Your Name and Title:

Mrs Sarah Pavey MSc FCLIP

Library, School, or Organization Name:

Box Hill School

Area of the World from Which You Will Present:

United Kingdom

Language in Which You Will Present:

English

Target Audience(s):

Librarians with an interest in applications of new technology and how they can be used within education, school library services.

Short Session Description (one line):

This session will consider use of QR codes in education and what developments we can expect to see in the near future.

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):

QR Codes and Beyond : an Educational Experience will look at the ways in which QR Code technology has been embraced in general. It will highlight some of the practical uses we have found for QR Codes within Box Hill School (an independent co-educational secondary school with an international flavour) in reader development, displays, marketing, linking to LMS catalogue entries and creativity. The ways in which QR Codes have grown to include colour and images will be explored. The presentation will also cover the development of QR codes to incorporate Augmented Reality and look at the embedding of information without an obvious code. Finally there will be a brief outline of the “Internet of Things” and the implications this may hold.

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:

http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

http://www.scoop.it/t/qr-koodin-lukija 

http://www.cometoknow.com/idea-management-on-gartners-hype-cycle-2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGwH9guifhk