Monday, May 14, 2012

Smart Phone Tour

In class you have discussed and are working on using smart phones and QRcodes to create a self-guided school tour. The planning document for the project is found at;
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nhxntiSOgL-F_JgWpOt3WvvzLi5yWBX3BLRRHfXuSzo/edit?pli=1

In addition to completing your section of the school tour, each person must post on their blog regarding the following aspects of the project;

1.  Technology used in creating the smart phone tour. List all hardware and software needed to implement the project. Briefly outline how each technology was used.



Hardware:
Phone
Computer
Camera
Printer
Router
Internet Connection
Network

Software:
File transfer application
Paint.NET
Qrstuff.com
QR code reader application
Docs.google - Online collaboration tool
Sites.google
Voice recorder


2. Constraints and consideration. To make the tour a hassle free and pleasurable experience for parents, what did we need to consider when designing the tour; think of speed, usability and cost.

Time
Speed of internet connection
Free QR reader
Free hosting services

3. Your role(s) in the group
I made the websites for mercy square to visual arts and for mercy square to science labs.

4. Problems you encountered and solutions you created. Some of it completed it at home to make up for time. Compressing image size and minimizing image resolution so the website wasn’t so big and could download quicker.

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