Nov 17 2008
Wikipedia in your pocket!
Wikipedia is a free multilingual encyclopedia with over 10 million articles that have been collaboratively written by volunteers from around the world, and almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone who can access the Wikipedia website (Source Wikipedia). For me however it provides a good place to kick off whatever research you want your leanrers to engage in. It is therefore a wonderful safe place to start your information journey (please, not as an end in itself!)
But did you know that you can get your learners with wap enabled cellphones to access all this information straight from their cellphones? The actual wikipedia website is not formatted for cellhone use and is difficult to read, but a wonderful cellphone version called Wapedia gives you a clear and simple version of wikipedia with a single column for easy reading. (Source )
I have a very cheap phone with wap (R299) and it works great even on GPRS! To set it up (on my phone….Menu…Applications…Wap browser….enter URL…type in….http://wapedia.mobi/en/ and save it as a bookmark) or give to a digital native to set up!
Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!)
