Our quick response code investigators looked into educational approaches to the barcodes. While the humble QR code has become rather mainstream when it comes to print ads, there is an entirely different strategy being employed to use these barcodes for educational purposes. Schools and marketers alike are finding that people are highly engaged when they can learn from a scan. As was discussed in last week’s issue of QR Code Detective, mobile device users are always asking themselves “what’s in it for me?” when they are presented with a barcode.…
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QR codes help students learn to garden
Fifth graders from Sangster Elementary are teaching kindergarteners about growing plants. Sangster Elementary has created a unique digital program that allows fifth graders to use digital presentations to be accessed by way of QR codes, to be able to show kindergarteners some of the basics that they need to know about gardening. The children then learned what would be required to plant flowers and vegetables in a real garden. The various specific plants were selected so that the kindergarteners would be able to scan the QR codes and learn how…
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