After watching an episode of Click on the BBC news Channel, I was alerted to the Nearest Wiki App. This App has massive potential for Geography fieldtrips . By having an iPhone or available it would be possible to: 1. It is possible to find out a little more about your surroundings. For example, by launching the Nearest Wiki App the camera, GPS and compass is used to calculate where you are are in which direction the camera is facing. This allows Wikipedia articles that are close to be displayed. Below is what I could see from my flat's balcony. By clicking on one of the article summaries, the app displays the full wikipedia entry: This has huge potential for use during pre-visits and even in setting activities and research 2. Pupils can create geolocated Wikipedia articles Young people could create an augmented reality of their school, local area or street. They could create and write a Wikipedia article which could then be viewed by visitors This has huge potential, especi...
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