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The email that made my day

6 August 2008

This morning, I received the following email from an international education colleague:

Hi, Ruth! I subscribe to the SECUSS-L listserv [for study abroad / education abroad professionals] and recently got the link you sent to the list that included a link to your YouTube channel.
I was interested in the intercultural videos especially, but noticed the social [...]

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Tech Tool: FLIP Mino Video Camera

5 August 2008

A few months ago, I began to read twitters about a new video camera, the FLIP. I was really intrigued by the enthusiasm that people were expressing about the camera, especially from people that were used to using much more advanced and complicated video equipment.
When I investigated, I found a lot of things I liked [...]

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An international educator asks me about social media and social networking

31 July 2008

A colleague sent me an article from the June 29, 2008 edition of The New York Times by Luis Suarez called "I Freed Myself From E-Mail?s Grip".?
Suarez is a "social computing evangelist? for?I.B.M.?and the basic premise of his article was that effective use of social media and social networking tools and social networking sites has [...]

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Losing an international internship: A cautionary Facebook tale

25 June 2008

At the last NAFSA: Association of International Educators annual conference, the head of an international education program told me a story that the program is graciously allowing me to share with you today. Names are being withheld and a few non-essential facts changed to protect the innocent — and not-so-innocent — parties.
The program had set [...]

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Tech Tool: Sony UPX-C200 Digital Passport Photo System

17 June 2008

A number of international education offices are finding that providing passport and visa identification photo services for their students is not only convenient for the students, but it helps the office assure that this task has been done in a timely manner.
Wendy Lippert, director of the EpiCenter and associate director of International Programs at Messiah [...]

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FoF: Dydimustk, community management and Seesmic

6 June 2008

Today, I start a new feature — "Favorites on Friday", soon to be better known as "FoF".
First, I have to credit the idea to my favorite Minnesota?National Public Radio station, which used to broadcast a program on Friday afternoons called "Favorites on Friday". Here at Manitou Heights, I want to create an interesting mix on [...]

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Social networking outside of the USA

4 June 2008

Last week at the 2008 NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference, someone raised a question about using social networking sites in other countries to connect with students and scholars.
While Facebook and MySpace are ubiquitous in the USA and have been growing globally, they are not the only social networking sites out there and are not [...]

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Tech Tool: RSS Feeds

3 June 2008

Last week at the 2008 NAFSA: Association of International Educators?conference, it became very apparent that many NAFSAns do not know what an RSS Feed is — much less what it does.
As many of you know, I see no point in reinventing the wheel. There's a company called CommonCraft which has been making wonderful simple CommonCraft [...]

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Facebook: Getting started — and/or taking it further

2 June 2008

During the NAFSA08 presentation last Friday, we presenters talked about Facebook as an example of a social networking tool that can be used for outreach and marketing to students – both international and domestic.
If you are considering exploring Facebook, here are a few suggestions to get you started:Related Posts:An international educator asks me about social [...]

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NAFSA08: Web 2.0 e-packet now available

30 May 2008

An e-packet of materials for the session "Blogs, Facebook & IM: How They Can Work For You", presented by?Corinna Lewis of Cornell Abroad, Penny Schouten of Academic Solutions, Ruth Marie Sylte?(me at Manitou Heights!)?at the 2008 NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference this morning is now available.
Many of the items that I talked about at [...]

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