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QR codes give high tech flair to student scavenger hunt

11/02/201511/01/2015 Julie Campbell

QR codes school library smartphone barcodes

Quick response codes have been posted all over Seward High school in Nebraska. Students at Seward High school in Nebraska came together to create a scavenger hunt using QR codes for a college week event that ran from October 12 through October 15. The purpose of the quick response codes was to use technology in the simplest possible way. Three senior students at the school, Ben Galusha, Bryson Schluckebier and William Brown worked on the scavenger hunt based on QR codes after they were approached by Noelle Baker – a…

QR codes were central to a Point Pleasant Beach library scavenger hunt

08/04/201408/02/2014 Jorge Gonzalez

The New Jersey location held the smartphone friendly event to draw kids and encourage their participation. On July 30, the Point Pleasant Beach branch of the Ocean County Library in New Jersey held a scavenger hunt that was based on the use of QR codes in order to bring kids (aged 9 and up) to the library to see what’s available and to better understand why they would still enjoy it in this digital world. The quick response codes were posted for participants to scan them and work their way…

QR codes play central role in Bitcoin Warlord scavenger hunt

05/13/201405/10/2014 Jorge Gonzalez

This tech and mobile marketing firm is placing a new twist on social media advertising and gaming. While gamifying a an advertising campaign – particularly in terms of social media and mobile marketing – isn’t anything new, Max Baptiste and Kevin Fullerton from Bitcoin Warlord are now using QR codes for a unique effort in attention grabbing. It will be offering a range of different types of prizes throughout a scavenger hunt, including Bitcoins. Other prizes will include food and art, although Bitcoins are certain to draw a considerable amount…

QR codes in New York form massive scavenger hunt

08/09/201308/07/2013 Julie Campbell

Murals with the barcodes have converted the East Village into a large puzzle for visitors and residents. A new street art project in New York City’s East Village has brought together technology and artistic talent through the use of QR codes and a creative scavenger hunt project. The scavenger hunt was created to be incorporated into a number of hand painted murals. The Free Art Society is an art collective that is currently working on painting the space in abandoned doorways across the East Village in New York City with…

QR codes used by nonprofits for highly interactive mobile marketing campaign

08/17/201208/16/2012 Jennifer Goula

Charities work together on cutting edge scavenger hunt Six not for profit organizations are partnering together to use QR codes in order to offer a smartphone friendly mobile marketing campaign that involves a scavenger hunt in Martin County. These barcodes will be posted in Stuart on September 8 from 8:30am to noon. The Smartphone Family Scavenger Hunt is designed around the popular QR codes that are scanned every minute of every day around the country in order to provide easy direction to websites and apps for smartphone and tablet users.…