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Fall 2024

Spring 2024

  • May 2, 2024
    Happy Summer from the LCLC!
  • April 17, 2024
    What an eventful April it has been! A solar eclipse, presentations, and so much more…!
  • April 4, 2024
    Fall 2024: LCLC staff and LCSL Instructors promoted YOUR courses and programs!
  • March 14, 2024
    Registration is starting: LCLC will publicize your programs.
  • February 27
    Professors and their pets! Send us your photos and we will publicize your language on Instagram.
  • February 15
    Klingon, Esperanto, High Elvish, Python, Huttese, Furbish?
  • February 8
    Celebrate all your languages on Mother Language Day, 2/21 at the LCLC!
  • February 1
    Chinese Tea Time, English Conversation Hour, Russian Conversation…and more!
  • January 25
    Spanish Conversation Hour, Chinese Tea Time, and more: weekly events!
  • January 11
    Happy New Year! LCLC Language Learning Assistants are looking forward to working with instructors in 2024.

Fall 2023

  • November 29
    Congratulations to our LLAs and tutors!
  • November 15
    Happy Thanksgiving! Remember: Your students can be Peer Tutors!
  • November 6
    LCSL Registration Push this week in SCE!
  • October 12
    Save the date: Language Celebration 10/25!
  • October 4
    Celebrate the languages you love: October 25 in 308 GH.
  • September 27
    Do you speak Tatar, Igbo, Akoose, Catalan, Ukrainian, Turkish, Quechua…?
  • September 20
    Chinese Moon Festival and other events next week in 308 GH!
  • September 13
    What’s your favorite word in any language?
  • September 5
    Your upper-level students are helping 100-level students!
  • August 30
    Join us for language events at the LCLC starting this week!
  • August 22
    Welcome back!

Spring 2023

  • April 24
    Spring is here, finals are near, summer is around the corner: we’ll help you prepare!
  • April 13
    THANK YOU to all instructors who have helped our tutors and LLAs thrive!
  • April 6
    Register for LCLC-sponsored Chicago Language Symposium (FREE!)
  • March 15
    DEI at the FREE Chicago Language Symposium with Juan Godoy and Claudia Quevedo-Webb.
  • March 9
    Congratulations to In/Between participants and presenters!
  • February 27
    Thank you! Mother Language Day was a success.
  • February 15
    Mother Language Day Celebration, Feb 22!
  • February 6
    Check out events in GH 308 this week: Japanese karaoke!
  • January 30
    UIC Language Map: see how many languages we speak, read, and study!
  • January 23
    Chicago Language Symposium happening soon: submit a proposal by February 1!
  • January 17
    2023 UIC Winter Involvement Fair NEXT WEEK: Promote your program with us!
  • January 9
    Happy New Year, and welcome back! We can help with course setup and more.

Fall 2022

  • November 29
    Encourage your upper-level students to join the peer tutoring and LLA teams!
  • November 21
    We’re here to help with end-of-semester projects!
  • November 14
    Registration Push, LCSL 505, Peer Tutors
  • November 7
    Registration season is here: students are curious about language and culture classes!
  • October 31
    Today and tomorrow: Join LCLC in promoting language and culture classes in SCE.
  • October 21
    Fall events in Grant Hall: lectures, films, parties, and more!
  • October 14
    Get creative with your instructional design: we can help!
  • October 7
    Dozens of UIC languages visualized: Put yourself on the UIC Language Map!
  • September 30
    Blogs, Instagram, tutoring, class visits: LCLC Peer Tutors do it all!
  • September 22
    New UIC students learned about your program at UIC Open House!
  • September 15
    UIC Open House This Saturday: Attract Students to Your Program!
  • September 6
    Promote Language & Culture Programs! Involvement Fair, Open House, Events…
  • August 25
    Email or visit LCLC for Blackboard help, tech tools, language events and more!

Spring 2022

  • April 28
    LCLC is open this summer: contact us!
  • April 18
    LCLC is open over the summer for your questions
  • April 11
    Attracting students to our majors with Languages for Specific Purposes: Register now!
  • March 30
    Your language students are the next peer tutors
  • March 14
    Refer your upper-level students to become LLAs!
  • March 7
    Welcome new peer tutors!
  • February 21
    Building classroom community with interactive research projects.
  • February 14
    Upper level students serving in BLP classes!
  • February 7
    Guillermo González Camarena, Awet Tesfaiesus: Get in touch with your students’ interests!
  • January 31
    Do you have an online teaching portfolio?
  • January 24
    Virtual Involvement Fair this week: Publicize your program!
  • January 17
    What kind of tech is most useful to you and students?
  • January 10
    Welcome back! LCLC is here to help.

