November 18, 2009
Andy's 6-8
Russian movie/potluck in WLT21, and a spanish movie in B18.
There were a few people in and out, and Carolina is now tutoring here.
Checked and corrected a few grammatical errors in the WWN.
Posted by anave at 08:07 PM
Andy's 10:10-11:30
Audrey came in asking for a PAL VCR cassette tape, but we could not find one labeled as such. (America is apparently the only country to require you to label PAL cassettes, and we have mostly foreign films, so we could not tell) They will try another method.
A few people in the lab using the computers, two skype conversations going on!
Posted by anave at 11:21 AM
November 17, 2009
Andy's 6-7
Quiet shift, Sascha came to drop the key off, no other visitors.
Posted by byavuz at 07:00 PM
Andy 11:30-12:30
Japanese tutoring was going on for a little while, and I checked with Eri to see if she needed any help with the blog.
Edited the WISE sign up for Spanish dubbing and made sure we would get notified if anyone signed up.
Posted by anave at 12:25 PM
November 15, 2009
Andy's 6:30-11
A Spanish dubbing group was here. Since no one else was here, they used the mounted microphone instead of the headsets. They knew what they were doing and didn't need any help.
I reloaded the printer paper, and the printer seems to be low on ink.
Posted by anave at 10:32 PM
November 12, 2009
Andy's 11:30-12:30
Tried to convert the movies for the Spanish dubbing from .avi to .mp4, but handbrake kept quitting. The reason is so that a group could work on the macs, if anyone knows how to make it work that would be great.
Also looked over the form for the new llc, and made some suggestions for that.
Posted by anave at 12:43 PM
November 11, 2009
Andy's 6-8
Quiet shift, a lot of tutoring was going on but everyone left as my shift started....there is a movie playing in the next room!
Posted by anave at 07:58 PM
November 10, 2009
Andy's Shift
Took screenshots of PCTV, Tell Me More, and Skype. These are in my folder in the LLC drive, and will go up on the TIUA blog. I had a problem getting an image to show up on the PCTV screen as I was taking a screenshot, so if anyone knows how to do that please let me know!
Posted by anave at 12:38 PM
November 05, 2009
Andy's 11:30-12:30
Helped with the tail end of the Spanish Dubbing. Found out that in moviemaker you can't use the headphones for input while using the speakers for output at the same time.
Also put up my schedule on the spanish wise site.
Unpublished a world news story that accidentally published.
Also discarded an old pudding package that was on the bookshelf.
Posted by anave at 12:20 PM
November 04, 2009
Andy's Shift
Pretty quiet night, there was a study abroad meeting in B17. Someone apparently forgot something, but came back to retrieve it.
Posted by anave at 07:57 PM
Andy's 10-11:20
Watched a Keynote presentation from another language lab, got some ideas for our own if we create one.
-Include excerpts from the Spanish dubbing project, and convince other language classes to do similar video projects so we can show them.
-Movie reviews and clips of foreign films that we have here and at the library.
-Interviews with international students and students who were abroad.
-Interviews with professors
-If there are any upcoming culture/language classes that are especially interesting, interview the professor about them.
-Videotape any cultural events that happen on campus, so that we have some stock to pull from.
Posted by anave at 10:42 AM
November 03, 2009
Andy's 6-7
Stacy West came in twice to use the phone. One person came in to ask how late we were open, but then left.
Posted by anave at 06:56 PM
October 31, 2009
Andy's Shift 1-4
Covered for Vlad's 1-3 shift, was very quiet. Just one student skyping.
Posted by anave at 04:10 PM
October 29, 2009
Andy's Shift
Tried to figure out what was causing the glitch with the Spanish videos (2&4 were not displaying correctly in moviemaker) Looked around online, but could not find anything specific to the situation. Audry may have found something, she is checking it out on another computer to see if it works.
An international student was looking at Tell Me More English, he did not have much time but just wanted to take a quick look. Carolina was here tutoring as well.
Posted by anave at 12:35 PM
October 28, 2009
Andy's 6-8
Quiet Shift, Pascal was here tutoring.
Posted by anave at 07:55 PM
Andy 10:10-11:20
A very quiet shift, a professor came in looking for Alejandra.
Posted by anave at 11:19 AM
October 27, 2009
Andy's 1:40-12:40
Checked out the headphones with Sascha and Natalia, we figured out that they need to be set in whatever program you are using. So, if you're using audacity go into preferences and make certain the input is set to USB Audio (2). For the moviemaker, go into the narration screen, then click on show details, and confirm that the USB Audio (2) is selected.
A student from Uggen's 3rd year class was asking about the My Spanish Lab as well, and he was being tutored by Carolinea (spelling?) Natalia showed them wordchamp, as they just needed to practice verbs.
Posted by anave at 12:44 PM
October 21, 2009
Andy's Shift Wednesday
New Headphones! They work great, but we could not figure out how to work the noise-reduction microphones. It could just be that we need to adjust the mic location, but there is also a mystery button under the volume adjuster...there's no documentation on their site as well.
Also checked out the WISE site for the Spanish video class.
Frank came in around 11:10, he will be here until noon.
Posted by anave at 11:07 AM
October 20, 2009
Andy's Shift 6-7
Quiet shift, the only people here was a student using Japanese TellMeMore and Alejandra on Skype.
Posted by anave at 06:57 PM
Andy's 11:30-12:30
Discussed the new plan for the TIUA event with Natalia, Sascha, and Eri. Condensed notes on a faculty presentation into short one-liners.
Posted by anave at 12:32 PM
October 18, 2009
Andy's 6:30-11
Quiet Shift, Alejandra was here using Skype. A student (Ian) came in wanting to get access to walton 21 to study. Since the alarm to that room was on, I had him call campus safety. (Wasn't sure if it was the same code as B18)
Posted by anave at 11:10 PM
October 17, 2009
Andy's 3-4
Rain! There was a movie playing in 21, and Professor Gaetano came in to use our phone to call campus safety. (Nothing serious, just locked out)
Posted by anave at 04:12 PM
October 15, 2009
Andy 11:30-12:30
Quiet shift, sent the handout/posters to Natalia to send over to the multimedia people. Pascal was tutoring, but he left around 12:00.
Posted by anave at 12:22 PM
October 14, 2009
Andy's Shift Wed 6-8
A quiet shift, there was a student using the Japanese tell me more CD. Another student came in looking for the College Republicans meeting.
Posted by anave at 07:59 PM
Andy's Shift
A quiet shift, just answered an email question about sign-up for Spanish tutors. Also found another set of headphones that are damaged, in this case one side does not play sound. I put it on top of the black cupboard.
