May 05, 2008
Spanish placement team met, quite a few fellow LLC workers were present.
Posted by at 11:26 AM
April 29, 2008
changing gears
Cleaned the lab a bit and talked with Natalia and Heiki. A woman called to ask if we provide all day babysitting.
Posted by at 11:37 AM
April 28, 2008
and what a happy monday it is
Residual good feelings from the party seeped into the LLC this morning. Lots of jolly people hanging out, listening to music and of course, doing very important demanding work.
Posted by at 11:05 AM
April 25, 2008
Blog Presentations
Prof. Olaya's class came into the LLC where Natalia gave them a spectacular presentation on how to work the blogs. A few people were in using Skype and doing other homework. I believe another class will come for a blog intro at 11:30.
Posted by nshevche at 10:49 AM
April 23, 2008
Printing blues
I picked up a new printer cartridge from the WITS office, however upon its installation, the printer developed some sort of immunodeficiency and now would rather print out 14 pages of black paper than the one page word doc it was asked to attend to. If any one knows what is going on here, please help!
Also, I made some copies for Tatiana, which are sitting on the table waiting for her to pick them up later in the day.
Posted by at 10:51 AM
April 21, 2008
Heiki and I cleaned all the dishes...there were quite a few of them... Natalia is at an appointment and will return later in the afternoon.
Posted by at 11:20 AM
April 16, 2008
Met with Natalia on matters of life and death...the Spanish placement team met and seemed to make some great progress.
Posted by at 10:59 AM
April 15, 2008
Prof. Blanco's class was in working for a while, seemed very productive. Natalia is working on installing the BibleWorks hardware that just arrived, very exciting for the Hebrew students among us., I'm sure. I finished editing the language blogs which are all posted!
Posted by at 02:37 PM
April 09, 2008
Maria Delgado, Cheryl and Natalia met regarding the Spanish placement test. They might be asking for Spanish speaking volunteers to be guinea pigs for the exam in a week or so.
Posted by at 11:17 AM
April 06, 2008
I found a pair of the headphones that has a busted wire. If anyone knows how to repair this sort of thing, the phones are in the cabinet.
Posted by at 10:33 PM
April 04, 2008
A House Not for Mere Mortals
Natalia is sick today, this may impact the Boon's plan for later on, for those going...best to check back later, I think.
For an interesting theory/life long tactic on how not to die, read this.
Posted by at 10:41 AM
April 01, 2008
Sign up
Natalia submitted a service request to mount the new LLC sign. A drawing of where the sign should go is on the table, if the service folk stop by. If you feel passionate about sign placement, please feel free to comment.
Posted by at 11:59 AM
March 31, 2008
back again, back again
There was lots of successful Skyping going on; it was quite exciting to hear the goulash of languages. I worked blissfully on the language blogs in their midst.
Posted by at 11:02 AM
March 30, 2008
Quiet night, gave me plenty of time to reconnect with the dear LLC.
Posted by at 10:44 PM
March 19, 2008
Beer Mapping anyone?
Natalia was showing me some of the valuable things she learned while away with the ambassadors...many of which involve a wide variety of mapping technologies. People have mapped everything. You want ETs? We have UFO maps. You need a bathroom? Pee Maps. Thirsty? Beer Mapping is the way to go. It is pretty amazing. We are in the process of saving these tools on the LLC H drive in a folder labeled NITLE docs. Feel free to check it out.
Posted by at 11:11 AM
March 18, 2008
Test of Facial Expressions
Worked on the language blogs, by the way, for those writing, I realized I asked that the next blogs be finished by 3/28, which is during Spring Break. Haha, just have them done by the monday after Spring break. I also talked blogs with Natalia and Jessa. Lizzy and Lindsay worked on Spanish Rosetta and PCTV.
For the latest on cultural differences, check out this article on East and West Part Ways in Test of Facial Expressions
Posted by at 04:21 PM
Made more copies for Tatiana, who left her glasses case in the LLC. It is in the cabinet, if she comes back looking for it. Japanese students were in working on homework, as was Marta. I also cleaned up the room a bit.
Posted by at 11:27 AM
March 17, 2008
Change the clocks?
Quite a few people were in working on various things...Does anyone else think we should perhaps correct the clocks in the LLC? Anyone know an easy way of doing it on all the computers?
Posted by at 10:15 AM
March 16, 2008
busy night
The llc was hoppin. Paul and his TAB group used The Room to watch a movie. Misuzu and some Japanese students watched their movie in walton 21. We had to ask another group of people, who were in the classroom to find another place to watch their movie! must not be midterm week. I ate beer bread in the llc and enjoyed the busyness.
Posted by at 08:04 PM
March 14, 2008
Happy Pi Day!!
I hope everyone plans to enjoy the mathematical celebrations! A blog update for the last few days.
Tues: Helped Yuka send video files through blackboard; Wed: Set up the lab for the WU meeting room for Prof. McCreery, which I believe went well.
Also, Rosemarie Maurer's German class will be coming in next Wednesday, 3/19, from 9:30 until 10:10 to watch a movie in the LLC--Heiki, I think this would fall on your shift.
Posted by at 10:38 AM
March 11, 2008
Helped Tatiana to make some copies, Yuka's class was in the lab working
Posted by at 11:41 AM
March 07, 2008
For Next Wednesday!
Next week on Wednesday Professor McCreery's class will come in to experiment with Marratech Meeting Rooms. Here is the invitation to the meeting. Just have the students open this link and make sure the audio and video is working correctly.
http://meet.nitle.org:8000/launch.jsp?sid=55
Posted by at 05:14 PM
rubber rooms
Made copies for Prof. Yashchenko, helped Elizabeth with some audio problems, turning up the volume did the trick. I listened to a fantastic episode of This American Life called "Human Resources" yesterday, the rubber room it mentioned was quite unbelievable. Here is the link if you feel inclined to listen.
