Week 13: Final Week

Hello again, everyone!

This is Week 13 of CALL's Technology in Education's on-line discoveries. See here for my introduction to CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning).

This is our final week of the course. As part of this week's project I created a crossword puzzle. The answer key is directly below the puzzle.

As the title indicates, this is my last post for the course. Not all of what we learned appears in my blog and all of the students blogs show only a small part of what we learned this semester.
May we all continue on our quests for inspiring discoveries!
Hadassa

Week 12: QR Codes, Treasure Hunt, Station 6, Final Station

Station 6, Final Station

If you did not arrive here from Station 5, go back to the last station you visited, or to Station 1 if you have no idea what this is (see station QR Codes below), and follow the clues:

What do you think? Do you like QR codes?

Please fill out the survey here:

Thank you for your participation!

Have a wonderful week of inspiring discoveries,

Hadassa

Station 1:

Station 2:

Station 3:

Station 4:

Station 5:

Week 12: QR Codes, Treasure Hunt, Station 5

Station 5

If you did not arrive here from Station 4, go back to the last station you visited, or to Station 1 if you have no idea what this is (see station QR Codes below), and follow the clues.

And who does not like QR Codes?

Find out here:

And then go to Station 6:

Station 1:

Station 2:

Station 3:

Station 4: 

Week 12: QR Codes, Treasure Hunt, Station 4

Station 4

If you did not arrive here from Station 3, go back to the last station you visited, or to Station 1 if you have no idea what this is (see station QR Codes below), and follow the clues:

Who else likes QR Codes?

How many results does a Google search of “Who likes QR codes” yield?
See here:

And now go to Station 5:

Station 1:

Station 2:

Station 3: 

Week 12: QR Codes, Treasure Hunt, Station 3

Station 3

If you did not arrive here from Station 2, go back to the last station you visited, or Station 1 if you have no idea what this is (see station QR Codes below), and follow the clues:

Does the type of presentation here look familiar to anyone:

After you look, go to Station 4:

Station 1:

Station 2: 

Week 12: QR Codes, Treasure Hunt, Station 2

Station 2

If you did not arrive here from Station 1, go there now (see QR Code below) and follow the clues.

He predicted the life expectancy of his invention.

What did he predict?

Go here:

And then to Station 3:

Station 1:

 

Week 12: QR Codes, Treasure Hunt, Station 1

Hello again, everyone!

This is Week 12 of CALL's Technology in Education's on-line discoveries. See here for my introduction to CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning). This week’s topic is QR (Quick Response) Codes.

While I was looking for material for this project I found complaints about how QR Codes are used. Using a QR Code in a blog or article on-line defeats the purpose of the code. Someone who is on-line can simply click on an icon or a link. There is no need for a QR Code. For someone looking at a sign or a billboard or an ad in a newspaper (not that many people still read printed newspapers), scanning a QR Code with an iPhone is much easier than entering the address of a website using a small touch screen, and probably omitting a letter or backslash.

I did not have the opportunity to stage a treasure hunt by physically posting clues, QR Codes, in relevant locations. However I wanted to try the idea so I created an on-line treasure hunt.

I created all of the QR Codes here:

Working in a group might be a way to make the project more interesting. Participants working together could send each other to their respective blogs. Clues could be added even during a hunt. This time I worked alone, learned about QR Codes and created them too. Follow the clues and see what I learned.

Happy hunting!

Who invented the QR Code?

Go here:

And then to Station 2: