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+'''Why 2.0'''
-Topics:
+Reasons
+Connect with people in abroad location ahead of time
+Practice language with native speakers
+Stay connected once return to home campus
+Promotion of Programs, study abroad in general
+Fears/Disadvantages
+Our students will stay connected with home campus and not be immersed
+Students don't want us in "their" space
+Limited or no technology support abroad
+'''Tools'''
+Wiki
+[http://wiki.dickinson.edu/index.php?title=Toulouse_Study_Abroad_Program Dickinson Abroad]
+Blog
+[http://mt.middlebury.edu/middblogs/ganley/bloggingtheworld/ Barbara Ganley's students, Middlebury]
+[http://blog.dickinson.edu/?cat=129 Dickinson Abroad]
+Skype/iChat/video-conferencing
+[http://www.language-exchanges.org The Mixxer] (TB)
+Multimedia
+[http://voicethread.com Voicethread]
+[http://www.chinswing.com Chinswing]
+[http://maps.google.com/maps My Maps] (in different languages)
+[http://www.flickr.com Flickr]
+Social Networking Sites
+[http://mixi.jp/ Mixi]  (TB)
+[http://vkontakte.ru/ Russian Facebook Clone]
+[http://valleywag.com/tech/data-junkie/the-world-map-of-social-networks-273201.php Map of Social Networks]  This is already dated, but still a good start
+[http://www.meetup.com MeetUp]  Find people with common interests before our students arrive
+'''Ideas for the Future'''
+connections between colleges in shared programs
+tighter integration of study abroad, department, and language center/lab
+Administrative issues

Latest revision as of 16:20, 7 December 2007