Posted by at 10:54 AM
March 05, 2008
Prof. McCreery stopped by to collect his computer, Prof. Varas, Prof. Delgado and Natalia began their meeting for the Spanish placement test. I worked with livemocha.com, which is a very cool language learning website.
Posted by at 10:54 AM
March 04, 2008
Helped two students find the Spanish tutor sign-ups (they are outside of Pam Smith's office, if you were wondering), Spent some time exploring Google Earth, which can be very addicting, but is a great procrastination tool.
Posted by at 11:48 AM
March 03, 2008
While admiring Heiki's new haircut...
...I found directions for locations in Pennsylvania (which are on the table, Natalia) and tried out the German Tell Me More program.
Posted by at 11:07 AM
February 29, 2008
Checked out Live Mocha, a cool site that Amy found for language learning. It is Mixxer-esk, but with a pleasant slice of independent learning. The language blogs look wonderful, everyone, the announcement e-mail will be sent out soon.
Posted by at 11:14 AM
February 27, 2008
Worked on the language blogs, planning to publish Thursday...good discussions with Heiki and Natalia as always...
Posted by at 11:04 AM
February 26, 2008
Yes please. I do like stress.
Yuka Matsuhashi's class stayed for a while working...a few other people were in as well, but overall it was pretty quiet.
Kelsey--a Sasha Lee left an application for you. I put it in the cabinet.
If you are feeling as swamped as I am, here is a interesting article on learning to just let some doors go...
Posted by at 11:11 AM
February 25, 2008
Covered Heiki's shift. Worked a bit on the blogs (if you haven't written your language blog, please do). The lab was bustling today-lots of students working on various things.
Posted by at 11:15 AM
February 24, 2008
Happy Estonian Independence Day
Celebrated Estonian freedom by experiencing appropriate political rhetoric and conversing with Heiki and Michal. Lucia and I also discussed our plans to give the Atajo corporate propaganda movie a face lift by creating a much more enjoyable (and less consumeristic, perhaps) version via captivate.
Posted by at 10:58 PM
February 22, 2008
identify yourself
Finished up name cards for those among us who were woefully without identifying plaques. Also, Heiki was kind enough to read aloud some excellent poetry.
Posted by at 11:11 AM
February 20, 2008
Hoodie-Hoo
Worked on the blogs (Hey! That are due today!), discussed Eastern Medicine with Heiki and Natalia, Natalia met with Prof. Varas and Prof. Delgado to talk about the Spanish placement test.
Posted by at 11:19 AM
February 19, 2008
Amazing Camoflage
Posted by at 02:11 PM
readjusting from the wilds
A Japanese class was in working, some students lingered to bask in the pleasant glow now permanently permeated by the LLC. Marta was in working, as were a few other students. I helped to fix a dislodged audio cord. I also spent some time working on the language blogs (which, by the way, are due tomorrow) and embedding Google maps into blog entries. Please ask Heiki or me if you would like to have this how-to shared with you.
Posted by at 11:17 AM
February 15, 2008
Squeeze an Orange
fresh orange juice, blog meetings, decompression from Valen-Gras.
Posted by at 11:08 AM
February 13, 2008
Natalia, Cheryl, Prof. Varas and Prof. Delgado met to talk about the Spanish placement test. Heiki and I worked on Abroad Talk entries. Heiki taught me to embed images and dynamic Google maps into the blogs and to appreciate the mysterious world of Dungeons and Dragons. very. cool.
Posted by at 11:21 AM
February 12, 2008
Heads up...
Students from Rosemarie Maurer's class may be coming in to watch movies in the Viewing Room.
Also, on Sunday Bill and I attempted to compromise with Computer A to convince it to stop with the strange amounts of spam/spyware/viruses that seem to think they have found a home there. I'm not sure our attempts were completely successful, but we did find 201 threats in the first minute of our search. Carter is supposed to be coming in soon to take a closer look.
Marta, Elizabeth and Ty were in studying. Wits people came to work on Computer K. I made coffee.
“That’s America,” he continued. “Canada got the French. Australia got the convicts. We got the Puritans and we never got over it.”
-New York Times Article on dealing with squeamishness.
Posted by at 10:39 AM
February 08, 2008
electrify your life
Heiki was not of help to a French student, but she thanked him anyway. This spurred an interesting debate between Lucia, Heiki and I on the role and value of politeness. I think we concluded that politeness is necessary and kind in some instances, and creates unnecessary boundaries in others. Please feel free to comment. Also, the New York Times recently published an article on a device that allows you to create your own electricity by simply walking around. Check it out.
Posted by at 10:54 AM
February 06, 2008
Sent out an e-mail for the language blogs. Hopefully we will publish the fist blog on Feb. 20th. Previewed selections of an impressive film on Estonian freedom.
Posted by at 11:02 AM
February 05, 2008
Tuesday
Lucia and Beyza were in working on various things, Prof. Loftus has some problems with the DVD player, all of which resolved themselves when one of his students ran up to WITS to have the disk cleaned. Japanese tutors met in the afternoon. Various other students came in to work on Chinese, Russian and Japanese. I wish Natalia would come back. It is awfully quiet without her.
Posted by at 04:24 PM
February 04, 2008
Victory
Heiki and I raced to add new authors to the new Abroad Talk blog (I won... muahahahaha) and we also sent the blog announcement e-mail to Stacy West for her OK (which returned affirmative). We are now considering actually sending out the e-mail to the people who will write in said blog. This will be accomplished once Heiki overcomes his fear of "letting go". I hope we can all be supportive of him regarding this sensitive subject.
Posted by at 11:15 AM
February 03, 2008
Sunday
Michal and Heiki brought a movie, Trois Couleurs: Rouge to watch in the classroom. It was quite beautiful, I would highly recommend it. Bill came in for tea. Sascha was in studying.
Posted by at 11:27 PM
February 01, 2008
Cleaned the viewing Room, worked with Natalia, Kelsey and Heiki on publishing the World News, admired the new lamps.
