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Web 20 And Study Abroad

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 Overview
Defining social software: The Machine Is Us/ing Us Web 2.0 diagram Social software map
Examples of Web 2.0 in use: Academic Commons list

Connect before you go, join community once you're there

Wikis
Examples: Simple Example Wikipedia Spanish class wiki Student intern wiki Modern languages department wiki NITLE Research Wiki NITLE wikis
Other wiki resources: Wikispaces PBwiki MediaWiki Google Docs among others
TWiki a more robust wiki

Blogs and RSS
Examples: Blogging the World French student blog Learning foreign languages AIDS worker blog Russian Chronicles Infocult NITLE bloggers
For searching blog topics: Technorati Google Blog Search
For today's breakout session: Google’s Blogger/Blogspot Blogger Instructions
Other blogging resources: Edublogs, Moveable Type, WordPress among others

RSS Aggregator: Google's Reader
Google's Reader Instructions
Other aggregation resources: Bloglines FeedBurner
For more than RSS aggregation: NetVibes

Images
Examples: The REALIA Project, IDEAS
Image sharing: flickr Fotolog
For today's breakout sesion: Google's Picasa Picasa Instructions

Mapping
Examples: Cairo Page MLA Census Map Global Inequity UN Maps
Maps and map sharing Google Maps and My Maps My Maps Instructions
Street-level mapping Google Streetview Street View Instructions
Google Earth download: Google Earth Google Earth Placemark Instructions
Map sharing: Wayfaring ZeeMaps YourGMap Platial

Social Bookmarking
Social bookmarking tool: del.icio.us Bryan Alexander's bookmarks del.icio.us Instructions
Other social bookmarking resources: diigo digg and more

Worksheets
GlobalEdWiki
GlobalEdSkype
GlobalEdPodcast

Technology and Language Learning Organizations
IALLT
IALLT Ning
CALICO

Donnie's ESA addendum

Selected readings