QR Code

What is a QR code

QR code is a quick response code

It is a 2D barcode

History of QR codes

It was 1st designed for the Automotive industry in Japan

1960s cash registers developed carpal tunnel keying in all the items sold- Barcode were invented and scanned by a optical sensor = Limitation holds only 20 alphanumeric characters or so of information

Masahiro Hara was in charge of developing QR codes7000 numeral and Kanji characters – 10 times fasterReleased in 1994 2002 – wide spread in Japan due to mobile phones

with QR code reading features

Smart phones with cameras can be QR scanners

They app is downloaded from the internetYou can go to many different sites to generate

your own QR code.

www.qr-code-generator.comwww.qrcodemonkey.com – free

software to create your own qrcodeswww.youtube.com/watch?v=bZdI2YM4938

On this site you can do type, free text, URL, contact, phone number and SMS

The focus of the QR code is for advertising

Education classroom can use this to engage the students.

www.Pinterest.com and search QR code lessons or activities

Ideas for QR codes

Luggage tags, scavenger hunt or WIFI password