So I am the technology person for my campus, which I do not feel adequate enough for the job. I really do try to integrate technology into learning, but it is hard to do all of the time. I have to admit, though, that I have fallen in love with using QR codes to make student learning more engaging. Here is a video of us on a sight word hunt.
We called it Robot Sight Words. My kids are very obsessed with robots, so when I met Moby from BrainPop, they totally went bonkers.
Anyways, I told my cuties that we were going to go on a sight word hunt, but that Moby wanted to help. Then next thing I knew, he turned our sight words into robot words! That crazy robot! So then I showed them how to use a QR code reader and they hunted for the sight words from this document:
They loved finding robot sight words!
Here is one more video, just for fun:
If you want to learn more about QR codes, check out my presentation document below from when I presented to my campus.
Hi friends! So I have a fabulous volunteer in my room and she recorded my class checking for Daily 5 and working while I taught a guided reading group. It's not much, but it shows how to check in and my cuties working.
During the video, I check in my students by calling the reading group friends first (after making a mistake - this gal was nervous!), then I call the friends who have the iPads for the day. Last I check in the other students. They quickly told me what daily they would do and I marked their response on this recording sheet.
If you want to learn more about the iPads and the apps I use, check out my presentation materials by clicking on the pic below.
This document also explains how I choose the students to use the iPads each day.
