher, Monica used one-to-one technology to create engaging, standards-based lessons for students. Monica has presented to teachers, administrators and tech enthusiasts at numerous national and international conferences including SXSWedu, ISTE, and EduTECH. She is a webinar host for SimpleK12 and a regular contributor to Edutopia. Monica is the author of Deeper Learning with QR Codes and Augmented Reality: A Scannable Solution for Your Classroom (Corwin Press, 2016) and #FormativeTech: Meaningful, Sustainable, and Scannable Formative Assessment with Technology (Corwin Press, 2017).
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Dr. Burns visits school across the country to work with PreK-20 teachers to make technology integration exciting and accessible. She also provides support to organizations using technology to reach children and families in need. Her mission is to help educators place tasks before apps and promote deeper learning with technology. You can find out more about working with Monica, and her books and resources, by visiting ClassTechTips.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. The ACES Framework: Access, Curate, Engage, Share

ACES Framework

What Do I Need to Get Started?

What if . . . ?

Chapter 2. It’s Not Just Black and White: A Case for QR Codes

What Is a QR Code?

QR Codes in the Classroom

How Do I Create a QR Code?

How Do I Scan a QR Code?

How Do I Distribute QR Codes?

Different Types of QR Codes: An Internet of Possibilities

Extra Options for Taking It Further

Deeper Learning With QR Codes

Chapter 3. Jump Off the Page: Augmented Reality 101

Augmented Reality 101

Ready to Go Augmented Reality

Thoughtful Integration of AR

Designing AR Experiences

Deeper Learning With Augmented Reality

Chapter 4. Access Is Empowering: Resources for Self-Directed Learners

Easy Access = Solution

Pages and Spaces = Perfect Placement

Everywhere Access = Self-Directed Learners

Deeper Learning: Access

Chapter 5. Curate to Guide Learning: Picking the Perfect Resource

Curation 101

Curating to Differentiate

Deeper Learning: Curate

Chapter 6. Engage and Excite: Motivating Students With Tech-Friendly Tasks

From Gimmick to Gotcha

On the Move: Scannable in Action

QR Codes Versus Augmented Reality

Deeper Learning: Engage

Chapter 7. Share Student Creations: Give Digital Projects a Space to Shine

Content Creators

Sharing in Spaces

Deeper Learning: Share

Chapter 8. Student and Stakeholder Engagement: Setting Your Community Up for Success

Getting Families Hooked

Transforming School Community Spaces

Deeper Learning: Community

Conclusion: Taking It Back—Actionable Tips for This Week, This Month, and This Year

Appendix

Glossary of Important Terms

QR Code Creation Websites and Apps

QR Code Scanner Apps

Augmented Reality Apps

Augmented Reality Creation Tools

Reviews

"This is a book that you will not want to put down. I found the examples and suggestions so exciting that I wanted to try them out immediately. At the same time, I couldn’t wait to see what valuable prompts for learning the next page turn would reveal. This is an easy read packed with practical applications."

Debra Las, Science Teacher
Rochester Public Schools Rochester, MN

"This book give excellent examples for how your students can share their work simply and uniquely with their classmates and the school community. If you want your classroom reach to extend beyond your door this book can help you reach that goal."

William Chamberlain, Teacher
McDonald County R-1, Anderson, MO

"Monica Burns provides educators with simple, practical ideas for integrating QR and AR in the classroom. As AR, QR, and VR continue to play a bigger role in education, this book is a great starting point for teachers who want to integrate engaging, powerful tools and strategies in their classrooms."

Zachary Walker, Professor and Educational Consultant
National Institute of Education, Singapore

“Augmented Reality is one of the technologies that will define the next decade. This handbook is an excellent resource for educators to discover classroom ready ways to use AR technologies. This book is filled with exciting ways for students to use AR to explore and learn.”

Donald McMahon, Assistant Professor of Special Education Technology
Washington State University

"This is a terrific, accessible guide to using scannable mobile tech in education. if you’re acquainted with QR codes or augmented reality but haven’t taken the leap to bring them into your classroom, Monica Burns’s book is the perfect introduction. Her ACES framework really helps you take things well beyond the gimmicky “wow” factor and into meaningful, learning-centered implementation. Without getting too technical, Burns provides enough detail for anyone to begin adding a new layer to their classroom tech. Well done."

Gerald Aungst, Author and Supervisor of Gifted Education and Elementary Mathematics
5 Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom, School District of Cheltenham Township,