QR Codes

I thought I would share this cool piece of technology that some of your students would find VERY cool. I can not take full credit for this idea, as I have gotten it from a fellow colleague. But he uses QR codes to link to his websites and his homework assignments. So, as his students walk into class each day, he has posted a new QR code on the board. His students take out their smartphones and snap the image, they then have the link to the homework assignment for the night. (He still writes the actually assignment on the board, for the students that do not have smartphones, but it is a very interesting use of technology.)

Some might be wondering, what is a QR code. A QR code is an abbreviation for Quick Response Code. It is like a barcode. When you have a QR reader or scanner on your smartphone, you take a picture of the QR code (which are found on websites,  posters or piece of literature). It will then take you to a website or video or email address. It is very simple to make a QR code, there are a few websites online that will do it for free. I tend to use: http://www.qrstuff.com/. Below is an example of a QR code for our Webtools class website (if you have a QR reader on your smartphone, it should recognize the image below).