Introduction to QR Voice, a web tool that generates a QR code which when scanned converts text to speech

When mentoring our pre-service and in-service teachers we need to describe and model both research-based and clinically tested best practices, and demonstrate how these best practices can be applied in the real (i.e. physical) and virtual (i.e. online) classroom for both teaching and teacher training. The combination of face to face instruction in a physical setting and online learning is called blended learning. In this section of the blog we will describe how the internet can serve as a supplemental resource for instruction and the mentoring of pre-service and in-service Jewish educators. In this post we will discuss how  QR Voice, a web tool which converts text into speech, can be used to promote instruction in the Judaic Studies and secular classroom. 

Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has an interactive white board (i.e. SMART Board, Promethean, etc.), a Tablet PC (also called a Slate or Blade), a computer presenter or computer with internet access attached to an LCD projector in the classroom. It would be ideal if students or mentees had access to their own laptop computers or Ipads. Given parental and school approval, and the development of specific guidelines, smartphones can be used to enhance instruction as well.

Note: Although QR Voice can be applied in the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom, it can be also be used for training pre-service and in-service Jewish educators for professional or staff development. It is our hope that Jewish educators around the globe will form an online community of practice, a CoP, a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession, to enhance the delivery of instruction and training of Jewish educators. For example, here is a CoP you might want to join. 

What is QR Voice?

QR Voice is a web tool that generates a QR code which then converts text into speech.

Where is QR Voice located on the internet?

http://qrvoice.net/faq_en-US.html 

Where can I find tutorials explaining how to use QR Voice?

Click on the links below and see how QR voice operates.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luAz6ncJDOw&feature=youtube_gdata

•   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y14ws-A-yqY

• http://qrvoice.net/faq_en-US.html

Below you will see the QR code which when scanned converts the following text into  speech:

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW QR VOICE CAN BE USED FOR JUDAIC INSTRUCTION.

On the next post we will begin our exploration of image conversion web tools, the first of which will be Befunky.