Posted by anave at 11:13 AM
October 13, 2009
Andy's Shift 6-7
Two students were here, one using MySpanishSpace, another using TellMeMore Japanese.
Posted by anave at 06:55 PM
Andy's Shift 11:40-12:40
Looked over the poster and handouts with Eri, they are now in the llc drive under a folder named "Eri".
A student also came in wanting to make an appointment with the spanish tutors, so I told her how to sign up on My Spanish Space.
Posted by byavuz at 12:35 PM
October 10, 2009
Andy's Shift 3-4
A quiet shift, checked out the new contacts page, it looks very spiffy.
Posted by anave at 04:28 PM
October 08, 2009
Andy's Shift 11:30-12:30
Helped Eri write an invitation for the LLC open house, and make a preliminary handout to pass out at the time. Also went with Natalia to pick up and return laptops to WITS.
Posted by anave at 12:21 PM
October 07, 2009
Andy's Shift 6-8
A very quiet shift, Olga was here working and Alejandra came in to use skype
Posted by anave at 07:59 PM
Andy's Shift Wed
Found email addresses for people going to Spain next semester, made sure that the audio for french worked as well.
Posted by anave at 11:17 AM
October 06, 2009
Andy's Shift 6-7
Quiet Shift, one student was using a computer when I got here.
Posted by anave at 06:48 PM
Andy's Shift 11:40-12:40
Talked with Eri about the open house, and helped her making a flyer. Also puzzled over audacity with Marta, who was doing an audio cut for a french class. (Gouery-Richardson's class) It didn't work at first but opening a new window helped.
Posted by anave at 12:41 PM
October 04, 2009
Andy's Shift 6:30-11:
A very quiet shift, a student came in to use MySpanishLab.
Posted by anave at 11:04 PM
October 03, 2009
Andy's Shift 3-4
Quiet, no one came in...Uploaded information on what links work in the Chinese portion of the LLC site onto google docs.
Posted by anave at 04:37 PM
September 30, 2009
Andy's Shift 6-8
Very quiet shift, Pascal was here tutoring a few people, and a movie was playing in Walton 21.
Posted by anave at 08:05 PM
Andy's Shift 10:20-11:30
A nice shift, talked with Diego about wordchamp and blogs and such. Marta found a defective headphone set, so threw those away.
Posted by anave at 11:22 AM
September 29, 2009
Andy's Shift 11:30-12:30
Talked with Natalia, Sascha, and Eri about the TIUA open house, and found some foldable paper cutouts to pass out.
Here is one that is an Iphone/media player stand
http://www.dessinemoiunobjet.com/iphone-and-itouch-paper-stand-dock/
This is the site with a bunch of others!
http://foldingtrees.com
Posted by anave at 12:16 PM
September 27, 2009
Andy's Shift, 6:30-11:00
Quiet shift, just looked for additional sites that might be added to the Chinese site. Also tried to convert Chinese PDFs to Word files so that they could be used on WordChamp, but the free online sites I found did not seem to work.
Posted by anave at 10:54 PM
September 24, 2009
Andy's Shift 11:30-12:30
A Quiet enough shift, one student came in asking about learning arabic. I told him about the resources we had, but he was looking for a class of some sort. I asked for his email in case anyone knew about outside classes or tutors that could teach him.
Posted by anave at 12:38 PM
September 23, 2009
Andy's Shift 6-8pm
Quiet shift, just one group working on the spanish dubbing. Checked a few more of the Chinese sites.
Posted by jgfowler at 08:02 PM
Andy's Shift Wed 10:10-11:30
A Quiet shift, the Spanish tutors were here, as well as someone talking on skype. Checked some more of the Chinese links.
Posted by anave at 11:19 AM
September 22, 2009
Andy's Shift Tuesday 6-7
Quiet Shift, one student came in for the spanish dubbing. Checked out some of the links on the Chinese site, some were old/broken.
Posted by anave at 06:56 PM
September 20, 2009
Andy's Shift 6:30-11
Quiet Shift, Checked the Audio on Chinese first year, will talk to Juwen about what he wants there tomorrow. There were two students working on the spanish dubbing, and a massive spider appeared later on in the evening.
Posted by anave at 11:10 PM
September 19, 2009
Saturday 3-4
A very quiet shift, Olga and Sascha were here.
Posted by anave at 03:56 PM
September 17, 2009
Andy's Shift Thurs 11:30-12:30
Sascha and Natalia were here, one student came in looking for the multimedia room but no other visitors on my shift. Finished uploading the Chinese with Natalia's help.
Posted by anave at 12:26 PM
September 16, 2009
Andy's Shift 6-8
Two people came in, one to work on MySpanishLab, and the other to look at the 7Vidas videos for the spanish dubbing project. Apparently the video portion did not work on her computer.
Sascha and others were watching a movie next door as well.
Tried to upload the Chinese Audio for first year by using WebDav for WISE, but was told I didn't have sufficient privileges. The files are backed up on the LLC home drive, as well as in the itunes music folder on the mac closest to the air conditioner.
Posted by anave at 07:57 PM
Andy's Shift 10:10-11:20
Janet called asking about latin tutors, I told her about the software then asked the classics department about tutoring. (still waiting for their email reply) Got the new Chinese 1st year audio from Juwen, and I will upload them to WISE tonight.
Posted by anave at 11:19 AM
September 13, 2009
Andy's Shift Sunday 6:30-11:00
Quiet shift, Alejandra was in using skype, and a few people came to use MyLanguageLabs.
Posted by anave at 10:40 PM
September 12, 2009
Andy's Shift 3-4
Quiet shift, Sascha was here for a while as well.
Posted by anave at 03:58 PM
September 10, 2009
Andy's Shift 11:30-12:30
Worked with Sascha on renaming some Spanish audio files on WISE, the edit button didn't work so we had to use WebDav to download, rename, then re-upload the files.
Posted by anave at 12:30 PM
September 09, 2009
Andy's Shift Wed 6-8
Covered for Megan from 6-8, quiet shift. Pascal was tutoring for a bit, and Deng came in around 7:50 to use skype.
The computers that were logged in at 5:55 had an apple update program pop up. It's not a big issue at all, but in case anyone wanted to update apple software...
Posted by anave at 08:02 PM
Andy's Shift Wed 10:10-11:30
Ramon came in 20 minutes or so early with his class, but returned at the scheduled time. The session did not have any problems, one person was not logged in but the other students had already done the Language Lab sign-up.
Posted by anave at 11:15 AM
September 02, 2009
Andy's Shift
Covered for Megan from 6-8om on Wed, Alejandra and Deng came in to use skype and otherwise was very quiet.
Posted by oslabari at 07:57 PM
May 05, 2009
Andy's Shift
A few people came in to use the computers, and Natalia is in a meeting from 11:30ish.
Posted by anave at 11:58 AM
April 30, 2009
Andy's Shift
Very quiet, a few people in using the computers and printing things.
I dropped by the print shop to pick up some handouts, it's a really nice day out!
Now there are 31 of each kind of handout for the study abroad on one of the turquoise (?) tables.
Posted by kherb at 12:01 PM
April 21, 2009
Andy's Shift
There was a Spanish class in until 11:10.
The computer that didn't work now does, it seems the cables were just a bit loose.
Posted by kherb at 11:58 AM
April 19, 2009
Andy's Shift
Quiet shift, Jose and Simon came in around 6:30.
Posted by anave at 08:10 PM
April 12, 2009
Andy's Shift
Quiet Shift, Amadou and Jose were working on a video.
Posted by anave at 08:02 PM
April 11, 2009
Andy's Shift
Saturday shift, there was a group from Willamette Academy holding a meeting or class in the room next door. Megan, Vlad, and Olga were here. Jose came later on and Amadou dropped in for a bit as well. Left the lab open at 4, everyone was staying later.
Posted by anave at 04:01 PM
April 09, 2009
Andy's Shift
Quiet shift, a few people came in. Zan was working on her thesis again.
Posted by anave at 11:57 AM
April 07, 2009
Andy's Shift
A few people in using Skype/Word/etc. Zan is working on her thesis!
I looked at my french lab with Natalia, it's a new website/program for the French books. Looked like it would be helpful to the faculty and students, it's aimed at assisting the book.
Posted by anave at 12:02 PM
April 05, 2009
Andy's Shift
Quiet shift, Jose came in around 7:30
Posted by anave at 07:57 PM
April 02, 2009
Andy's Shift
Borrowed a tripod for Minami, it's together with the recorder in the corner with the hard drives.
Posted by anave at 12:05 PM
March 31, 2009
Andy's Shift
Set up an entry for Sakura Matsuri on the events blog, everyone should come check it out!
Posted by anave at 12:08 PM
March 19, 2009
Andy's Shift
There was a conference call meeting for the tech group from 11 to about 12ish, no one came in before then.
Simon was here using the internet, and a lady came in to thank an LLC staff member for finding a picture of the kepler launch. She didn't know who it was, so I'll just leave this here.
The monitor cable for a PC doesn't seem to work, it's the one closest to the exit in front of the mirror.
Looked around on the WISE My Spanish page, trying to figure out what was wrong with the sign-up for tutoring. I couldn't find anything that seemed wrong.
Posted some Chinese events from the events blog onto the Chinese blog to keep a record of them.
Posted by anave at 02:26 PM
March 17, 2009
Andy's Shift
Very quiet shift.
Apparently the table tents were printed in the wrong size.
Posted by anave at 12:01 PM
March 10, 2009
Andy's Shift
Fairly quiet, sounded like people were watching a movie in the other room. Found some sites for ChineseTV, but can't find any sites with english that show chinese language news. The best option for professors is probably to find the program they would like students to watch on CCTV, then send them the direct link. Otherwise students will most likely have trouble navigating the site.
Posted by anave at 11:28 AM
March 07, 2009
Andy's Shift
Busy shift, there were several people in. Jose and Amadou were working on the video, and Megan was here as well.
Posted by anave at 04:06 PM
March 06, 2009
Andy's Shift for Thursday
Forgot to make an entry, it seems! I just looked over a few TV channels for Chinese, and checked the video settings for skype. If anyone is having problems, just go into options, video settings, and change the input.
Posted by anave at 10:25 AM
March 03, 2009
Andy's Shift
Elizabeth came in, looking for a passage from Matthew. Showed her bibleworks, she will use a different source though.
Also showed Jose how to open and close the lab.
Posted by anave at 11:58 AM
February 26, 2009
Andy's Shift
Quiet shift, the doors into smullin basement were locked and some of the students were having problems so I called campus safety and had them unlock it.
Posted by anave at 11:55 AM
February 24, 2009
Andy's Shift
A lot of people in using skype! I also talked with Elizabeth about her friend going to China, and how to find room and board, as well as a job.
Posted by anave at 11:56 AM
February 22, 2009
Andy's Shift
Quiet shift, Simon came to use the internet for a while.
Posted by anave at 08:25 PM
February 21, 2009
Andy's Shift
A very quiet shift, seems like the carpet cleaners are done.
Posted by anave at 03:54 PM
February 19, 2009
Andy's Shift
Cool shift, not many people at first but Natalia set up a skype conversation between Sydney and Natasha (her niece). It's what we're here for!
Posted by anave at 11:45 AM
February 17, 2009
Andy's Shift
Updated the abroad blogs, now the RSS feeds for non-Willamette blogs work!
A law student called, and wanted a Russian document translated. They will probably come in during Vlad or Olga's shifts.
Posted by anave at 11:56 AM
February 15, 2009
Andy's Shift
Quiet shift once again!
Posted by anave at 07:34 PM
February 14, 2009
Andy's Shift
Quiet shift, added a few non-willamette blogs to the study abroad list and uploaded it.
Posted by anave at 04:02 PM
February 10, 2009
Andy's Shift
Quiet shift, students using computers but no issues!
Posted by anave at 11:59 AM
February 08, 2009
Andy's Shift
Quiet shift, looked like a class or study session in the next door room.
Posted by anave at 07:54 PM
February 05, 2009
Andy's Shift
Quiet shift, some students came in..
Posted by anave at 11:54 AM
February 03, 2009
Andy's Shift
Met the 3rd Russian candidate, and also helped introduce Karina to the software we have here.
Posted by anave at 11:58 AM
February 01, 2009
Andy's Shift
Very quiet shift...
Posted by jgfowler at 08:00 PM
January 29, 2009
Andy's Shift
A student came in looking for Natalia.
A quiet shift, two people came in.
Posted by anave at 11:53 AM
January 27, 2009
Andy's Shift
Worked on WISE, and set up the Chinese classes so that they could be joined by anyone as a student. Also added an announcement on these classes with instructions on how to use the audio files.
Checked out some CCTV online as well.
Posted by anave at 11:33 AM
January 25, 2009
Andy's Shift
Quiet shift, checked WISE because some students were having trouble with chinese tutoring sign-up, looks like the teachers have not activated the classes yet.
Posted by anave at 08:02 PM
January 24, 2009
Andy's Shift
A woman came in to use skype, seemed like there was a class in walton 21. Otherwise a quiet shift.
Posted by anave at 04:01 PM
January 22, 2009
Andy's Shift
I checked rosetta stone on the computer closest the macs, and it works. Our new computers have two sound ports, so two people can use headphones on the same computer. I tested those as well, and it works fine. (The ports are on the speaker at the bottom of the screen, on either side.
The computer next to the pumpkin candle is being used for vhs-dvd transfer, please don't touch!
Posted by anave at 10:08 AM
January 20, 2009
Whoooo
Watched the reports after the inauguration, left it on the big screen but no one came in...
Posted by kherb at 11:58 AM
December 09, 2008
Tues 2-4
Talked with Natalia about her invitation letter, hopefully that's sorted out.
Found out that Chinese TV works now, as long as you search for it first.
Susa came in with a video for Spanish, so we figured out how to import the movie using a video recorder that was here.
Posted by anave at 03:44 PM
December 02, 2008
Tuesday 2-4
Talked with Natalia about the language blogs, we discussed what would be most effective.
I think that having the language blogs might not involve very many people, so we talked about combining the blogs into one single "language blog" where we could just post whatever came to mind.
We could post both language-specific and non-specific items, and just tag accordingly.
I think that this would make it much more active and interesting, what does the rest of the LLC think?
Posted by jgfowler at 03:57 PM
November 25, 2008
Tues 2-4
Found the notes from the WWN meeting, and sent it out to Louise, Zan, and Jessa.
Looked around the Bootcamp manual for any Chinese resources, then started to look over the resources on the website. There are a few dead or not very useful links, so I will begin to document and possibly change these.
Posted by anave at 03:54 PM
November 20, 2008
Thursday 2-4
Talked with Natalia about language things...How we should restart the language blogs (change to wise, consolidate previous information onto the website or on the MyLanguage spaces.)
Revamping the site, and changing the organization of the language sections.
Also talked about how we might involve TA's and Faculty with the lab. (Mostly faculty)
The Colloquium was here today as well, making the salem guide. Looks like they're in the final stages...
Posted by anave at 03:11 PM
November 19, 2008
Wed 5-9
Had some trouble with the audio for a TellMeMore, just had to change the audio settings to match the headphones.
Tutoring happened as well, simon was here for a while.
Posted by anave at 08:41 PM
November 18, 2008
Tues 2-4
A telemarketer called, just a recorded sales pitch...
Worked with PCTV, there is most likely an issue with permissions. I exported the channel list from the administrator workspace, it's now on the LLC drive under Andy>Channels>Channels.xml If anyone wants to play around with it, go ahead. It dosn't seem to work though. To export/import, go into start>Programs>Pinnacle PCTV>Tools>Channel Manager, then just click on import/export.
Posted by anave at 03:57 PM
November 12, 2008
Wed 5-9
Not much going on, scheduled a class in the LLC tomorrow, there will also be one 2:30-3:30 on Friday.
There is a film meeting and movie going on in the joined room.
Posted by anave at 09:01 PM
November 08, 2008
Saturday Afternoon
Long shift, Jose came in toward the end, I left him the key so he could use the lab.
Posted by anave at 04:05 PM
November 06, 2008
Thursday 2-4
Arrived to a busy class, one person forgot their flash drive. I sent them an email, it's currently on the top shelf in the black cabinet.
Tutoring was here as well, both chinese and french.
Apparently some problems with dubbing, Olga is taking care of it.
Posted by anave at 04:00 PM
October 30, 2008
Thursday 2-4
Quiet shift, introduced wordchamp to a student, and told him about the tutoring sign-up on WISE.
Posted by anave at 03:55 PM
October 29, 2008
Wed 5-9
Quiet night, had tutoring for french.
A non-student was interested in checking out Tell Me More French.
Posted by afrackel at 08:55 PM
October 23, 2008
Thursday 2-4
Tried to upload Chinese Audio, dosn't quite work because it's locked. Sent an email to Professor Zhang to explain and see what he wants.
Worked on making a voicethread presentation.
Posted by anave at 03:50 PM
October 22, 2008
Wed 5-9
Had the tail end of the WWN meeting, there are cookies and some milk left in the small viewing room.
We had three people come in for an international phone call to Australia, the first had been told that skype was free for international calls, and we had trouble with the number as well. (apparently you don't include the area code when dialing international calls)
The hard drive is in the second basket, I figured taking it out of the box would get tedious.
Posted by afrackel at 08:02 PM
October 21, 2008
Tues 2-4
Worked on voicethread, looking at commenting and doodling.
Posted by jgfowler at 03:57 PM
October 16, 2008
Thurs 2-4
Took a look at voicethread again, now it seems to work...would others mind making accounts and trying to add me as a friend? I would like to test out how the comments work some more.
Also started going through the boot camp manual to try to find some chinese resources.
Posted by anave at 03:39 PM
October 15, 2008
Wed 5-9
Made a short presentation using voice thread. The presentation works fine, but I can't seem to add friends and send it. If anyone knows how it works, please let me know.
* It seems comments work, but I needed to make the voicethread public and search for it with another account.
Posted by anave at 08:42 PM
October 14, 2008
Tues 2-4
Added the TAs to the events blog, and sent an email about it.
Looked up some things about voicethread, and figured out the commenting system.
Posted by anave at 03:39 PM
October 09, 2008
Thursday 2-4
Placed RSS feeds of Language blogs, World News, and Events onto the WISE sites of language professors who requested them. The list of professors and their class numbers are in the llc hard drive. The Javascript I generated did not work for some reason, but copying the code from the My Language Space did.
Also added an announcement to the sites with new RSS feeds, the text for this is also in the LLC drive.
Posted by anave at 03:57 PM
October 08, 2008
Wed 5-9
Simon was here tutoring, and a few students came by to work on various languages.
Posted by afrackel at 08:57 PM
October 07, 2008
Tues 2-4
Introduced two students to WordChamp, they were looking for Spanish news sites and I figured the examples they had on web reader would do.
Helped Miho Fujiwara with exporting Audacity files as MP3, installed the LAME library to her computer to do that.
Posted by anave at 03:56 PM
October 04, 2008
Saturday 2-4
Quiet shift, a student came in asking for Kelsey's email.
Posted by anave at 03:57 PM
September 30, 2008
2-4 Tuesday
Helped reconnect an H drive
I tried placing RSS feeds on classes for teachers who had requested them, but could not find the classes on WISE. The list of classes is in the LLC drive, in an excel document under a folder called WISE classes RSS
When you want to post a RSS feed onto wise, just follow these steps: (taken from Megan's post)
It is possible to put RSS feeds on WISE through HTML, and you don't have to be an expert to do it. Just go to this site: http://itde.vccs.edu/rss2js/build.php, fill out the form, and click Generate JavaScript. When the code is generated, copy it. Now go to the Home section in WISE and click on Options under Site Information Display. Click on the Source button (the first button above the text box) and paste the code into the text box. Then click Update Options.
Posted by afrackel at 03:08 PM
September 25, 2008
Thurs 2-4
Helped JinLin register for the My Chinese Space, and fixed the spanish RSS feeds (I think)
Checked out the pomona boot camp document, and looked at a few voicethread presentations.
Posted by anave at 04:00 PM
September 24, 2008
Wed 5-9
I checked Monica's blog status, and it says she has access to the World News. Did someone already fix it?
The power was restored, it was just the fuse again. The guy from maintenance said he would be back tomorrow during normal hours to check it out and see if there is a problem.
Wise also seems to work, just the RSS feeds for Spanish and Japanese have a problem: It shows code rather than the feed. The others, Chinese and German, look like they are fine.
Posted by anave at 05:44 PM
September 23, 2008
2-4 Tuesday
Updated the assistants schedule, it should be fine now.
I made sure the dvds worked, then put the movies for Gaetano in the black cabinet, on the third shelf.
Posted by afrackel at 02:33 PM
September 18, 2008
Thurs 2-4
Lots of tutors in here today, had french and chinese students come in. The macs now have the adobe programs. (photoshop, dreamweaver, etc)
Posted by anave at 03:46 PM
September 17, 2008
wed 5-7:30
Renamed some german audio files, and listened to simon tutor. Quiet shift.
Posted by jgfowler at 07:40 PM
September 16, 2008
Tuesday 11:00-2:00
watched the brown bag presentation and tried to upload german audio files, but it didn't work..
Posted by dsemenia at 01:57 PM
September 15, 2008
Mon 6-9
Simon was here with his tutorees for a little while.
Found a kontakte CD in one of the computers, will put it in front of the printer with the pile of CDs there.
Posted by afrackel at 09:09 PM
September 13, 2008
Sat 2-4
Two students came in asking about wordchamp, the first on where to find it, the second on how to create flashcards from the online text. (copy into the webreader)
Posted by afrackel at 03:53 PM
September 11, 2008
2-4 Thursday
Renamed the Chinese Beyond the Basics files, the last lesson is missing for some reason (Lesson 15). Looked around for the other book (Chinese Breakthrough), but could not find the audio. I looked in the external HD, and the booth as well. The books are under the air conditioning, I will return them to Zhang tomorrow, as he has left for the day. Also looked for the Nakama CDs, but did not find those either.
On a brighter note, I picked up cookies from the bistro!
There was a class here from 3:15, Natalia gave them a tour of the lab.
Posted by anave at 02:36 PM
September 10, 2008
7-9
Training! I put the chinese audio files in order...they just need to be renamed. I'll get the book tomorrow and do that.
Posted by mtarants at 09:03 PM
September 08, 2008
Monday 6-9
Helped someone figure out how to use video chat in the llc, do we plan on installing chat software such as msn messenger or aim?
Someone also came in to put a poster up on the billboard.
Posted by kherb at 09:02 PM
September 03, 2008
Andy 7-9
wandered around wise and word champ, not much happens this time of night...
Posted by afrackel at 08:46 PM
May 02, 2008
Friday!
The LLC Home drive is out of space! The voice thread movies are backed up on computer O in a folder on the desktop.
Also burned the last Voicethread disk.
Posted by anave at 12:25 PM
April 18, 2008
Friday
No success with burning the DVD for the Japanese class, tried both Roxio and Nero.
Posted by anave at 01:41 PM
April 17, 2008
Thrusday!
Natalia sent me the student list for study abroad next year, and I've saved it to the LLC drive in it's own folder (WUabroad08)
Also created a new page on the llc wiki called LLCplanning ideas, please edit it in write down what projects you are interested in or want to see happen next year.
Posted by anave at 11:27 AM
April 11, 2008
Friday
Sascha, there's a Russian book for you in the black cabinet.
Posted by anave at 12:31 PM
April 09, 2008
Wed 8-9
Worked on Language blogs, mostly done with the Chinese one...I will get them both done by today!
Pandora doesn't seem to work on computer A...has anyone tried it out?
Posted by anave at 09:01 AM
April 02, 2008
Wed
Quiet shift.
Lucia, I can come in during Beyza's shift on Thursday, will that work for you?
Posted by anave at 09:00 AM
March 31, 2008
Monday!
I see we have a snazzy new LLC sign...
Quiet shift, but started to fill up around the last 10 minutes.
Posted by anave at 08:58 AM
March 20, 2008
Thursday
Nice shift, hope everyone's finals are going well.
Talked about the independent learner stuff with Natalia, I will post a quick summary of that in the extended entry so please read it.
Some Ideas:
-Instead of a separate Independent learner page, place a link under each language in the "Language Resources" menu.
-Add a "other languages" or "unoffered languages" section in the "Language Resources" drop down menu to include languages that are not offered.
-Re-organize all the language sections, recheck the links, etc.
-Add an about page or add to the information on the main page.
Any ideas or suggestions? I think this will work well but I also tend to get tunnel vision when I work on things...
Posted by anave at 10:28 AM
March 17, 2008
Monday
The japanese Teacher was in presenting on voicewire <-(?) An online powerpoint program. Some trouble with audio/input but easily resolved.
Posted by anave at 09:11 AM
March 14, 2008
marratech!
The class working with marratech were in here today, 9 of the licenses worked but the final one said that the limit was exceeded, one person was missing from the class though so everyone was able to use a computer.
Posted by anave at 11:35 AM
March 13, 2008
Thursday
Lots of people came in, we keep having trouble with static on the microphones...
Someone is here holding an interview over skype, apparently the audio on the headphone/microphone doesn't work, I think it's just that we need to select it in skype.
Posted by anave at 12:30 PM
March 10, 2008
Monday 8-9
I let Misuzu into the smaller room to get some things for the calligraphy club, some things are still in there so she will need some help later.
Posted by anave at 09:03 AM
March 07, 2008
Friday morning
It's Friday! all quiet as always, Marta, Heiki, and Misuzu joined me toward the end.
Posted by anave at 08:52 AM
March 06, 2008
Thursday 9:30-11:30
Quiet shift, a few people came in to work and Misuzu was here to tutor.
Posted by anave at 11:31 AM
March 03, 2008
Monday
Happy Monday everyone!
Someone actually came in to ask some questions on Japanese, otherwise pretty quiet shift.
Posted by anave at 08:58 AM
February 29, 2008
Friday
Watched a Chinese movie with the Chinese 2 class, then set up a Russian movie. Learned more about Dreamweaver with Jacob
Posted by anave at 01:02 PM
Friday 8-9
Quiet shift, Ivo and Marta were here.
Posted by anave at 09:00 AM
February 28, 2008
Thursday
Helped a student out with Spanish typing, then talked with Natalia.
We looked at a online conference room for the Hebrew classes next semester created by Marratech. Seems to be working all right, need to get the video connected.
Posted by kherb at 11:28 AM
February 27, 2008
Wed 8-9
Quiet shift, Marta and Heiki arrived at the end of the shift.
Posted by anave at 08:58 AM
February 25, 2008
Monday 8-9
Happy Monday!
Unfortunately, Natalia has a cold and can not come in today.
Other than that, I learned today that Montag opens at 9...
Posted by anave at 08:57 AM
February 22, 2008
Friday!
Forgot to make an entry for this morning, so I'll do that here as well.
I found Marta's USB drive in the morning, and there was an incident with the key that's all taken care of.
I helped set up the small viewing room for the Russian Professor.
Posted by anave at 12:58 PM
February 21, 2008
Thurs 9:30-11:30
Karen, Marta, and Elizabeth were in the lab working, and a Japanese student came looking for a movie from a Japanese class that she had missed, we didn't have it so she went to the library.
Posted by anave at 11:21 AM
February 20, 2008
Wed 8-9
Wednesday already...Quiet shift, Beyza and Charlie came to print something out...
Posted by anave at 09:02 AM
February 18, 2008
Mon 8-9
The 3rd year Japanese class came in to work on a paper, they wanted to reserve the lab for tomorrow as well.
Posted by anave at 09:01 AM
February 15, 2008
Friday!
Quiet shift, misuzu had her tutoring session
Posted by anave at 01:40 PM
Friday 8-9
Hope you guys had fun at the party!
Shift was quiet, a few people came in to work on the computers.
Posted by anave at 09:02 AM
February 14, 2008
Thurs 9:30-11:30
A prospective German professor came in with Natalia, she speaks Chinese!
A professor for classics came in later as well.
Mardi Gras colors (green, purple, gold) mean faith, justice, and power!
Posted by anave at 11:47 AM
February 13, 2008
Wed 8-9
Quiet shift, no one came in
Posted by anave at 08:56 AM
February 08, 2008
Friday 12-1
Professor Tatiana came to watch a movie in the small viewing room, so opened the door and set the movie up. Misuzu is holding her tutoring, and a few students came in to work.
Posted by anave at 01:13 PM
Friday 8-9
Quiet shift, Lucia and Heiki were here.
Posted by anave at 08:57 AM
February 07, 2008
Thursday 9:30-11:30
Things happened!
Eventful shift, started off with the new Russian professor, Tatiana, coming to watch a movie in the small viewing room. Amadou was already there watching a soccer game, but he agreed to move (Tatiana had a reservation) I tried to use the computer in Walton 21 to watch Amadou's game, but it kept showing static...is it not hooked up?
A few people came in to use the computers, and I helped someone with stats homework...
Finished up by fixing a paper jam with the printer.
Posted by anave at 11:34 AM
February 06, 2008
Wed8-9
Quiet shift, Misuzu came in for a little bit.
Posted by anave at 08:58 AM
February 04, 2008
Mon 8-9
Quiet shift, Ivo came in to study for a little bit.
Posted by anave at 08:59 AM
February 01, 2008
Friday 12-1
A person came in looking for a CD for arrested development, it was in the back of the cabinet. A few people were in here, working with atajo. Misuzu is holding her tutoring session behind me.
Posted by anave at 12:55 PM
Friday 8-9
Took the DVD out of computer A and put it in front of the computer.
Ivo came in to work on the internet, Beyza dropped in as well.
Posted by anave at 08:55 AM
January 31, 2008
Thurs 9:30-11:30
Quiet shift, found Marta's USB drive and put it in the heart-shaped basket.
People started coming in the last 30 minutes of the shift, Beyza, Dimitri, and two guys recording Chinese with audacity.
Sometimes an error comes up when using audacity about the sound input, just go into "tools" and "preferences" then change the input device until it works.
Posted by anave at 11:19 AM
January 30, 2008
Wed 8-9
Quiet shift, no one came in...
Posted by anave at 08:50 AM
January 28, 2008
Monday 8-9
Quiet shift, Misuzu wanted to reserve Walton 21, and a few people came to work on computers (chinese recording)
Posted by anave at 08:51 AM
January 25, 2008
Friday 8-9
Quiet shift, Ivo and Heiki came in to work on some things, And I checked the microphone input for the Chinese classes coming in today. (No problems, just have students adjust volume if it's too static-y)
What's going on with the online assistant's schedule? Every time I check it it seems different.
Posted by anave at 08:52 AM
January 24, 2008
Thurs 9:30-11:30
Quiet, worked on wordchamp and made a few flashcards, I'll try to get skype later today...
Posted by anave at 11:22 AM
January 23, 2008
Wed 8-9
Spanish class came in, and natalia introduced them to the lab.
cleared most of the voice mails in the phone as well.
Posted by anave at 09:02 AM
January 21, 2008
Monday 8-9
2nd week of school! Happy (?) Monday everyone.
One person came in to use audacity to record Chinese, had some trouble organizing tracks...she said she would be coming back in an hour or so.
Other than that, quiet shift.
Posted by anave at 08:58 AM
January 18, 2008
12-1
Quiet shift, happy friday everyone!
Posted by anave at 01:04 PM
Friday 8-9
The key is stuck!! I can't seem to get it out of the box, so I filed a maintenance request, I said it wasn't urgent so I'm not sure when they will arrive. Until then, we can't get the key...
on a more positive note...it's Friday!
Posted by anave at 08:53 AM
January 17, 2008
Thursday 8:00-11:30
Helped the new Japanese teacher, and introduced delicious to her class.
Met Gabbi (sp?) a prospective german teacher, and also helped people with blackboard.
Other than that, a quiet shift.
Posted by anave at 11:19 AM
January 16, 2008
wed 3-5 shift
We came up with some issues with the website, the header on the page (the big picture on the top of each page) is not systematic, the llc home header and the willamette world news header leads back to their respective sites, while the willamette abroad leads back to the llc home. It may be best to organize these so they lead back to what it stands for. (the willamette abroad leads to willamette abroad)
found a nice yellow pen (black ink) near the L computer, put it under the giant head.
also made a guide document for tell me more Japanese.
E computer seems to have a problem with the sound card, the Tell Me More dialogue/pronunciation does not work.
Posted by anave at 03:05 PM
Wed 8-9
The new site looks great! Good work Jacob!
I set up a delicious account for the japanese 3 class, nothing else happened this morning.
Posted by anave at 09:01 AM
January 14, 2008
First Shift!
Hey everyone, hope you all had a great break!
The shift was pretty quiet, just had to let people into walton 21 for a class.
Posted by anave at 08:53 AM
December 13, 2007
Thur 7-9
Quiet shift, just people working on finals. Beyza and Lucie stayed behind to continue studying
Posted by anave at 08:58 PM
December 12, 2007
Wed 11:30-3:00
Quiet shift, Florence came to tutor in the small room, and a few people came to study/work on finals.
Posted by anave at 02:51 PM
December 07, 2007
Friday 1-3
Quiet shift, one person came to study Chinese and some people to just work on the computers.
Posted by anave at 02:48 PM
December 06, 2007
Thurs 7-9
Quiet shift, no one picked up the DVD
Posted by anave at 08:52 PM
December 05, 2007
Wed 11:30-3:00
Rather quiet shift, saw off the group going to Portland. A few people came in to use the computers, one person borrowed the Italian Rosetta Stone. A few people borrowed the external drives for the Spanish project, but used them in the lab. Karen is doing her tutoring in the small room.
Posted by anave at 02:41 PM
December 04, 2007
Tuesday 2:30-3:00
Quiet shift, found Amy's USB drive at computer O (I put this in the basket we put the key in) and a USB-USB2 cable next to to computer M (put this on the table)
For some reason computer H-N don't turn on.
Posted by anave at 03:05 PM
November 30, 2007
Friday!
A lot of people in and out today, a few groups/people working on Spanish, both dubbing and just studying. Someone working with rosetta stone as well, looked like Italian. looked for a CDA to MP3 converter for a while before realizing that windows media player can rip CDs to WMA, which works with Elements...oops.
Posted by anave at 02:57 PM
November 28, 2007
Wed 11:30-3:00
Quiet shift, A few people were here just using the internet and such, one student borrowed rosetta stone for Italian, and a Spanish student came in to borrow an external hard drive. Karen had her tutoring session as well.
Also set up the Christmas tree!
Posted by anave at 02:27 PM
November 27, 2007
Tuesday 2:30-3:00
Quiet shift, a few people were in the lab using computers, and a Spanish student came to work with the external hard drive.
Posted by anave at 03:00 PM
November 16, 2007
Fri
Finished the blogs, a student came in asking about the French software we have. A few students using the internet and skype.
Posted by anave at 03:16 PM
November 15, 2007
Thurs 7-9
Quiet shift, nothing really happened.
Posted by anave at 08:54 PM
November 14, 2007
Wed 11:30-3:00
A student came to work on the dubbing project in the Pit.
Showed Heiki and Lucia llc drive and where the bulletin board info was.
Started a tutorial on Dreamweaver.
The CD drive for computer N dosn't seem to pick anything up, and computer L did not pick up the tell me more CD when a student tried to use it.
Posted by anave at 02:42 PM
November 09, 2007
Friday 1-3
Some students came to use the internet and such, Heiki is here working on one of the computers. A group working on the Spanish project came in, and Kindra helped them get acquainted with Elements. (Thanks Kindra!) Worked on things to go on the bulletin board.
Posted by anave at 03:08 PM
November 08, 2007
Thurs 7-9
I remembered about the mixxer thing just as I walked into the LLC...I'm sorry I missed it.
Quiet shift, not much else happened.
Posted by anave at 09:00 PM
November 07, 2007
11:30-5:00
Covered for Dmitriy today.
A few people came in to use Atajo, one person using software for Arabic. Found that Atajo dictionary did not work in the Smullin computer lab. One person came in to work on the Spanish project.
Also, Amadou will not be showing his movie today.
Posted by anave at 03:47 PM
November 06, 2007
Tues 2:30-3:00
Quiet shift, a Spanish student came to work on her dubbing project in the 2nd lab.
Posted by anave at 02:51 PM
November 02, 2007
Friday 1-3
Learned about using Adobe Elements for the Spanish dubbing project.
A few people came in to use Tell me More (French ver.) and Rosetta stone for Arabic.
People came to fix the water cooler in the small viewing room
Posted by anave at 02:50 PM
November 01, 2007
Thurs 7-9
Some friends came in and watched Chinese TV, it seems to not work on computer E (sound but no visual)
I left computer G on, shut down everything else. otherwise a quiet shift.
Posted by anave at 08:31 PM
October 31, 2007
Wed 11:30-3
Quiet shift, some people came to watch movies in the small viewing room, Scott came to study Spanish.
Worked with HandBrake, I'll talk about it in the extended entry.
HandBrake can be a bit tricky, I'll write down what I did here;
1. After starting HandBrake up and putting the DVD in, click the browse button next to the source menu, and select the folder called VIDEO_TS, it will be under the DVD.
2. Then select the chapters you want to encode; I found it easiest to open the DVD in wmp and play the file I wanted, it will show you what chapter it is on the right-hand side.
3. Select the destination, and choose what file type you want to save it as. I used .avi
4. Then you need to choose your output preferences. I wasn't sure on these, but ended up settling on "H.264" for the encoder (The filesize was bigger than XviD), and "MP3" for the audio encoder. (The computers don't have the codec to play AAC, so the movies won't have any sound if you choose AAC.)
5. Chris suggested changing the "Constant Quality" under the "Video Settings" tab to 100%.
6. Hit "Encode Video," It seems to take around 30-60 minutes to do this, I had to go before it finished so I'm not sure though.
I'm not sure if these are the best settings for editing with Elements, If you need to change something I suggest just encoding a single chapter at first to try it out. (It's a lot quicker)
Posted by anave at 02:42 PM
October 30, 2007
Tues 2:30-3:00
Quiet shift, Natalia came in and talked about a few projects coming up.
Also, the google calendars on our website are an hour early, probably because of daylight savings. (The actual gmail calendar is fine though)
Posted by anave at 02:55 PM
October 25, 2007
Thurs 7-9
No one came in, quiet shift.
Posted by anave at 09:02 PM
October 24, 2007
Wed 11:30-3:00
Two people came in to work with atajo, and a few other people to just work on the computers with word and such. Finished up my language blogs, had a nice shift.
Posted by anave at 02:45 PM
October 23, 2007
Tuesday
Misuzu was working on Japanese tutoring stuff and the printer jammed, so I went to wits. Karen came to wait for one of her students.
Posted by anave at 03:02 PM
October 18, 2007
Thurs, 7-9
No one came in...
Natalia called, LLC will be closed on Friday (Midsemester Day)
Have a great weekend!
Posted by anave at 09:12 PM
October 17, 2007
Wed 11:30-3:00
Helped a french class with Word champ and mixxer.
Looked at the WU abroad page while Sasha and Kelsey tried to update it, Sasha sent an email out about it.
