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School library QR codes help kids with contactless browsing

12/15/202012/11/2020 Jesse Collins

School library QR codes - library shelves with books

An Alden, New York teacher created 150 quick response barcodes to make it easier to peruse books. A teacher from Alden, New York has generated 150 school library QR codes to support students who want to use the resources in a touch-free way. This allows students to access these resources and books while reducing the spread of germs. The library media specialist at Alden High School wanted to reduce the need to touch the books. Ann Sobol from Alden High School came up with the idea for the school library…

College QR code tech in China requires students to track shower times

12/11/201812/10/2018 John Montgallo

A new system requires Chinese college students to scan QR Codes before and after taking a shower. Mobile technology is popular in China and college QR codes are nothing new. However, according to local media, Hunan’s Changsha University of Science and Technology has launched a new shower system for students that requires them to scan a quick response (QR) code every time they take a shower. Students are required to connect their phones to a smart water meter via Bluetooth. After linking up with the smart water meter via their…

QR codes help kids learn art

03/18/201603/16/2016 Julie Campbell

Students at an Illinois school use technology and quick response codes to help build access and sharing. Primary and intermediate students at Edwardsville District 7 in Illinois and who are fortunate enough to have Stacy Requarth as an art teacher are also using QR codes and other forms of technology as a new way to learn and share. The quick response codes represent only the latest in Requarth’s efforts to keep her students engaged. The most recent project involved the use of the QR codes for allowing students to share…

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 provide a virtual walking tour guide to German village visitors

10/08/201510/06/2015 Julie Campbell

The students at Neuen Mittelschule Frankenfels have created 15 hotspots throughout the town. A middle school in Germany has now created a new way for visitors to experience its village by providing a number of QR codes in 15 different hotspots that will allow visitors to be able to learn more about the various points of interest throughout the town. These quick response codes were implemented by students at Neuen Mittelschule Frankenfels. The idea is that visitors will be able to use their own smartphones to scan QR codes and…