November 20, 2009
Marta Friday 8-9 am
Quiet shift. A Japanese student a.k.a. "stapler buddy" came in for the stapler.
Posted by byavuz at 09:05 AM
November 16, 2009
Monday 8-9 16th
Quiet Shift. Selene, Spanish-Chinese student came by to say hi, Sydney worked on computer.
Posted by anave at 09:02 AM
November 11, 2009
Wednesday 8-9 am and 10:15 - 11:15 am
Morning shift went uneventfully and quietly. From 10:15 to 11:15 I worked on restructuring the audio of Chapter 6 of French Audio Collage. Added a new event to the events blog regarding the francophone documentary tonight and put an announcement about it on My French Space.
Posted by mtarants at 11:20 AM
November 09, 2009
Monday 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
Evan the Spanish student came to work on something. Other than that, quiet quiet quiet slow and relaxing shift.
Posted by byavuz at 02:49 PM
Monday 8-9 am Marta
One student came in to use the computers. Other than that, quiet shift. Watched the Swarthmore LRC keynote presentation.
Posted by byavuz at 08:58 AM
November 04, 2009
11-4-2009 Marta 8-9 am
Very quiet morning shift. no one came in.
Posted by mtarants at 09:05 AM
November 03, 2009
Monday 6:30 pm - 9pm
A quiet shift. With one exception. A theater student came in to record a monologue for her final presentation. She recorded an audio file, I helped her do it using Audacity, then to save it and export it in MP3 and then I sent it to her via my gmail. Overwhelming. :) In a good way.
Posted by mtarants at 09:55 AM
November 02, 2009
Marta Monday1:145 - 2:30
A group came in to work on the Spanish video project. Helped a student of 2nd year Chinese join the audio website.
Posted by mtarants at 04:45 PM
Monday 8-9 am Marta
The usual morning shift. very quiet, with no one in sight.
Posted by mtarants at 08:54 AM
October 14, 2009
Wednesday 8-9 am
Very quiet shift. No one came in. Yesterday from 11:10 until 12:10 I met with Pascal and the new French Dept. tutor Caitlin O'Neil to get her up to date with creating WISE tutoring sign-up and logging into MyFrenchLab - she and Pascal are going to share a login name.
On Monday from 6:30 pm to 9 Pm no one but a couple people came in to use the computer and Alejandra used Skype.
Posted by mtarants at 08:37 AM
October 12, 2009
Monday 8-9 am
A student came in to do Word processing in Spanish.
Posted by mtarants at 10:08 AM
October 07, 2009
Wednesday 8-9, 10 - 10:30 am
Finished separating and reordering tracks for Chapter 2 of French Collage audio on WISE. Met with Prof. Goeury - Richardson to make sure she approves of this, and she gave positive feedback.
Posted by mtarants at 10:43 AM
October 05, 2009
Monday Oct. 5th 8-9 am
I spent about 25 minutes of quality time with Prof. Goeury Richardson today.
here's the meeting synopsis:
a) Now the IE on the PC in her office is ready and updated for MyFrenchLab
and
b)
I will be re-ordering the tracks in "resources" for each chapter,
re-cutting the tracks as well in the order that would allow students to
find assignment segments easier.
Chapter 2 will be done by Wednesday afternoon.
Posted by mtarants at 09:05 AM
September 22, 2009
Monday 8-9 am, 1:50-2:20pm
A faculty member, I believe, came in to use a French very beginner Tell Me More. A faculty member (probably the prof of Asian Studies) needed help in finding a private address in Paris , unlisted on the general maps.
Posted by anave at 10:30 AM
September 16, 2009
Wednesday the 16th 8-9 am
More like 8:15 to 9, really - Beyza was here and opened up and I was 15 minutes late because of the new bus schedule messing me up a bit. My fault.
Morning shift - nothing unusual. :)
Posted by mtarants at 04:50 PM
September 11, 2009
Marta 8-9 am and 11-1pm
Morning: set up the laptops for Farrin's class coming in, assisted Natalia in presentation. Spoke with WITS front desk about having someone "there" for Beyza's 9"10 presentation to Farrin in Collins 407. Pablo was here. Later in the day: from 11ish to 1ish, as no one else was on shift , I assisted in another Farrin's class presentation = for this one, Alejandra was here. Awesome day.
Posted by mtarants at 12:42 PM
September 09, 2009
9-9-9 Marta 8-9 am
Hayley came by and with help of someone from Campus Safety, has set up the new fridge in the lounge.
Courtin-Shcreiner's 131 started coming in. :)
Posted by mtarants at 10:55 AM
August 28, 2009
Fri Aug 28th 2009
Who came in today:
Pascal - registered him into MyFrenchLab and he got his first introduction blog done !!!
Mikhal from Switzerland to ask about LLC's possible help in finding some internship related things. A Student form Germany and Ukraine came in to use Skype, and Martina Eriksson from Sweden came in to volunteer and inquire about the World News blog, and then Skype. I Made an action item list towards the end of the day, together with Megan led the Signing in to MyLanguage Labs of Hayley and scacha and Vlad, and compiled a mini-guide for LLC workers to guide class orientations through registration on MyLanguage Lab. With Sascha, looked at whose shifts the first 2 weeks' MyLangLab registration falls onto.
Posted by mtarants at 01:57 PM
August 27, 2009
Thursday Aug 27th
TA training. I spoke of Russian language blog and Podcast feature on WISE. Worked with Pascual and Alejandra on creating a tutoring meeting and commenting about it in Tutor Attendance. As the French language liaison, I showed Pascual the French resources off the list I created a few days ago. Showed the overview of MyFrenchLab/SpanishLab to him and Alejandra.
Posted by mtarants at 03:46 PM
Wed 26th of August
We prepared the lab as well as ourselves for the TA training. Hayley came by, I got her email address and shared the TA training schedule with her on googleDocs. Megan and I made sure the TAs were added to myLanguageSpaces with their WU usernames and same with blogs (all blog "tasks" on the training doc). I finished the Podcast presentation preparation.
Posted by mtarants at 03:42 PM
August 25, 2009
Tuesday 25th Aug
Entered about 70 students sent to me by Stacy West to the TellUs blog; started printing out files for the TA's training. Made sure Sascha (So cool that he is back!!!) knows about myRussianSpace, about GoogleDocs, and arranged that he be presenting and compiling info about VoiceThread for the TA training. Emailed Chris Linn the question abou LLC TA event lunch reservations - whether we are going to be served/seated inside or else.
Together with Megan, started printing out the files for the TA folders (faculty are going to get an identical packet jsut so everyone is on the same page).
Posted by mtarants at 05:18 PM
August 24, 2009
Monday 24th
Oh what a beautiful eventful morning it was.
I helped Megan cut up and form/glue/tape LLC magic dodecahedrons,
made sure that
a) All TA's Resources had WordChamp directions/link in them
b) MySpanishSpace Resources has files for 1) troubleshoting for MySpanLab and 2) Getting Started on MySpanishSpace
c) MyFrenchSpace Resources has files for 1) troubleshooting for MyFrenchLab and 2) getting started on myFrenchSpace
uploaded to GoogleDocs and shared:
list of Fall 2009 Int-l Undergrad Students,
troubleshooting guide for myLanguageLabs from Cory Blackman,
Continued Working on the presentation for TAs.
together with Megan, gave informal LLC intro to Scavenger-Hunting Int-l Undrergrad Students. Wild Bunch.
Posted by mtarants at 12:34 PM
August 10, 2009
Monday Aug 10th
Helped Megan and Natalia move the wooden media shelf, learned and signed up for myLanguageLab.com, Reorganized the meal bins with headphones/cables/external Hard Drives. Happy Monday!
Posted by mtarants at 05:06 PM
December 08, 2008
Monday 8-9 am
Watered the plants in Walton 21. Rearranged the bulletin board near the entrance door to the lab. Put up two study abroad posters someone gave Natalia recently - one on the bulletin board in the lab, the other on the bulletin board near the outside exit next to Multimedia Lab.
Posted by mtarants at 09:36 AM
December 02, 2008
Tuesday 7-9 am
Created a new Russian Blog entry and uploaded a new Podcast for MyRussian Space!!! Blog has the lyrics, their translation, and some info on the artist. Productive morning ends now. Good day and good luck . ^_^
Posted by mtarants at 09:00 AM
November 20, 2008
Thursday 8-9am
Good morning! :)
Wrote new Russian blog. Continuing the triage of francophone films. A Chinese student came in to study.
