QR Codes

Hello everyone,
Today I wanted to share with you a little activity I put together involving QR codes and art. What I had planned was to have students pick an influential artist throughout history, research their life, their successes, their style, and so on. Once the students have completed their research, they will be able to record themselves speak as if they were the artist. This video will then be uploaded to YouTube or another media site that plays videos. By creating a QR code that takes users to the video, students will automatically have access to the lives of artists throughout history! This QR code can be pasted to a portrait of the artist, and will play a life like video, as if the picture came to life! It may seem a little confusing, trying to explain it in text but below you can see how easy it would be in a classroom.

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Overall, I thought that QR codes are really simple to use, because of how popular they are. Everywhere we go we can see the codes on bags, merchandise, even price tags on items in stores. I've used them in the past, and have had a really great experience using them, so I am all for using these QR codes. There are countless websites that can generate QR codes for videos, audio, text, picture, and list goes on and on. Also, because the online generators are so easy to use and do all the work, teachers, parents, and even students could use them to complete projects, make assignments more engaging, and even connect with others.