Playing with QR codes

Although I have installed a free QR reader on my phone and have used it to get more information about an object or place, I had yet to create my own.  This morning I created my first QR code using 

http://ctrlq.org/qrcode/

A QR codes is a two-dimensional bar code that can be posted on or near an object so that someone with a Mobile device can snap a picture and receive additional text, media, or links related to that object.  

Read more about QR codes and their implication for educators in this Educause article:

7 Things You Should know about QR codes 

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7046.pdf

Comments

[Jil MacMenamin]

Great Article Lucie!! I learned a lot, still more to learn about http://www.google.com/cse Google's Custom Search Engine and how you used it to store your QR code information. Thanks! JilMac.com

[Charlie MacFadyen]

Lucie, Great minds think alike! I was just thinking about forming a group at school to try using QR codes with students. Thanks for the resources you shared here.

[Dany Goel]

TxTImpact has Mobile QR codes or 2D code are codes in the same way as ordinary barcodes are, but their matrix structure can hold more information. The codes are also mobile in the sense that you can use the camera on your mobile device to scan and decode them. You can convert a web address (URL), a phone number, an email address or plain text into a mobile code. After scanning it with your camera phone,
you will have instant access to the encoded information straight on the display of your mobile device.
(http://www.txtimpact.com/mobileqrcode.asp)(http://www.txtimpact.com/Blog/category/Mobile-QR-Code.aspx)