Posted by at 11:18 AM
January 30, 2008
Wed.........
Worked a bit more on the draft e-mail for the Abroad Talk with Heiki. We now need to coordinate technology with persuasive argument and get this thing off the ground. Also worked with Natalia about the Language blogs, I'll try so send out the suggestions for that to the right people soon.
Posted by at 04:38 PM
January 29, 2008
Tuesday
Worked on Abroad Talk with Heiki. Looked at more lamps. Printed out some things for Prof. Yashchenko.
Posted by at 04:41 PM
January 28, 2008
Monday
Looked up instructions on how to use Quicktime broadcaster...if anyone knows where the LLC document (if there is one) on this topic, could you please give that information to Natalia? Also discussed the new abroad blogs and made coffee.
Posted by at 11:22 AM
January 27, 2008
Sunday evening
Admired the new LLC lamps. They are very nice. I straightened the lab and Beyza came in to print something. A few students came in to use Walton 21 for studying around 9:30. I just asked them to put anything they moved back into place.
Posted by at 11:07 PM
January 22, 2008
Tuesday
Met with Natalia and Stacy West to talk about the new Abroad Blogs. Stacy liked the idea of group blogs, and promised to send us names of people who might like to be involved. Stacy also went through the current blogs and asked is we could make these changes...
Remove from the abroad blog list because they are not abroad...
Italy: Anne Coleman
Australia: Caprielle Barlow
France: Jessica Smith, Caitlin Stevenson
Mexico: Haley Weed
New Zealand: Isabelle Shankar
Oman: remove category completely
U.S.: Colin Gardiner
Add to the blogs...
Japan: Stephanie Scudder
Change...
Ildi Hrubos is currently in the Netherlands. She should be in Australia.
Posted by nshevche at 04:49 PM
January 21, 2008
Monday
Worked on cleaning and preparing signs so everyone will know what the hack in going on the LLC at all times. Also talked with Heiki, Jacob and Natalia about new Abroad Blog ideas.
Posted by at 12:48 PM
January 20, 2008
Sunday
The lab was dead quiet, which made the perfect atmosphere for a student to watch an episode of Planet Earth. Baobab trees are sweeeet.
Posted by at 10:15 PM
January 18, 2008
Friday!
Managed to un-stick the key, which was a relief as we were again able to access our life-sustaining coffee stash. I also called maintenance back to tell them we no longer need their services. Heiki, Natalia and I met with a student who wants to use Rosetta Stone to learn Russian. Some Spanish professors also met with Natalia to discuss a Spanish test.
Posted by at 11:13 AM
January 16, 2008
Wed.
Talked with Heiki and Jacob about organizing the LLC website. Also, a student (Renee) came in, told us she liked the LLC's chatty atmosphere and offered to send us updates on muysical/cultural events that are going on in Salem (see recent e-mail) which we hope to incorporate into our blogs.
Posted by at 02:13 PM
January 15, 2008
Tuesday
Spent some time looking at desk lamps for the LLC to mediate a light use compromise in the lab. Here are some links if you would like to add your input.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20089435
http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/2050_25_175_245_1627
http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/2050_25_175_249_483
Natalia was in the lab interviewing Natalie, a candidate for the German professor opening. I helped Elizabeth with her Blackboard account.
Posted by at 11:18 AM
December 13, 2007
Thursday
Pretty quiet shift. Natalia delivered more coffee which was much appreciated.
Posted by at 02:59 PM
December 07, 2007
If you have ants in your kitchen, they are hungry or thirsty.
I grabbed the calligraphy box from the booth. It is on the table and ready to be picked up.
I also evaluated the ant issue in the room. After a short internet investigation, it is my opinion that the food is still good to eat as ants rarely carry disease, except sometimes in hospitals; and luckily the LLC, as a computer lab, is free of such inherent risk. These findings were verified by Ivo, who claimed that ants are well respected in Bulgaria, and many Bulgarian folktales actually discourage the killing of ants. I tend to trust cultural stories as many happen to be rooted in the truth. Please read this link if you would like further information regarding how to turn ant-problems into exotic pet-solutions.
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~rrdunn/Ants%20in%20my%20kitchen.html
Posted by at 12:54 PM
December 05, 2007
Post Party Party
For all who missed the exciting after the party, party...I stayed with the final spanish translation group, who had a few final problems with their project, which were thankfully ironed out after a few hours. The group's DVD is burning on Computer A, and should be finished come morning. Will whoever is on shift take it out and maybe check to see if it works in the morning? The group should be coming in tomorrow morning to check it out and pick it up, but as their presentation is at 9:40 am, I just want to be sure. Thanks.
Posted by at 11:07 PM
December 03, 2007
Monday
Lots of people in working, on papers, skype, facebook, you know. I finally cleaned The Room, and Amy did the dishes, both needed improvements. The flood is still outwitting various members of maintenance, but the waters have not yet seeped into the LLC, which has the potential for disaster as many of our computers are very near to the floor. But I believe we will prevail.
Posted by at 01:16 PM
December 02, 2007
Water's rising
Beyond rising water levels in yonder classroom (not our "own" Walton 21, thank goodness, but the one to our other side) it was a pleasant shift. The rhythmic slosh of the growing pool next door was calming, if you will. Oh yeah, and a Spanish Trans group burned their DVD, which is now sitting on the table, awaiting pick up tomorrow morning.
Word on the flood. Apparently the ground water is flowing in at a rate equal to that at which it is being pumped out. Hopefully the situation will have improved come morning.
Posted by at 11:34 PM
November 29, 2007
Thursday
Chris from international studies office came in to talk to Natalia about blackboard, two different groups were workign on their Spanish Translation projects, a new student was working with Rosetta Italian, Lucia was working on the World News bulletin board , Karen was tutoring, people were working on their Study Abroad applications that are due tomorrow!
