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Gain a Mobile Presence "On the Cheap" - Sheila Carey - CHIN's Mobile Bootcamp
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The Canadian Museum Reference in Technology
Mobile Bootcamp
Gain a mobile presence ‘on the cheap’Sheila Carey
Mobile Bootcamp
QR Codes Location-based Services SCVNGR
3rd Party Services
Read terms of service Take into account staff time creating content Document
QR Codes
Quick Response Codes Require an internet connection and a reader Increased use in 2011 “QR Codes are dead”? http://www.forbes.com/sites/ilyapozin/2012/03/08/are-qr-codes-dead/
QR Codes – Infographics
QR Codes – Good Practices
Data connection Appropriate size code for information within (for long
URLs, use a shortening service) Mobilized content Sufficient lighting (without glare) Signage promoting the code Instructions for scanning Compelling content behind the code Visitors who recognize and appreciate the codes Visitors with QR code readers already on their phones Provide alternate ways to access the information
(hyperlink)
QR Codes – Good Practice – Signage
Want to know more about our carousel?
Got a smartphone? This QR code will take
you to the Wikipedia article on the Broad Ripple Carousel.
Download a free QR code reader from your favourite app store.
Start the app, then point your phone’s camera at the symbol to the left.
Your phone’s browser will automatically open the web page for you.Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
http://www.technologyinthearts.org/2012/03/part-2-wikimedia-and-qr-codes-in-the-museum-setting/
QR Codes – QRPedia
QR Codes – Best Practices?
QR Codes – Social Possibilities
Add interpretation to museum objects. Share stories, find out what people really think about museum objects, join the conversation.
QR Code Generators
QR Code Generators and Readers
Generator list (English) – 2dcode.co.uk Generator characteristics (French) – QRDresscode.com Readers (English) – 2dcode.co.uk Readers (French) – QR Dresscode.com
Location-based Services
Rely on location of the user Work best on smartphones Provide information about nearby features, directions,
games Privacy implications Foursquare Gowalla (gone!) Historypin
Location-based Services – Historypin
Started in June 2010 Won non-profit Webby Award 2011 Google Maps integration Summer 2011 – Apps released on iPhone and Android
Location-based Services – Historypin
Users ‘pin’ photographs to specific locations Photographs, videos, audio clips, narrative texts App allows viewer to toggle between historic photos and
current street view Collections based around a topic or theme Tours Customizable channels
Location-based Services – Historypin
Libraries, Archives and Museums Customized Channel
Location-based Services – Historypin
Location-based Services – Historypin
Collection Vanished Hamilton
Location-based Services – Historypin
Special collection recently launched
Photos of The Queen’s visits
Mobile BootcampLocation-based services - Historypin
Location-based Services – Foursquare
Geographic location based social game Check in to places, get points iPhone, Android, BlackBerry
Location-based Services – Foursquare
Check-in rewards (offers for Mayors) Geofencing – Push notifications Improved experience – Explore
Location-based Services – SCVNGR
Mobile application allowing games, tours, and challenges
iPhone or Android app Variety of activities possible – ‘checking in’, activity
such as taking a photo, answering a trivia question Can also be associated with a specific event SCVNGR – App store or Android Marketplace
OR Text message to 728647 (SCVNGR), keyword: CHIN
Hands-on