Posted by mtarants at 08:44 AM
November 19, 2008
Wednesday 8-8:30am
Prof Stalker came by to print out a page and to see ho the lab was doing in general. She is nice. :)
Also...the Spanish notebook that have been around the tables for a while now - I emailed the owner and when he comes by (his name is Nate), please give it to him. It will be in the black cabinet. Also....Did Claire Hoffman come by to pick up her choir folder? Did someone return it to her?
Posted by mtarants at 08:28 AM
November 17, 2008
Monday 8-9 am
I emailed the suspected owner of the folder that has been on one of the tables for a few days about the fder having been forgotten. It is on the top shelf in the black cabinet. The person I suspect is the proprietor of it is Claire Hoffman. So, if she comes by, please give it to her. Thanks!
Posted by mtarants at 08:04 AM
November 06, 2008
Thursday 7-9am
Continuing to update the list of the Francophone films. Took off the World news Bulletin Board - the big green background and the photos, cleaned the tape off the photos, they are now tacked on top of the assistant desk. Will be walking by the Cook's Stationery store today to see what kind of pretty things they might have for the bulletin board. :) A student came in to use a PC.
Posted by mtarants at 08:49 AM
November 04, 2008
Tuesday 7-9am
I brought a zip-tie and fixed the key-thing. not it should be fairly reliably fixed. Working on my project which is updating the list of Francophone films available in the WU library that we can put later on the LLC website. I got the complete list by emailing Doreen Simonsen.
Posted by mtarants at 07:53 AM
November 03, 2008
Monday 8-9 am
I brought instant French vanilla coffee to the small viewing room. We need sugar and creamer. :( No new voicemail messages. I changed the clock with the 1-hour behind thing. :) (Right, Daylight Savings Time).
Posted by mtarants at 09:00 AM
October 31, 2008
Hallows Eve and Morning (8-9am)
No new voicemails, couple students came in to use computers,
all is well in the LLC kingdom. Natalia will be here after 10, most likely.
Posted by mtarants at 10:08 AM
October 27, 2008
Monday Morning
Put all the headsets (Usb-port-propelled and else) onto the computers. The computer F's Audacity seems to work unless I messed up the count of computers somehow. Wrote a new Russian Blog entry (Halloween - themed). Figured out how to display a picture on the home page of My Russian Space in WISE. The computer by the mirror (closest to hallway) is not responding. I arranged with a student from the 9:10 class to use his own laptop in case the computer by the hallway still refuses to respond, and gave him a headset.
This is strange.
Posted by mtarants at 08:42 AM
October 20, 2008
Monday 8-9am
Busy for an early morning. At some point before 8, there were 4 people on the computers here - awesome!
It is another Monday morning!
there were no new voicemail messages. Have a good one!
Posted by mtarants at 08:58 AM
October 17, 2008
Friday 8am-9am
Another quiet morning - a Spanish class came in for Natalia's presentation of technology resources we have. :) Worked with Podcasts seciton on Wise - uploaded first Russian podcast.
Posted by mtarants at 08:46 AM
October 16, 2008
Thursday 8-9am
Prof. Blanco's class came in - all is going fine so far. They will be here for 20 minutes more.
no new voice mail messages. A quiet ( well, life-filled because of the class coming in, really) morning otherwise. :)
Posted by mtarants at 09:07 AM
October 15, 2008
Apology for an email
Was trying to see whether llc@willamette.edu, and apparently, everyone on the list serve got the email. My bad....I suppose there is a reason why Prof. Maria Blanco can not email llc@willamette.edu - she is not on the list, perhaps?
Posted by mtarants at 09:09 AM
Wednesday 8-9am
Professor Maria Blanco's Spanish 365 will be coming tomorrow, Thursday, during my and Dmitry's shifts from 8 to 9:30 - but they will not need neither headsets nor presentation set-up as they will be working with WISE exclusively.
Also, she was not able to message us @ the llc@willamette.edu address because it returned her message.I don't know the password to it. There were no new voice mail messages.
