Tag: WEEK 9

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QR Codes – Play Activity – Week 9

When week 9 began I thought to myself I am lucky that the rules were changed for play activities because I have no way of participating this week.  However, I am here to learn so I started to search the Internet to see if there is any way for me to play with QR codes. Following information I found surfing the Internet:

QR Codes

[Jeff Korhan] QR codes are like barcodes but they hold more information and they originate in Japan by [Denso Wave]

[Terrence O’Brien] QR codes are used to link information onto a smartphone. To read them you need to install an [App] that allows you to read the code. There are number of [App] available but the most common one is the QR Reader from iPhone App store.

I also asked a question on [Inn333 Group Blog]

  • jennifer – I do not have a smart phone! Can I add a QR Code Widget from WordPress so that I can play with QR Codes? http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/qr-code-widget/
  • sarah Hi there, if all you want to do is read the QR code then there are other options, for example if you download Google Chrome (it’s a browser like Firefox or IE) you can add the QReader extension. There are also free online tools to create QR codes – if you do a basic web search you’ll see hundreds of services! 

I  downloaded Google Chrome and I found the following sites. They are both very easy to use but I like the second one because you can use colour.  Yeah!  I can now play with QR Codes.

http://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/
http://www.beautifulqrcodes.com/

 

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Play Activity – Mobile Technology – Week 9

Only a short blog to record information about mobile technologies because I do not have a smartphone!  The information will help me when I became a member of the twenty-first century.  Shock and horror, I am still using an old fashion phone:

 

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MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

[Wikipedia] Mobile technology is the way we communicate on mobile phones. Mobile code division multiple access (CDMA) technology is always evolving and we are becoming more and more depended on them. Next time you walking around Brisbane have a look at how many people are using a mobile technology device.

[Business Link] Mobile technology is not only mobile phones it incorporates a number of things:

  • Laptop and notebook computers
  • Palmtop computers or personal digital assistant
  • Global positioning system (GPS) devices
  • Wireless debit/credit card payment terminal

[Chris LaBelle] With the increase number of people moving away from the traditional workstations and laptops to smartphones, libraries and educational institutions need to change in the way they present information to their uses.  Otherwise, libraries and educational institutions will lose a large part of their clients.  Educational institutions and libraries need to formulate educational instructions for mobile devices and one way they can achieve this is by [Place-Based Learning].  [Business Link] Mobile technologies are here to stay and the benefits out way the negatives:

  • PROS
  •  Improve the service you provide your clients
  • To pay for service or goods without going to the counter
  • Pay for the meal without leaving the table
  • Able to access your office network when you are out of the office
  • Provide more flexibility for employees.
  • CONS
  • Cost
  • Staff training
  • Security:  wireless networks can allow access to personnel information

I have found same interesting resources that talk about mobile technologies:

Cellphone culture: mobile technology in everyday life

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