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QR codes used in Wisconsin elementary school for book recommendations

04/30/201304/29/2013 Stephanie Beck

Fifth graders from the Woodside Elementary School are using barcodes to recommend their favorites. A new project involving the fifth grade students from Woodside Elementary School in Sussex, Wisconsin, has allowed the children to use QR codes to identify their book recommendations at the local public library. The school is using the barcodes to let students share their opinions about books with the community. The Pauline Haass Public Library now features the QR codes within the children’s area. This allows members of the community to visit the library and use…

QR codes make school library fun

11/23/201211/22/2012 L. Green

Students attending Northeast Elementary can scan codes to listen to book summaries Students attending Northeast Elementary School can now scan QR codes to build a better connection with their library, and experience the fun behind some of its services. The mobile program encourages barcode scanning to learn more about available books. The QR codes that are placed on the books in the library give the kids the chance to scan and then listen to information about what is found within its pages. The fifth grade students have been tasked with…

QR codes see poetic new use in release of book

10/22/201210/21/2012 Julie Campbell

These barcodes will be an important part of a new volume of poetry. The latest release from poet Eloise Klein Healy will be contain additional features that can be accessed by the book’s readers when the scan QR codes using their mobile devices such as smartphone and tablets. The new book will be entitled A Wild Surmise: New & Selected Poems & Recordings. This latest publication from the poet is slated for release in 2013. It will have a number of multimedia features that will add an additional element to…

Publishers turn to QR codes as a way to engage readers

10/31/201110/31/2011 John Montgallo

The print industry continues to draw vitality from QR codes as more publisher adapt to mobile technology. The industry has struck turbulent waters in recent years as new technologies make waves with consumers. Mobile devices are helping consumers shift their interest away from traditional print media to digital. Such devices allow users to read virtually anything they want wherever they are while still allowing them to browse the Internet or social networks. Publishers are unwilling to fade into obscurity, however, and have adopted a technology they once thought was another…