Posted by at 03:03 PM
November 19, 2007
Monday
3 Span trans people were in working. The lab was pretty full most of the time with people writing papers, editing work, talking on Skype and hanging out.
Posted by at 01:20 PM
November 18, 2007
Sunday Night
Three Span. Trans groups came in to work on their projects. They may be asking for help with burning DVDs in the near future. It seems that Audacity works better in the PIT lab, and Adobe works best in the LLC, so please directs span trans folk accordingly.
Posted by at 10:58 PM
November 16, 2007
Friday
Tried to help Prof. Montero with playing a video in the classroom and failed miserably. Natalia came to the rescue to show me the painfully obvious input button on the DVD player remote that switches between VHS and DVD modes. There is also something going on with the VHS capabilities in the LLC. I think the cables were scattered when we were digitalizing and I don't know how to reconstruct the thing. I think we will contact Vanny.
Posted by at 01:15 PM
November 15, 2007
Thursday
Alex and Natalia worked on the Study Abroad Blogs, Karen worked on Tell me More English, Sidney was in chatting and I worked on the blogs.
Posted by at 02:50 PM
November 12, 2007
Monday
Lucia and I spent time looking up YouTube clips for the Spanish Language Blog. Lucia is amazing at finding sweet clips in Spanish... I also figured out how to make DVD markers and menus in Adobe Premiere for the span trans project.
Posted by at 01:46 PM
November 11, 2007
Sunday
Another Spanish Translation group came in and now their episode of Arrested Development is safety stored on their external drive and ready for action. Also, does anyone have some expertise with Audacity? I have a question about sound levels....
Posted by at 10:45 PM
November 09, 2007
Friday!
I worked on more Span Trans stuff, transfered episodes to hard drives and downloaded the lame file to the computer in the MMWR (the little computer room on the corner). So now the PC facing the window can be used for recording and exporting mp3s.
Posted by at 01:02 PM
November 08, 2007
Thursday
A Spanish trans. is working in the PIT, Karen is tutoring, Lucia, Natalia and I worked on Adobe. I also showed a movie to the French class.
Posted by at 03:34 PM
November 05, 2007
Monday Mid Morn
Jai, and two women are in working on papers, wikipedia, and other homework.
Natalia is having a rambunctious conversation with Gaetano over Skype.
The on-line conversation preparation seems to be going well. I am trying to use Handbrake to secure copies of episodes for the Spanish Trans. people.
Danielle was working on her Scrubs S.T. project, she was having some trouble using Audacity, the computer wasn't recognizing the lane encoder.
To fix this problem follow the steps in the extended entry...
To locate the lame encoder for Audacity
1. prompt the computer to look for lame_enc by attempting to export an audio file as mp3
2. When a box pops up asking you to locate lame_enc, browse for it under the C drive, program files, Audacity, Lame
3. Select lame_enc and click OK
4. Thats all. Oh, and if the file doesn't exist you will need to download it or ask WITS to download it for you.
Hopefully this won't be a problem as Lucia and I went through these steps on all the computers in the PIT lab, but if it is, you know what to do...
Posted by at 12:03 PM
November 04, 2007
Sunday
Natalia and I worked on the on-line conference thing, which we set up on Computers C, D and E, which consequently, have been left on until the morning as there will be a test run of the whole thing at 8:30. Another Spanish Translation group also came in and we talked dubbing.
Posted by at 09:48 PM
November 02, 2007
Friday Afternoon
Beyza, Andy and I worked on the Spanish Translation project. We tried to access the Scrubs episode that we were working on yesterday, but I had some issues with the password. I can try again on Sunday. A few girls we in working on something.
Posted by at 02:07 PM
November 01, 2007
Thursday
Lucia and I are in the process of ripping the Scrubs episode on Computer E. It is still going, so please just leave that computer alone for now. Lucia also made herself a namecard, which is saved in the Namecard folder on the llc h drive and is ready to be printed whenever. I also have some video stuff downloading on Computer F.
Posted by at 03:40 PM
October 29, 2007
Monday
Another Spanish Translation group came in for an introduction to the Dubbing project (the first group came in Sunday night). I am assigning each group to an external hard drive, which are stored in on of the plastic boxes under computer A. If any groups come in asking for their drives, please make sure they grab a cord with a USB end to connect to the computer and a power source cord that connects to an outlet.
Posted by at 01:52 PM
October 26, 2007
Friday
Productivity oozed from the LLC this afternoon. There still seems to be a large problem with the functionality of the webcams. Natalia and I tried lots of things, including reinstalling the software, installing updates and plugging and unplugging cables.We think that the webcams on Computer C and D are now fixed, but now the audio on D is broken. Could someone else take a look and see what they think?
Also, the PIT lab is now reimaged and had Audacity and Adobe. Please send the Spanish Translation people down there to work on their projects.
Posted by at 02:39 PM
October 25, 2007
Thursday
Three girls who I didn't know are working on the computers.
Lucia came in looking for Natalia.
Valentina continued chatting on Skype.
Jessa was working on something with some people.
A boy is working with System-D.
I borrowed a movie called "Faat Kine" from the library to show to Fofana's French class. The class is still watching the movie, so could the net person on shift take out the movie when they are done and return it to the library? Thanks.
Posted by at 02:05 PM
October 22, 2007
Monday
Natalia and I helped Miho with blackboard, one student talked on Skype, Karen is tutoring, Misuzu was working on something, another student is studying, another student was working on Atajo. Wow, I sound like a stalker...
The PIT lab will soon (Friday?) be re-imaged to include Adobe Premiere and Audacity so when Spanish Translation people start showing up they can use that room for recording.
Posted by at 02:06 PM
October 21, 2007
Sunday
I checked the computers in the PIT lab, and I don't think Audacity has been downloaded on them yet. We'll need this soon as the Spanish Translation people are about to start their dubbing projects. I think you need administrative powers to install, so Kelsey--could you ask Natalia about this when she comes in tomorrow? Thanks.
