QR Codes

A QR Code is a coded URL, or web page address. If it is scanned by a reader it will generate the web page on an internet connected device such as a mobile phone, or a tablet computer.

They are often used as an advertising gimmick, and can be found on shelf edges in supermarkets and on the products wrapping, and when scanned will link to a web page that gives the consumer more detailed information about the product. They can also be found in magazines and papers for the same purpose.

In and education setting they can be used as a revision aid for students to be able to link easily to websites where they can read information, or watch videos, about their subjects. To that end they can be employed to create a study. or reminder, page or wall, where the student can scan the code, then revise the subjects covered on the page.

Here are a few examples:

Here is a QR Code to Thomson holidays!

Link to Jamie Oliver's website 

I created these links using http://www.mobile-barcodes.com

Here is a link to their website, created using their website!