QR CODESQR CODES

Sejal Visawadia

QR Codes – What Are QR Codes – What Are TheyTheyQuick Response Code2-D Bar codeScanning the QR Code takes you to a

website with more information.◦ Video◦ Website◦ Blog◦ Direct link to a page on the web

How does it work ?How does it work ?Data can be translated into a QR

code by any QR generator, many of which are available for free.

Users simply enter the data or URL add. to be translated & the generator produces the code which then can be displayed electronically or in a printed format.

Decoding the information can be done with any mobile camera phone that has a QR reader application.

How do I design my own QR How do I design my own QR code ?code ?The website below are free sites

that you can use :www.qrstuff.comwww.tag.microsoft.comQR codes are not time limited in

anyways & they don’t expire.You can generate as many as

you need.There are no limits on the no. of

times they can be scanned.

How will Google sell How will Google sell them ?them ?If you add them to your website,

the search engine will see that your pages has been changed & that you are updating the pages.

The search engine will see a new image & index it accordingly.

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Ideas to use QR codes Ideas to use QR codes

Works on ?Works on ?Android Blackberry I phoneSymbian Windows mobile

What Technology do You What Technology do You Need?Need?Need a QR Code generator – link

providedNeed a way to read the QR Codes

◦Smart phone◦Tablet (Ipad or other device with a

camera and internet access)◦QR Code reader

QR Codes for Inside the QR Codes for Inside the classroomclassroom

QR codes stuck on tables leading likes to a video of a science experiment.

QR code at a Poetry Center taking kids to poetry reading, author interview, picture of a setting, historic place.After school, teachers can put together everything that was done in class that day, create a QR code, put it on a sticky label, and slap it on a calendar for the students to scan

QR Codes – Bring Public into QR Codes – Bring Public into the Classroomthe Classroom

When students publish online – send home a QR code to parents so they can take a look. Also post the code on the corporation site for the public to access

Students write and perform a Public Service Announcement (food drive) – post it online then make a flyer with a QR code to the video which can then posted in the school or community to help collect food

Tracking QR codes Tracking QR codes http://qreateandtrack.com (free

& paid )http://www.qreatebuzz.comhttp://www.insqribe.com/

barcodes (free & paid)http://tappinn.comhttp://pingtags.com (track QR

codes on business cards to LinkedIn profiles)

Resources Resources Creative QR codes

http://mashable.com/2011/07/23/creative-qr-codes/

QR codes with voice messages http://mashable.com/2011/11/10/j-c-

penney-qr-codes/Grow your business with QR codes http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com