QR codes

1.       What is a QR code?

      QR or Quick Response Codes are a type of two-dimensional barcode that can be read using smartphones and dedicated QR reading devices.

2.       What can they be used for?

       They can link directly to text, emails, websites, phone numbers and more just by the scanning of a barcode.

3.       Provide some examples of how they are being used in marketing and education.Stores can use them to market their products and link the QR code to a facebook page or twitter. You can have an airline boarding pass digitally, instead of a paper one that you always have to carry around. Also, they can be used to show a map, for example our school put up posters around the school, so that parents who came could get a digital map.

4.       What hardware (Device) and software (apps or programs) do you need to scan a QR code?

Smart Phones such as the Iphone can be used to access apps such as QR App or QR Drois. Or, you can simply use any QR barcode scanner.

5.       What hardware and software do you need to create a Qr code?

          You need a laptop or computer that has access to internet connection. A good website link such as http://www.qrstuff.com/, will help you make an QR. Next you just need to insert it to a website or poster.etc and it can be scanned easily.

6.       Create a QR code. This links to the official Gossip Girl website.