Posted by at 10:46 PM
October 18, 2007
Thursday
blogs are published, parties are planned. Have a great weekend...
Posted by at 02:58 PM
October 12, 2007
Friday at last
I cleaned up the table for Natalia's meeting, and all the stuff that was on the table is now on the bookshelf, if you are looking for anything. Also, I tried to play with the Russian Rosetta Stone and couldn't get it to work. Does anyone know which computer this is installed on? Have a great weekend.
Posted by at 12:56 PM
October 11, 2007
Thursday
Prof. Courtin-Schreiner, a French professor, should be coming in sometime to pick up a video that we recorded for her. It is sitting on the sill of the white board next to big letters explaining its purpose. Natalia and I published week 4 of the blogs! Well done, everyone, well done. Carter from WITS was in and plans to re-image the lab to correct a nasty virus that we contracted somehow that has left much of the lab disabled. Surprisingly, computer K was unaffected...very suspicious... Hopefully that will work out.
Posted by at 02:48 PM
October 10, 2007
Wed night
Showed the movie for Amadou's film class...read the LLC article in the Collegian.
Posted by at 08:17 PM
October 07, 2007
Sunday!
Pretty quiet down here, as usual. Someone may have left some white headphones, I put them in the cabinet if you are looking...
Posted by at 10:09 PM
October 05, 2007
Friday
The 2nd Edition of the WU World News is now published! Also, Nick from the Collegian came in to interview Natalia and Amy. Look for an article soon!
Posted by at 01:02 PM
October 04, 2007
Thuesday
Amy! Nick from the Collegian is looking for you! I guess he needs to write his article by the end of the week, and he seems a bit concerned that he won't get a hold of you in time.
Ah yes, and today I spent some time e-mailing for the Spanish Translation Project (students will probably start e-mailing the llc list serve about this, but no need to panic, I will take care of it all). We also talked a bit about the language blogs, I'll sent out an e-mail soon.
Posted by at 02:49 PM
September 28, 2007
Friday
I worked on the name cards for Andy and Sascha, which need to be sent to the printer. They are located in the "stuff" folder in the "Anna Pics" folder on the LLC h drive.
Posted by at 01:04 PM
September 23, 2007
Sunday
Student came in to watch a DVD. Other than that I just worked on the blog and enjoyed the somewhat creepy silence of Smullin on a Sunday night.
Posted by at 10:55 PM
September 20, 2007
Thursday
Natalia, Jessa and I had a bit of a meeting on Language Blogs. Jessa is going to write the French Blog. As an answer to your questions, Andy, I think that Alex Ford, who also works at the LLC, is going to link the blogs to the new LLC webpage that is currently being created. In the meantime, maybe it would be a good idea to link it temporarily to the old site as well. And yes, we should think of more ways to engage more readers. Any ideas would be welcome.
Also, Florence left her planner in the LLC and will be back to pick it up. It is sitting on the table. And Caroline reserved Walton 21for 9/27 from 7pm to 10pm. I put it in the calender.
Posted by at 02:35 PM
September 18, 2007
Tuesday
Maria Blanco's Spanish Translation class came in for an orientation to Audacity and Abobe Premiere and stayed for the whole period. Sasha left to man the Styudy Abroad table, and reportable is doing an excellent job. Everything is well, by the way the Span. Translation students may be e-mailing the LLC list serve to make appointments to learn more. We will deal with that when it comes. Have a great day everybody.
Posted by at 12:42 PM
September 17, 2007
Monday
Matt was in and re-imaged the left half of the lab. Natalia and I talked about the Spanish Translation class that will be coming in tomorrow at 9:40 and I helped Elizabeth copy and paste information from her e-mail.
Posted by at 01:25 PM
September 13, 2007
Thurs
Worked on the Language blogs...the blogs that are published look great. And for those of us who haven't posted yet, don't forget to do that by tomorrow! I'll send the links to the infamous Pam when all the blog are in.
Oh, and I put the pop bottles in the Room, so feel free to drink those up.
Posted by at 02:43 PM
September 10, 2007
Monday
The Spanish professors came in for a department meeting and they seem pretty enthused about using and learning about technology. Should be good.
Posted by at 01:22 PM
September 07, 2007
Fri
Prof. Fonseca came in to talk to Natalia and was interested in having Atajo on his personal laptop, so he may be in sometime to have that installed.
Posted by at 01:36 PM
September 06, 2007
Thurs.
A colloquium class borrowed the lab for a library/research introduction, so Natalia and I met and discussed various things including writing the Spanish blog, the Spanish Translation project etc.
Kevin (one of the tech guys) also came in and replaced the problematic audio card on Computer O. He left a list of the Audigy Ports that should probably be filed away somewhere in case we ever need it. The new audio card apparently needed a different instillation disc (I’m not sure exactly what) but the point is that computer will now need to be imaged differently. Not something we need to worry too much about, but in case it ever comes up, now you know. In any event, the audio should be fixed.
Posted by at 03:05 PM
September 02, 2007
Sunday Night
Natalia-I found the Japanese placement test audio file on the Chinese CD. It is the wav. file labeled placementtest_a.wav and I put the CDs back in the cabinet.
Try to enjoy all those BBQs.
Posted by at 10:18 PM
August 31, 2007
Kindra's Shift
I spent some time brainstorming ideas for the Spanish blog and then I hung out with Andy to tell him about the LLC capabilities/software and other things. Have a good weekend everyone.
Posted by at 01:48 PM
August 30, 2007
Kindra's shift
So, the tech folk were in the LLC today fixing some software issues. For anyone who has been having trouble with any of the Adobe programs, the problem has been fixed on Computer A and will be fixed on the rest of the machines once we have had time to find more problems and we can fix them all in one big re-imaging sweep. So, with that, if anyone comes across anything else that needs to be fixed, please put it up on the blog and we should re-image at the end of this week.
