Teachers Guide on The Use of QR Codes in The Classroom. What are QR codes ? According to Wikipedia, a QR code is " a specific matrix bar code ( or two-dimensional code ), readable by dedicated QR bar code readers and camera phones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be text, URL, or other data. " Here are some video tutorials to help you understand it all : Video tutorial : Introduction to QR Codes Video Tutorial 2 : Why Use QR Codes Video Tutorial 3 : How to Use QR Codes What do I need to start using a QR code ? To view or scan a QR code you will need : A phone with a camera or a Smart phone. 1- Kaywa This is one of my favourites . 2- Snap.vu This one here lets you generate codes from URLs and has an option for tracking usage of the code. 3- Delivr This service allows you to shorten a URL and generate QR code from all kinds of URLs. 4- Sparqcode This tool helps users generate QR codes from phone numbers. 5- Qurify This one generates QR code from text.
QRnot.es - Create a mobile web page with QR code FREE. Blog Archive » QR Codes #9 Sharing Audio. Posted by Allanah King on September 24, 2011 We all know how great Dropbox is don’t we team. If you don’t now about Dropbox it is an online storage space with some fabulous features. Think of it as your own personal, free server where you can store and back up your stuff. When you sign up for Dropbox you automatically get a Public Folder.
A Public Folder is still in your Dropbox but it is also public so everyone can see it. Drop your audio file that you want to use into the Public Dropbox folder, wait for it to synch and launch the Dropbox website by clicking on the Dropbox icon and opening it. Copy this link into your QR Code generator- seeing I am on the computer I will use Google URL shortner to create the QR code. Done- easy as! I see this as a great way to easily share podcasts and other audio files with your class and other visitors. Do you have any other ideas for linking QR Codes to audio or video files this way? 43 Interesting Ways to Use QR Codes in the Classroom. The Active Class » Blog Archive » Mobile learning with QR codes.
QR codes (also called matrix codes, so you can see why I might feel an affinity with them!) Are gaining in popularity in North America (they’re already big overseas in Japan and elsewhere). With more students buying smartphones, and more professors interested in developing mobile learning solutions, QR codes in the classroom are worth considering. A QR code is a fancy “quick response” barcode. It can be decoded (scanned) with smartphone software (available free for all phones) and once scanned, it sends the smartphone to a website whose URL is embedded in the code.
In business, these QR codes serve many purposes having to do with linking the physical and the virtual worlds. QR codes are one way to “close the loop from print to mobile,” says Ted Ianuzzi, VP Sales and Marketing at Didmo. Goldhar also suggested that QR codes are the ultimate in environmentally-responsible mobile learning technology—because they can be used to cut down on paper in so many ways. Interested? QRhacker.com - Pimp your code!