out-of-class

=Take Your Phones Out of Class=

How can phones be used outside of class - on field trips, at home doing homework, to gather data / media for use in class?

Take photographs - they can be brought to class or sent straight from the phone Record podcasts - impressions of what you are seeing, results of scientific testing you are doing in the field, ... Connect to website while out of the class by reading QR code linked to a site (data plan needed)
 * Ideas**:
 * **What is a QR Code?** || A QR Code is a fancy bar code. You can read them with a QR Reader and generate them as well ||
 * || See how the McCord Museum used the codes for their outdoor exhibit ||
 * || Create a QR code @http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ ||


 * **App** || **cost** || **platform** || **Additional Information** ||
 * QuickMark QR code reader || .99 || iPhone || Read and create codes ||
 * Scanlife || free || iphone / blackberry ||  ||


 * Idea from ISTE:**

Create a booklet that contains small snapshots of Public art, Historical monuments, Buildings of interest, Key plants at the botanical gardens...... Students can create podcasts, web info page, interviews with the artist... any info about the item. Beside the picture is a QR code that links them to the info. The booklet can also contain a map that shows one where to find the different items