Posted by anave at 02:57 PM
October 16, 2007
Tuesday 2:30-3
Quiet shift, no one came in.
Posted by anave at 03:00 PM
October 12, 2007
Friday!
Amadou came in and I took some pictures for him, some people came in around 2:30ish. Karen came to use the English Tell me more software.
Posted by anave at 03:09 PM
October 11, 2007
Thurs 7-9
Quiet shift, a few people working on Japanese. Brushed up on Audacity and uploading to Blackboard.
Posted by anave at 08:52 PM
October 10, 2007
11:30-3:00 Wed
Rather quiet shift, some people studying for Spanish came in.
Maria dropped off a video for viewing at 4:30
Our article in the collegian was published, if anyone hasn't read it yet.
Posted by anave at 02:42 PM
October 09, 2007
2:30-3
Finished the blogs, quiet shift...The photographer from the collegean came after though, and took pictures of the lab.
Posted by nshevche at 03:47 PM
October 05, 2007
Friday 1-3
Talked with Nick about the collegian article, that should turn out well. Misuzu scheduled some times for Japanese tutoring next week, I put it in the lab schedule.
Do we have any bigger Spanish dictionaries, or plan to get more dictionaries in general? Someone studying Spanish asked.
Posted by anave at 03:00 PM
October 04, 2007
Thurs 7-9
Quiet shift, some people came in to work.
Someone couldn't find the French tutoring room, walton 127?
Posted by anave at 09:03 PM
October 03, 2007
Wed 11:30-3:00
Helped introduce two more Japanese classes, and introduced them to Tell Me More. Then uploaded some Spanish lyrics onto blackboard. Some people came in and worked on the computers, cool shift.
Someone might have forgotten a charger for their laptop, if anyone finds one her email is
Brought some posters to Reslife as well.
Posted by anave at 02:54 PM
October 02, 2007
Tuesday
Helped introduce two Japanese classes (first year) to the LLC, not many people showed up for the second one.
Finished my blogs and posted them, and got my name card. whoo!
Posted by anave at 03:53 PM
September 28, 2007
Friday 1-3
Professor Wu came in, and I helped her with Tell me More CJ and working CCTV.
Re-sent the copyright info to Natalia.
See you all tomorrow!
Posted by anave at 02:55 PM
September 27, 2007
Thurs 7-9
Showed the German movie group into W21, then to the small viewing room. Some people came to use Atajo. Also looked up some copyright stuff for Natalia.
Posted by anave at 09:00 PM
September 26, 2007
Wed 11:30-3:00
Talked with Natalia about Winpitch, the programming seemed a bit sketchy when I tried it out. Helped add comment boxes on the World news, and read through the posts.
Amadou dropped off a video for the French class, and asked that Kelsey take attendance. I put the video on the whiteboard and wrote a note just in case.
Posted by anave at 02:48 PM
September 25, 2007
Tuesday 2:30-3:00
Talked with Natalia and Professors Zhang and Wu about the Chinese Tell me More, they seemed interested in using it with their classes. Finished up the language blog as well.
Posted by anave at 03:48 PM
September 21, 2007
Friday 1-3
it's Friday!
Quiet shift, a German class came in and natalia and Amy introduced them to the lab.
Have a great weekend!
Posted by anave at 03:00 PM
September 20, 2007
7-9 Thursday
Tried burning the DVDs, but the "that 70s show" disk appears to be blank, and when I tried to burn the Office DVD, an error screen came up and the blank disk I was burning to became finalized with nothing on it, for some reason...Is anyone here good with DVDs? I don't have much experience burning them.
Other than that, a good shift.
Posted by anave at 08:54 PM
3-5 Thursday
covered for Beyza with Zhanna.
Met with Natalia and Miho Fujiwara about the tell me more programs and looked into the winpitch program.
Posted by kherb at 04:57 PM
September 19, 2007
11:30-3:00 Wed
Busy day, configured Chinese input on all the computers, and poked around with the web mail language settings.
Maria Blanco (not sure if the spelling is right) wanted some DVDs copied by tomorrow (The office and That 70s show) I didn't know exactly how to do it, so put the DVDs in the cabinet. She also asked about a CD polisher...do we have one?
Tell me more CJ has been installed for all computers, and works as long as you have the CD.
If anyone has some spare time, could they look at sending main via webmail in different languages? To send and receive in Chinese you need to change the display settings (options->display preferences) For some reason you can look at Japanese characters while set to read Chinese, but when set for Japanese some characters were incorrect.
Also had some questions about the language blogs, but I'll put it in the extended entry section...
Is there any way to see how many people visit the blogs? From what I have heard not many people seem too motivated to look at them, and Willamette being a small school we may not be reaching many people. If this turns out to be true, we may want to work the blogs into our site a bit more (perhaps make a webpage on all the technical aspects of learning a language, and then make a separate forum/blog for experiences and questions people may have.)
As if to contradict what I was just writing...someone came in wanting to study French on her own! whoo! Ended up deciding to audit a French class, but still cool.
Posted by anave at 02:17 PM
September 18, 2007
Tuesday 2:30-3
Quiet shift, not much happened...
Posted by anave at 02:59 PM
September 14, 2007
Friday!
Quiet shift, talked with Misuzu about the tell me more programs, and set up times for the Japanese classes to come in for orientation (should be on the calendar). A spanish class came in for orientation towards the end, natalia helped them with atajo.
Posted by anave at 02:52 PM
September 13, 2007
Thur. 7-9
Seemed like there was a problem with scheduling for Walton 21, two people showed up to watch a german movie and there was a group already inside...I let them into the small viewing room. A few other people came to do homework, pretty quiet shift.
Typed up my Language Blog post, but would like to look it over before posting it. (It's on my H drive right now)
Posted by anave at 09:01 PM
September 12, 2007
Wed 11:30-3:00
Interesting day, two classes came in during my shift, Amy introduced the 11:30 one for me, and I helped the 1:50 class. There was a problem with the breaker during the first class (and the class before that) but the second class had no problems.
-Andy
Posted by anave at 02:53 PM
September 07, 2007
Friday!
Quiet day, watched Hedgehog in the Fog, which was a very cute stop-motion film, and installed the chinese version of tell me more onto computer B.
-Andy
Posted by anave at 03:03 PM
September 06, 2007
Thursday evening
My first post!
Campus Safety was walking around when I arrived, apparently an alarm went off somewhere in Smullin, everything seemed ok though.
I played around with the Japanese version of the tell me more software, it looked like it would be a very useful tool. (I'd like to try the chinese one next)
Natalia checked in and added me to the language blogs.
Other than that, it was a quiet shift...
-Andy
Posted by anave at 08:53 PM