QR+Codes

=QR Codes and the iPod Touch 4=

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 * QR Codes = A 2-dimensional symbology that can be read with an iPhone or iPod Touch 4 camera.
 * Information is encoded both horizontally and vertically.
 * Point and connect with a QR Reader app on your device. No need to type in URLs when you use QR codes.

Make a QR Code for your website or link:
@http://www.mobile-barcodes.com/qr-code-generator/
 * Mobile Barcodes QR-Code Generator Tool **

You can use this QR Code Generator on the iPod Touch or iPad.

//http://www.the2dcode.com/qr-code-generator//
Click on the Website tab and paste your URL. Save the code to your desktop as a .PNG file. Put this QR code on websites, signs, student instructions, brochures, posters.

__Helpful Hint__: Save the file as QR then add a descriptor of the content or website. For example: QRsteedwebsite.PNG

We are using i-nigma-4 (FREE), recommended by Tony Vincent
@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i-nigma-4-qr-datamatrix-barcode/id388923203?mt=8

Get More Ideas for QR Codes!!!
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 * "QR Codes: the Nuts and Bolts." ** Great easy-to-understand visual representation of how to use QR Codes in education.

**"Hot QR Codes in the Classroom & Library."** Blog post by Gwyneth Jones. The DaringLibrarian blog. December 11, 2010. The ComicLife Tutorial QR Codes at-a-Glance (top right) was created by Gwyneth Jones. @http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/2010/12/hot-qr-codes-in-classroom-library.html

"**QR Codes Connect Students to Books**," by Lauren Barack. School Library Journal website, September 14, 2010. Features library media specialist John Schumacher in Naperville, Illinois. @http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/newsletters/newsletterbucketextrahelping/886787-443/qr_codes_connect_students_to.html.csp

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 * Tom Barrett's 40 Interesting Ways to Use QR Codes in the Classroom **

@http://edcompblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/teachmeetslf2010-qr-codes-in-education.html
 * David Muir's "QR Codes in Education" Prezi from TeachMeet@SLF 2010 **