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QR Codes in Music

I wish you could have seen the excitement of our music teacher, Judy Holloway, when she discoverd the power of QR Codes! As a preface, some members of our co-curricular team dressed as the “Quick Response Team” for Halloween. We had QR codes on our backs that directed people to either our website or animoto videos of students. Mrs. Holloway had so much fun letting her students use her phone to “read” the codes (of course lower school students thought it was amazing!).

Mrs. Holloway’s 1st Animoto

The next day, Mrs. Holloway asked if I could meet with her to show her how to create her own QR codes. We started with Kaywa QR Code Generator, a great site to quickly create a code. Judy learned how to save the code as a picture and insert into a word document to print. But then we took it a step further. I showed Judy the Unitag website. This fun QR code generator allows you to personalize your code with colors, shapes, and more. We did a couple together. I went off to a conference and the next thing I know, Mrs. Holloway has created several animoto videos and QR codes. She placed the codes on her bulletin board so that parents can scan them as they wait for their children!

What a fun idea!

I am so excited to see how Mrs. Holloway is using this resource to share with our parents. But to me, the best part is watching Judy step out of her technology comfort zone. She has taken off with this! Way to go, Mrs. Holloway!