Social Networks for International Educators

Over the past few months I’ve joined several social networks that are related to international education (at least the networks I’m eligible for as I’ve never received Fulbright funding or served as a Peace Corps Volunteer). At the moment I’m not very active in these social networks but I hope they lead to new connections and leads to valuable information that I might not otherwise come across in my other activities.

Following is a list of international education related social networks that I have found and if any IHEC Blog readers know of any other networks that are similar in nature please leave the name with link in the comments section of this post:

Study Abroad Alumni
http://studyabroadalumni.ning.com/

ExchangesConnect
http://connect.state.gov/

Green Passport Program
http://greenpassport.ning.com/

NAFSA Knowledge Communities & Discussion Forums
http://nafsa.org/knowledge_community_network.sec

Building Bridges Coalition

http://buildingbridgescoalition.ning.com/

The Global Education Collaborative
http://globaleducation.ning.com/

International Education Blogs (follow link below to list of blogs)
http://www.internationaleducationblogs.blogspot.com/

Fulbright Alumni
https://alumni.state.gov/fulbright

Connected Peace Corps
http://community.peacecorpsconnect.org/

Shared Futures (Updated Oct. 7, 2009)

http://sharedfutures.ning.com/

Additionally, there are several other social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook that have a heavy international educator presence with interesting content which may also prove to be valuable resources.

Those of you who couldn't attend the recent NAFSA conference or many of the sessions (if you were at the conference) might find the presentation Study Abroad in a Transparent World by Penny Schouten and Sarah McNitt to be of interest and value. You can access their Power Point presentation here.

For a related IHEC Blog post entitled "Study Abroad and International Education in the Twitterverse" please visit here.