By John Liberty, Dillyn Scott, Rachel Beatty
We are students at University of Mary Washington in a class called History of American Technology and Culture. For this class we were assigned to select a technological artifact that had a significant effect on American society. For this assignment we chose Barcodes. Barcodes are something that go unnoticed in many of our daily lives, … Read more
Blog/Site Outline: Interactive Timeline blog posts and/or infographics chronologically ordering significant events related to the barcode conception, invention, first use, innovations to the code and scanners, economic/commercial impact, global expansion, emergence of new codes, QR and individual creation/usage Tutorial videos on how to create and use QR codes Information on Sources Rachel: Brown, Stephen A. … Read more
Barcode Documentary/Skit Storyboard – Rachel Beatty, John Liberty, Dillyn Scott Content Ideas: Skit style segment similar to The Office (“day in the life of” a grocery/retail employee and how barcodes affect their work) Narration of something along the lines of “what goes into making a service industry” ultimately talking about how barcodes make service industries … Read more