Cool. What else… I am in the process of making name board things for those of us who don’t have them yet (i.e. Sasha and Andy) so if you two would kindly provide me with a high resolution picture of yourselves and a list of things that you are good at and would like to be formally recognized as knowing about, that would be wonderful.
Posted by at 03:11 PM
August 28, 2007
Hey LLC,
It was a productive first shift. A Russian class came in for orientation and random lost freshman wandered about searching for the elusive Walton 21.
Also, a girl (Mercedes Mandich) came into with blackboard troubles. She apparently cannot access blackboard at all. I e-mailed Cheryl, but if anyone knows who is in charge of enrolling students into blackboard, please let me know.
Other than that, I think the "Spanish--language learning" link is wrong on the "New Resources" page on the LLC website. It takes you to a French page instead of a Spanish page. Not a big deal, but whoever is in charge of website maintenance should check that out if they get the chance.
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December 15, 2006
Friday Morning
last shift of the year...
Have a great break, everyone.
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December 13, 2006
Wed. Night
Very quiet. No one came in.
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December 12, 2006
Tuesday afternoon
-Helped a student to burn a data CD
-Bought a ticket to Chile!!
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December 08, 2006
Friday morning
Natalia and I transfered the Span232 projects to the appropriate computers. After an epic struggle with an uncooperative wireless network, we succeeded. Just a heads up, the 10 am class (in fine arts building) has yet to show their projects, and may be calling on the LLC if they have problems.
Natalia and Rebekah left for Portland to get treats for the party.
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December 04, 2006
Monday
-covered for Zhanna
-Span 365 group came in
-worked on Abobe Premiere
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December 03, 2006
Sunday evening
-The Span365 "Friends" group finished their project today, and the DVD is burning on Computer A. Someone from their group is coming in Monday morning to collect the DVD.
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December 01, 2006
Friday morning
Pretty quiet morning.
I helped a Span 365 group.
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November 29, 2006
Wed. night
more Span 365 groups came in...
I think that the white speakers were originally in the PIT lab. I'm not sure how they ended up in the LLC, but I returned them to the PIT.
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November 28, 2006
Tuesday
covered Kei's shift
-more SPAN 365 people came in to working
-I am in the process of burning a SPAN project on computer A, but it wasn't finished when I left for home. So whoever has the first shift tomorrow, could you either not use that computer if it is still burning, or take the DVD out and put it somewhere safe? Thanks.
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Tuesday
-More spanish 365 workers came in
-Rositsa and I were both hoping our DVD burning atttempts would be successful.
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November 17, 2006
Friday Morning
Pretty quiet down here.
A professor asked for help using the DVD player in the room.
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November 15, 2006
kindra's wed.
Lots of people floating around here tonight...
-a span 365 person from the "that 70's show" came in. I showed her how to use the hard drive and the programs.
-the german movie people came to watch their movie in the classroom.
-the french movie group met in the viewing room.
-A fun looking group called "Student Movement for Real Change" was wandering around looking for a projector. I let them use the one in the LLC, and then listened to a presentation about the water situation in Kenya and what the group is trying to do about it.
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November 14, 2006
Tuesday
-Three of the Span 365 groups came in to work on projects. As of now, all 4 of the groups have been assigned their own external hard drives. They are all labled with the episode name. If any of these people come asking for their drives, you should first check the cardboard box in The Room. If the drive is not there, check the computer lab at the end of the hall (The PIT lab).
-Another note...we for some reason only have three USB cords for these four external drives. This means that the groups will need to share. Please make sure the drives have a USB cord before you give it to the groups. Thanks!
-Kei--just a heads up...your buddy group came in today and they might be contacting you soon for some more help.
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November 10, 2006
Friday Morning
Some more SPAN 365 people came in to work on their projects. I let them into the PIT lab.
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November 08, 2006
Wed.
-a french student came in looking for the news clips she asked us to record for her. They were not in the "Captured Films" folder on the desktop. Does anyone know if they are even being recorded? if so, do you know where they are saved?
-Two SPAN 365 groups came in to record for their projects.
-The "Friends" external drive is in the PIT room if the group comes in to ask for it.
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November 07, 2006
Tuesday
-a SPAN 365 group came in and I helped them upload their episode into Adobe Primiere. I also assigned them an external hard drive. If any of them come in asking for it, it is the one on the bottom shelf of the cabinet labeled "Fresh Prince".
-My friend Bill came in a helped me to upload a different group's episode. We were, at last, successful.
-Marcus the german TA has reserved the LLC on Nov. 17 from 9:10-11:20.
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November 03, 2006
Friday morning
-I played around with the external hard drives. They seem to be working well.
-My SPAN 365 buddy group scheduled to come into the LLC next Wed. at 4:05 for help.
-The printer is out of paper. Can someone go and get more?
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October 31, 2006
Tuesday
-Still working on uploading an avi. file into Premiere for a SPAN 365 group. For some reason only the audio will show up. If anyone knows how to fix this, please let me know.
-Slow day other than that.
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October 27, 2006
Friday, friday
-helped a Spanish student with Atajo.
***If you are interested, Salem Cinema is holding an International Documentary Showing, starting today. Sweet documentaries will be shown throughout the next week. Check it out at http://www.salemcinema.com/docuweek2006.html.
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October 24, 2006
Tuesday Afternoon
-Re captured the "That 70's Show" footage for a Span 365 group.
-Pretty quiet in here.
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October 18, 2006
Wed. night
-Helped some Span 365 students
-German and French Movies were well attended.
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October 17, 2006
Tuesday
-gave out the e-mail addresses of random German professors to a mysterious man on the phone.
-watered the plants
-talked with Natalia
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October 13, 2006
Friday Morning
It was a tough Friday morning.
-The key is still missing, so I called Campus Safety to open to door. They were not very pleased and said that if this keeps happening, they will stop coming to let us in.
