While I was at Dymocks in the city I came across an awsome book: Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and other powerful web tools for classrooms. (3rd ed.). London: Sage. This highly practical book has chapters on weblogs, wikis, RSS feeds, podcasting, twitter and flickr, Facebook, etc. It has interesting background, hints, tips and step-by-step instructions for setting up wikis/wikipaedias and so on. I haven't read the whole book but I am already thinking of ideas about how to get students to make a wikipedia entry on an original subject. I definitely see now how I might use blogs effectively and what is and is not a blog. Here's an interesting fact. The word wiki is short for the Hawaiian word wiki-wiki, which simply means "quick". I do agree that if more was known about how Wikipedias are made then more teachers might try to integrate them into their lessons.
There is no chapter on using mobile phones but there are points here and there that are useful. For example, students and teachers can make simple vodcasts from a device such as ipod touch. I have tried making a voice memo and emailed it to myself. I am just thinking that this would be good for doing listening tests. Often times it is an absolate drag trying to find a CD player and record a text for listening on to a CD. With the Ipod touch all you need is the ipod and speakers.
A very good book that will come in handy now and in the future.
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