QR Codes and Social Media: Tools for Education at Historic Brunswick Town
Author(s): Kimberly Byrnes
Year: 2019
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Technology and Public Outreach" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
Technological advancments have been an aid to musuems, but not all facilities may be able to afford the newest gadets. Quick response (QR) codes offer a cost effective way for every museum to impliment new technology into their displays. Social media offers a quick and cheap means of both advertising a location and dispensing information to a large range of people. This paper will discuss the visitor use of and response to QR codes and social media both aimed at explainng the archaeological process at the Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson Historic Site.
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QR Codes and Social Media: Tools for Education at Historic Brunswick Town. Kimberly Byrnes. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, St. Charles, MO. 2019 ( tDAR id: 449238)
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Keywords
General
Communication
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Public Archaeology
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Technology
Geographic Keywords
United States of America
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 313