Storytelling with QR codes:
One way of allowing students to hear their own stories is to upload a video or voice recording to the internet, make a QR code for that video and print it out for the student's work! You could do this with literally any class. Allow the student to create a drawing, graph, story, reflection or math problem and then ask them to record their voice telling about that project using the voice recorder or video camera on their cell phones. Then ask them to email the recording to your class email address or upload it to a video hosting site. Once you have the QR codes printed, you can attach them to the original work and create a virtual museum in your classroom! The possibilities are endless!
Recently, my students created reflections on a role play activity we did on the Ellis Island experience. They recorded their voices telling these reflections (some wrote letters back home) and then we created QR codes for each story. We simply put the QR codes on a poster of Ellis Island and anyone visiting our class could scan the code and listen to the authentic reflection of an experience in class.
This is a great blog post on this idea! http://blogs.southfieldchristian.org/pixelsandpaintbrushes/2011/03/29/super-heros/
Recently, my students created reflections on a role play activity we did on the Ellis Island experience. They recorded their voices telling these reflections (some wrote letters back home) and then we created QR codes for each story. We simply put the QR codes on a poster of Ellis Island and anyone visiting our class could scan the code and listen to the authentic reflection of an experience in class.
This is a great blog post on this idea! http://blogs.southfieldchristian.org/pixelsandpaintbrushes/2011/03/29/super-heros/