Hello again,
everyone!
This
is Week 12
of CALL's Technology in Education's on-line discoveries. See
here for my introduction to CALL (Computer Assisted Language
Learning).
This
week’s topic is QR (Quick Response) Codes.
While I was
looking for material for this project I found complaints about how QR
Codes are used. Using a QR Code in a blog or article on-line defeats
the purpose of the code. Someone who is on-line can simply click on
an icon or a link. There is no need for a QR Code. For someone
looking at a sign or a billboard or an ad in a newspaper (not that
many people still read printed newspapers), scanning a QR Code with
an iPhone is much easier than entering the address of a website using
a small touch screen, and probably omitting a letter or backslash.
I did not have
the opportunity to stage a treasure hunt by physically posting clues,
QR Codes, in relevant locations. However I wanted to try the idea so
I created an on-line treasure hunt.
I created all of the QR Codes here:
Working in a group might be a way
to make the project more interesting. Participants working together
could send each other to their respective blogs. Clues could be added
even during a hunt. This time I worked alone, learned about QR Codes
and created them too. Follow the clues and see what I learned.
Happy hunting!
Who invented
the QR Code?
Go here:
And then to Station 2:
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