-Someone came in to use Skype, but they couldn't get it to work and I didn't know how to help them. Do you need the webcam or can you just use the microphones?
I am a failure for the day, thank goodness for the weekend.
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October 11, 2006
Wed. Night
-Helped a student map her H drive, then gave her advice on being a bio major. Oh, the things she learned.
-Apparently there were two episodes of "That 70's Show" on the tape from a Span 365 group, and the wrong episode was digitilized. The tape is now set to the correct starting point, so if anyone would like, they could digitilize the episode and save it on the Span 365 drive.
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October 10, 2006
Tuesday Afternoon
-helped to redirect a lost Organic Chemistry Professor.
-digitilized "That 70's Show" for the Spanish 365 Class.
-Rositsa-I moved your movie file onto the desktop of computer M.
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October 06, 2006
Friday Morning
-the key is still missing...
-I worked on Dreamweaver for a while, but then the program shut down, and wouldn't let me open it again.
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October 04, 2006
Wed. evening
-I gave an Audacity/Premiere orientation to a Span 365 group that came in tonight. Apparently they gave their VHS video to Prof. Blanco, but I am not sure if it made it to us to digitilize. I will ask around.
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October 03, 2006
Tues. Afternoon
I set up the headphones and splitters for the class coming in tomorrow. The sound is working on all computers. Yay. Then I attempted to make a website.
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September 29, 2006
Friday Morning
-Helped Maria Blanco with some blackboard questions.
-Worked with wiki.
-Ate english walnuts that Matt harvested from the neighborhood.
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September 27, 2006
Wed. evening
-Let Lucie and others into The Room to watch the French movie. It is Lucie's birthday!!
-Put a video file into Adobe Premiere for a Spanish group.
-Helped a student with the various French abilities on the lab computers.
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September 26, 2006
Tuesday Afternoon
-Delivered a converted tape to Prof. Blanco.
-Watched the exciting video tutorial on Adobe Elements.
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September 22, 2006
Friday Morning
-picked up a fax for Natalia, it is in the cabinet.
-Helped some people find various rooms that they couldn't find in the matrix of the Smullin basement.
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September 19, 2006
Tuesday
-I made my very own inspiration chart. Natalia was thrilled.
-FYI: the classroom is double booked tonight, so the French movie will be shown in SML 17. The key to this room is in the heart basket in the cabinet.
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September 15, 2006
Friday Morning
-Marcus’s German class came to view a Power Point and to become oriented to the LLC.
-Marcus will be back with another class at 10:20.
-helped some students with accents in Word.
-…oh yeah, and I gave out headphones.
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September 13, 2006
Wed. Night
-Set up the movie for the French TA in the classroom
-Let a student into the back computer lab.
-Spent long hours studying various tutorials on Adobe Premiere to prepare for the infamous Video Dubbing Project…
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September 12, 2006
Tuesday afternoon
-Some Spanish Translation students came in with questions about the Dubbing project. I explained to them the role of the LLC in the process and that we don't have the capabilities to record TV in English.
-Set up a student with blackboard.
-By the way, in the future, one should use Internet Explorer when dealing with Blackboard as it is apparently the best browser for the job.
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September 08, 2006
Friday Morning
-The Japanese TA came in with some access issues. She could not send e-mails to the Japanese student nor could she post announcements on Blackboard. I sent her to Pamela to get access to the Japanese student list-serve and I told her to talk to Prof. Loftus to get TA access to Blackboard. So, if she and Loftus come back to the LLC, please help them to change her Blackboard status to TA and maybe show her how to work Blackboard.
-Also, Matt gave me some great advice on how to find and harvest a wide variety of fruit and nuts from the Salem community.
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April 25, 2006
Tuesday
-If you have anything saved locally on any of the computers in the LLC, move it because GHOST will be run tomorrow night!
-other than that, students watched the French news
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April 24, 2006
Monday
-Spanish students have been coming into the LLC for help with a news recording project. One group is here now, another is coming at 3:30, and another will schedule sometime soon. Just send them the Chris--he can set them up with the right stuff.
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April 18, 2006
Tuesday
The german news is recording, french students came in to watch the news...
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April 11, 2006
Tuesday
-the German tape is recording
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April 07, 2006
Friday
today was pretty quiet, as are most Friday afternoons...
-worked on Blackboard
-a german student wanted help with his wiki site
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April 04, 2006
Tuesday
I reset the clock on the VCR and I changed the French News recording time back to the normal 1:00-1:30.
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March 20, 2006
Monday
-Prof. Delgado came in for Power Point help.
-Met with Prof. Blanco to discuss Blackboard.
-Prof. Montero was having trouble with the DVD player in the classroom, but the projector was just not correctly aligned.
-Finished the flier for Natalia’s conference.
-Natalia’s sister is coming tonight!
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March 17, 2006
Friday Afternoon
-Learned to digitalize media.
-Prof. G.R. worked with Amy on some more digitalizing.
-Worked with Natalia to create a flier for her conference.
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March 15, 2006
Wed. Night
I covered for Matt tonight. I took out the DVD from the classroom and put it in the cabinet. All is well.
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March 14, 2006
Tuesday afternoon
-Amy and I helped Profesora Varas make copies of videos for her class.
-Prof. G.R. met with Natalia about digitalizing something.
-The German news is ready to be recorded.
-A man called about taking Russian courses, and I redirected him the Registrar's office.
-A German CD for Linda Gerlits is in the cabinet if she comes a looking.
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March 13, 2006
Monday
-added more paper to the printer
-met with Prof. Blanco-Arnejo
-learned more about blackboard
-French people are watching the news, so the German News still needs to be put in when they are finished.
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March 06, 2006
Monday
-Met with Prof. Blanco to talk about Blackboard
-Learned some more about blackboard from Amy.
-Put in the German News tape
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March 03, 2006
Friday afternoon
-The German class was watching a movie in the LLC when I came in.
-Later, the volume in the classroom was not working, so Prof. Montero’s class came into the LLC to watch a movie.
