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For students, some basic tools every student should know if taking a foreign language. Keyboard It’s a huge time saver to be able to touch type and not use ALT codes in Word (or worse using Insert -> Symbol)  To … Continue reading

Interested in a language exchange?  The Mixxer has been completely redesigned and now includes live-chatting and new social functions including ways to thank users for corrections and find other active and selfless learners in the community. You can read more … Continue reading

In the year 264 BCE, Rome sent a military force across the Straits of Messana to intervene in a dispute between Carthage and Syracuse. This military action, a prelude to Punic Wars, represented a fundamental change of direction in the … Continue reading

The rise in the number of MOOCs in the past year has been nothing less than astounding.  Perhaps even more surprising is the uniformity of the structure used by 99% of these offerings: videos of lectures posted within a very … Continue reading

Below is a list to the notes of past trainings we’ve done in the Willoughby that are likely to be useful for those considering or starting in the digital humanities. Blogs, RSS & Collaborative Writing – If you’re new to … Continue reading

  How it was made I exported a csv from the database with three columns: native language of sender, native language of recipient, and date. I installed and used this tool, Eonydis. http://www.clementlevallois.net/software.php Opened that program and selected the file. Next … Continue reading

While several campus organizations such as WDCV and the college farm use Facebook as a way interacting with the community, Dickinson faculty make greater user of Twitter.  Some of our favorite examples: Ed Webb  – Professor Webb’s personal Twitter feed … Continue reading

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