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 * What: ** Qrafter – QR Code and Barcode Reader (iPad/iPhone/iPod App)


 * Web address: ** https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/qrafter-qr-code-barcode-reader/id416098700?mt=8


 * Student’s Name: ** Maura Foley


 * Grade level(s): ** K(with assistance)-University


 * Content area(s): ** All areas
 * Abstract: ** Qrafter is one of many apps available to create and scan QR codes and is a free download from the iTunes store. Using this site, you can create QR codes, which are a different type of barcode that can hold information like videos, text, voice, and websites. Once they’re created, QR codes can be scanned from mobile devices or desktop/laptop webcameras, linking you to the material held in the code. Qrafter uses static codes, which cannot be changed once they’re created, but other programs use dynamic codes that can be altered or updated. Teachers can use this to share information with students and parents or have students create their own codes.


 * Personal Experience: ** I used this app to create a scavenger hunt review for my fourth grade students. At each station, I included multiple QR codes that included a question, hints for the answer, and a clue to find the next set of codes. For music, this worked great because it allowed me to direct my students to youtube videos of choirs and websites with composer information without having to rely on these young students to type in the web addresses correctly at each station. I would like to try including QR codes on worksheets and tests as a way to ask questions about specific musical examples, which would allow students to work at their own pace instead of all of us having to listen to the example at the same time, and on concert programs to give my audience more information about the performance.