These is also a really good podcast over at david noble booruch speaking to Lyne Horn about utilizing mobile phones in the classroom, as always it is well worth a listen, and give you an idea of teachers using mobile phones constructively in the classroom.

I think that with phones getting better and better soon, mobile phones companies will realise, the market in citizen journalism and education benefits that I think children and parents are both interested in.

There are lots of benefits of been able to listen back to what your studying these include

• Reviewability
• Clarification of theories, arguments
• Self paced learning
• Immersive environment in language learning
• Helps with pronunciation and flow of language
• Helps with note taking

This is where the power is in podcasting.

In the next couple of years students of all ages I believe will be submitting audio files for assessment. I would argue that too much emphasis is on the written side of language particularly in assessment. After all to keep a language alive it must be spoken!!

Student I think with the choice of submitting a written piece of language coursework and oral piece would choose and audio piece every time.

They have the tools, they probably enjoy more than sitting down writing and assessment, and they can share there product with the rest of the class. This way its collective learning!!