Posted by mtarants at 08:58 AM
October 13, 2008
Monay the 13th....Boo. :) 8-9am
Good morning everyone! There were no voice mail messages...another quiet (semi quiet sometimes) morning in the lab.
Posted by mtarants at 09:08 AM
October 10, 2008
Friday 8-9am
No new voice mails, a student came in to use computers. A quiet Friday morning.P.S. Prof. Stalker's Spanish class coming at 10:20. Natalia will be here soon.
Posted by mtarants at 09:11 AM
October 08, 2008
Wednesday 8-9am
No new voice mail messages, no one came in. I will email Natalia results of the meeting with Prof.Stalker and what Professor would like to be covered when her classes come in at 10:20 and 11:30 on Friday.
Posted by msunada at 09:06 AM
October 06, 2008
Monday 8-9am
The AC was off when I got here .But the headsets were already all on the workstations! :) Wiped the tables, checked the voice mail - no new messages.
Posted by mtarants at 07:42 AM
October 03, 2008
BIRD SAVED
All is well in the LLC kingdom. The bird has been saved. (long story short - it took a lot of my running all over the basement floor, chasing this bird out. This birds' stupidity is close to disproving the Evolution - birds this stupid shouldn't have survived. Also, it ran into the mirror window in the LLC a couple of times in the process. Thank you for the Birthday wishes, everyone. :D
Posted by mtarants at 08:56 AM
October 01, 2008
Wednesday 8-9am
An opening shift. No one came in. Organized the recoded audio files of the poems for the Russian class. Said hi to Megan. :)
Posted by mtarants at 09:08 AM
September 30, 2008
Tuesday 6:30 - 9 am
Put ALL of the vocab from Live_from_Moscow's unit 4 onto WordChamp! Next time will put in all the sound and maybe some illustrations to go with the proper nouns and difficult words. Getting ready for the volunteer coming in for the poem - recording session later today.
Posted by mtarants at 08:13 AM
September 29, 2008
Monday 8-9am
Lab looked immaculate this morning!!! :) Another opening shift, no new voice mail messages.
Student came in to use the computer.
Posted by mtarants at 09:01 AM
September 26, 2008
Friday 8-9am
In response to Andy's question: yes, Zan fixed Monica's World News blog editing privileges within an hour that I emailed her. No new voice mail messages. Watered the plants in Walton 21 , but I guess they did not need as much water as usual - seems someone had probably watered them earlier this week.
Posted by mtarants at 08:28 AM
September 25, 2008
Thursday 8-9am
Another bright day. No new voice mail messages. Helped a student enroll in Chinese Audio for first year. In classroom 36, a student collapsed, and I called the 6911 for medical help and emergency.
Posted by msunada at 08:51 AM
September 24, 2008
Wednesday 8-9am
No new voice mail messages.Monica, the Spanish T.A. came by to tell that she can not log into her World News therefore there was no world news from her yesterday. She needs to be added to the blog. :) Have a great middle o' the week day! Also, Natalia is going to try to be here in the afternoon.
Posted by mtarants at 09:27 AM
September 23, 2008
Tuesday 6:30 - 9
Happy Tuesday!
Having difficulties with WordChamp saving the audio I record for the Russian alphabet assignment - I press "save" and nothing happens. Just another quiet morning in the basements of Smullin. Also, no new messages on voice mail.
Posted by mtarants at 08:14 AM
September 22, 2008
Monday 6-9 am
Prof Courtin-Schreiner called. She redirected a few (4-50 of her FR131 students) to LLC because last night they emailed her about not being able to access the Chez Nous audio files. They might be coming by throughout the day.
No new voice mail messages, Also....I love this shift. P.S. A/C was off as I got here...which caused some sadness on my part. :) Also...there is from now on a small "Smuckers" jar in the fridge in the Small Viewing room - it is Raspberry Jam produced locally. You are welcome to have it. I put it in my tea. Please don't let the label trick you.
Posted by mtarants at 06:19 AM
September 19, 2008
Posted by nshevche at 08:05 AM
September 17, 2008
Wednesday 8-9am
Opened the morning shift, couldn't find the directions as to how to check the voice mail messages. Will ask someone who knows then. Watered plants in Walton 21. Happy Wednesday. :)
Posted by mtarants at 08:24 AM