Training


 * __Overview__ **


 * What is a QR code? **

(Quick Response code) A two-dimensional bar code that is widely used to cause a Web page to download into the user's smartphone when scanned with a QR code reader (an app). The Web page typically advertises a product or service but can promote anything such as a concert or other local event or a DPS ART SHOW!

QR codes are found in newspapers, magazines, on business cards, all types of promotional materials, as well as store shelves. Some companies create billboard-sized QR codes because the QR app uses the phone's camera and can scan the QR matrix at a distance.


 * Why do I need to know about QR codes? **

QR codes expand the experience by providing more information about the art work, performance or concert. In essence, it will roll back the curtain and allow the audience to interact with the student's art work in a unique way. By creating a QR code for a piece of art work, the student can create any form of interaction such as:
 * text
 * slide show of pictures
 * website
 * audio file
 * video file

**QR Readers** QR readers are the app on your smart phone that "reads" the QR code and opens the website. You MUST download a QR reader in order to read the QR code. There are so many free readers. We recommend // i-nsignia // as it is a stable reader and available for both an Apple and Android device.

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 * Can I see an example? **

If you choose to participate in QR application component, your students will need to create on of the above interactions. For example, your student may opt to talk and write about how their art piece was created, what they learned, why they choose the medium, or any of the choices they made about their art piece.
 * How will the QR codes be used in the show? **

1) The student must create the interaction (i.e., the audio recording, the video recording, the written text, etc.) that explains their art piece, compare and contrast their art piece with others, talk/write about their process of creation. If you need help with this, just ASK!
 * Expectations **

2) The interaction file will be be uploaded to a website by a district person.

3) Students (or a district person) will create the QR code for their interactive piece.

4) You will use the QR codes in your school's art show and then use the same QR code for art work submitted to the city-wide exhibition at DAM.


 * How can my students make one? **


 * What do I do with the one I just made? **


 * To create your own QR code, visit the Kaywa QR code generator at http://qrcode.kaywa.com. **


 * Hands-on practice **