This page contains links and other materials for NITLE's "Enhancing Study Abroad: the Role of Technology" event March 28-30, 2008, at Dickinson College.
Web 2.0 and Study Abroad: An OverviewDefining social software: The Machine Is Us/ing Us Web 2.0 diagram Social software mapExamples of Web 2.0 in use: Academic Commons list
Connect before you go, join community once you're there
WikisExamples: Simple Example Wikipedia Spanish class wiki Student intern wiki Modern languages department wiki NITLE Research Wiki NITLE wikisOther wiki resources: Wikispaces PBwiki MediaWiki Google Docs among othersTWiki a more robust wiki
Blogs and RSSExamples: Blogging the World French student blog Learning foreign languages AIDS worker blog Russian Chronicles Infocult NITLE bloggersFor searching blog topics: Technorati Google Blog SearchFor today's breakout session: Google’s Blogger/Blogspot Blogger InstructionsOther blogging resources: Edublogs, Moveable Type, WordPress among others
RSS Aggregator: Google's ReaderGoogle's Reader InstructionsOther aggregation resources: Bloglines FeedBurnerFor more than RSS aggregation: NetVibes
ImagesExamples: The REALIA Project, IDEAS Image sharing: flickr FotologFor today's breakout sesion: Google's Picasa Picasa Instructions
MappingExamples: Cairo Page MLA Census Map Global Inequity UN MapsMaps and map sharing Google Maps and My Maps My Maps InstructionsStreet-level mapping Google Streetview Street View InstructionsGoogle Earth download: Google Earth Google Earth Placemark InstructionsMap sharing: Wayfaring ZeeMaps YourGMap Platial
Social BookmarkingSocial bookmarking tool: del.icio.us Bryan Alexander's bookmarks del.icio.us InstructionsOther social bookmarking resources: diigo digg and more Worksheets GlobalEdWikiGlobalEdSkypeGlobalEdPodcast
Technology and Language Learning OrganizationsIALLTIALLT NingCALICO
Donnie's ESA addendum
Selected readings
PmWiki
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