-I have watched a lot of movies today.
-I switched the TVs, but the new one is not hooked up yet.
-Prof. Smaldone picked up the German News.
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February 28, 2006
Tuesday afternoon
It was a pretty slow day.
-The French News has recorded.
-The German Tape is in the VCR.
- The printer keeps jamming, but is working for now.
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February 27, 2006
Monday
-Sorry for the shift mix up. I was meeting with Professor Blanco-Arnejo to talk about Blackboard in her office.
-Helped a student with the webcam.
-French students are in watching the news, so the German news tape (#2) is in the room and needs to be put in.
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February 24, 2006
Friday afternoon
-Until we figure out something better, the computer in the corner needs to be logged on at all times, even after closing. If not, the Russian News that is programmed at 3am won’t record. Natalia is going to ask around to see if there is a way the problem of having someone’s H drive open all the time.
-The German news (#1) for this week is in the cabinet waiting to be picked up.
Have a great weekend!
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February 21, 2006
Tuesday afternoon
-the German news tape is ready to go. Matt changed something on the recorder so the recording will take up less space. Hopefully it will fit now.
-Caitlyn—-Natalia and I couldn’t find the audio files on the desktop of the corner computer…maybe they are only accessible under your name? In any event, when someone finds them, the blank CDs are in the cabinet.
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February 20, 2006
Monday
-Helped Prof. G.R. to watch and record the French News--simultaneously.
-Printed a copy of “Comrade Grandmother” for Amanda. Apparently it is very good. It might be worth a read.
-Students came in to watch the French News.
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February 17, 2006
Friday afternoon
--Tee--Natalia and I found out how to watch and record the news at the same time. You literally just come in while the news is recording and push the power button on the TV. This will bring up channel 14 on the TV and the recording will proceed. I think we should tell Prof. G.R. to not touch anything other than the TV power button and the volume.
--Hristo, I think this only concerns you and me...
German News: a new development. The professor wanting the German news recorded came in with clarifying directions. Because he wants the daily news (but only Monday –Thursday) for his own educational purposes, and not for assigning to a class, he would prefer if all news segments were recorded on one tape. Also, he would like to keep the tapes for a week at a time. For these reasons, I think it would be best if we assign two tapes for this project--one for the first week and one to be used the following week when he will have the first tape in his possession.
In any event, each week, one should use one tape for all news segments. I suppose we should also be extra careful not to rewind and allow any rerecording. The professor will pick up the tape Friday afternoons.
-Finally, the tape to record the Saturday soccer game is in the VCR and ready to go. I labeled the tape “Soccer!” I think that Jessa will have Amy let her in to obtain this tape.
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February 14, 2006
Tuesday Afternoon
- The German tapes are all labeled, and the tape for the Tuesday’s news is in the VCR and ready for action.
-Tried to clean, but sadly I could not find a spray bottle and thus my plans for sanitation were foiled.
-Stefan came in and wanted to know if someone could take out the DVD that he is showing to a class in WLT 21 during tomorrow’s evening shift. Matt, is this you?
-A work order needs to be placed for the burnt out overhead bulb in WLT 21.
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February 13, 2006
Monday
-Tried to help Professor F.G. watch the French news while it was recording, but as Tee said, we don’t think it is possible or we just don’t know how to coordinate the recording with viewing the live news. If anyone knows, please help! We told her we would figure it out by Monday.
-Learned more Russian from Natalia
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February 10, 2006
Friday!
-I gave the calligraphy supplies to a student who will return them on Monday
-Received a short lesson on Photoshop from Anna
-Ah yes, and the text for the possible orientation bookmark is now on the LLC drive in the Kindra folder. Sorry for the mixed messages…
-Also, Natalia and I found all sort of cleaning supplies which are now located behind the podium in the corner of the LLC on top of the recording stuff. So, if you have some time, there is a list of things to be cleaned that needs to be hacked away at. I will put the list in the cabinet-Good luck.
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February 06, 2006
Monday, Monday
-The German class continued their work for a while.
-The French News was not recorded on the VHS, however, we think that we have the right day recorded on DVD that was still burning when I left…Amy, did it work?
-In the meantime, the French students are watching the digital version on the computer in the corner of the lab.
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February 03, 2006
Friday...
-Helped Amanda to record audio for a speaker using Audacity, which worked out well.
-Typed up the text for the Orientation bookmark. If anyone feels so inclined, it is under the LLC folder under Projects, and it still needs to be formatted and or made to look nice.
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January 31, 2006
Tuesday
-Found out that Tuesday’s news, as Caitlyn expected, did not record properly in the Booth, but that the one recorded in The Room did, in fact, work! Wonderful. Nice job, Caitlyn. So I changed the labels and everything is in order once again.
-Oh, and a note from Natalia—Please Don’t Lock the Door to the Classroom Anymore! Apparently that will make everyone’s lives easier.
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January 30, 2006
Monday
I took out the French news for today and put in the tape for tomorrow,
however, today's new didn't record properly. The visual is very fuzzy and kind of unwatchable. The picture on the TV in the booth is also fuzzy, and won't respond to the manual adjustment. Also, we checked online, and there the picture is fine. Does anybody know what is going on?
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January 27, 2006
Friday afternoon
I enjoyed a pretty slow afternoon here in the LLC. Matt and I (mostly Matt) reprogrammed the lower VCR in the booth to record the news every Mon-Fri. Hopefully that works out…I also spent some more time considering orientation topics.
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January 23, 2006
Monday afternoon
-Prof. Delgado's SPAN 232 class came in for a sort of orientation.
-Spent time helping Prof. Delgado with her new blog account.
-Figured out that indeed, the power button will solve most projector problems.
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January 17, 2006
Kindra's first entry
My first blog! We moved the spring 06 Walton 21 schedule to the new website and the French tape for Wednesday is in the VCR and ready to go.
See ya around,
Kindra
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