Fall 2021

  • November 29
    Grade center, course building, Blackboard tips, and more: LCLC is here to help!
  • November 22
    Finish Fall strong, and start Spring in stride! Visit LCLC for tech help, course setup, and more.
  • November 15
    End on a high note: LCLC can help with Blackboard, course building, and more!
  • November 8
    Job skills for your upper-level students: peer tutoring
  • November 1
    Happy November! Setting up next semester’s courses? Email or visit our Zoom office with your questions!
  • October 25
    Week 10 ? Consult LCLC for tech questions, Language map for your students and you, and more!
  • October 18
    Week 9: Need some inspiration? Our tutors share fun content for BLP students!
  • October 11
    Halfway there already! We’ll help you & your students thrive.
  • October 4
    Happy October! Check out language events for you & your students!
  • September 27
    Midterm season is near: LCLC will help you prepare!
  • September 20
    Loaning Equipment & Fielding Your Tech Questions at the LCLC!
  • September 13
    Blackboard issues? Zoom questions? Peer tutoring? Consult LCLC!
  • September 7
    LCLC has equipment, tech help, and more to offer!
  • August 30
    New to Zoom or hybrid or Blackboard or GSuite? LCLC is here to help.
  • August 25
    Welcome Back for Fall 2021!

Spring 2021

  • April 26
    Workshop – Request your own!
  • April 19
    Workshop – Request your own!
  • April 12
    Workshop – Request your own!
  • April 5
    Workshop – Request your own!
  • March 29
    Workshop – Request your own!
  • March 15
    Workshop – Request your own!
  • March 8
    Workshop – Request your own!
  • March 1
    Mother Language Day: Put LCSL on the UIC Language Map!
    Workshop – Request your own!
  • February 22
    Workshop – Request your own!
  • February 15
    Workshop – Request your own!
  • February 8
    Workshop – Socrative
  • February 1
    Workshop – Pear Deck
    Article – Getting Peachy with Pear Deck
  • January 25
    Workshop – VoiceThread for Online Teaching
    Article – Using VoiceThread for Online Courses
  • January 18
    Workshop – Do more with Zoom Annotations
    Article – Our HyFlex Experiment: What’s Worked and What Hasn’t
  • January 11
    Workshop – Blackboard Spring Cleaning
  • November 30
    Workshop – Panopto Student Submissions
    Article – Why Poetry Is Useful For Language Learning
  • November 23
    Workshop – Padlet
    Article – Music and Language Learning
  • November 16
    Workshop – Kahoot
    Article – Synchronous Online Classes: 10 Tips for Engaging Students
  • November 9
    Workshop – Make Flashcards and More with Quizlet
    Article – Teaching Languages Online: Strategies and Pitfalls
  • November 2
    Workshop – Panopto Quizzes
    Article – Indigenous Activists Are Reimagining Language Preservation Under Quarantine
  • October 26
    Workshop – Recording Breakout Groups Using Panopto
    Article – Making meaning of the pandemic ‘through the lens of literature’
  • October 19
    Workshop – Blackboard Annotate for Inline Grading
    Article – Talk to Text: A Hack on Grading
  • October 12
    Workshop – The Quest for Student Engagement: Blackboard Gamification
    Article – The Top 5 Benefits of Gamification in Learning
  • September 28
    Workshop – Creating an Interactive & Accessible Classroom with Google Slides
    Article – Distance Learning: 6 UDL Best Practices for Online Learning
  • September 21
    Workshop – Zoom
    Article – Kids Can Learn to Love Learning, Even Over Zoom
  • September 14
    Workshop – Syllabi, Portfolios, and More on Google Sites
    Article – From Tagalog to Korean, these Asian Americans are using quarantine to learn their families’ languages
  • September 7
    Workshop – Blackboard Grade Center
    Article – What is the best age to learn a foreign language?
  • August 31
    Workshop – Voicethread
    Article – Bilingual Brains Have Better Attention And Focus
  • March 9
    Workshop – Virtual Office Hours
    Article – CPS investing in Spanish and the benefits of dual-language programs
  • March 2
    Workshop – AdobeSpark
    Article – Minds matter: Psychology of Language Learning
  • February 24
    Workshop – Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
    Article – Parlez-vous français? Maybe not if you’re a boy
  • February 17
    Workshop – Quizzes & Tests on Blackboard
    Article – Indigenous languages matter – but all is not lost when they change or even disappear
  • February 10
    Workshop – PowerPoint Design Feature
  • February 3
    Workshop – Google Apps at UIC
  • January 27
    Workshop – Interactive Mapping and Timelines
  • January 21
    Workshop – Blackboard Spring Cleaning
  • December 2
    Workshop – Does your rubric add up?
  • November 25
    Workshop – Blackboard Basics
  • November 18
    Workshop – Adobe Spark
  • November 11
    Workshop- Annotation and Drawing Features in Adobe Reader
  • November 4
    Workshop – PowerPoint or Google Slides?
  • October 28
    Workshop – Enhancing Video Materials
  • October 21
    Workshop – Interactive Mapping and Timelines
  • October 14
    Workshop – Audio Editing in Audacity
  • October 7
    Workshop – Creating Your Google Site
  • September 30
    Workshop – Blackboard Discussion Boards
  • September 23
    Workshop – Gather and Organize Online Materials
  • September 16
    Tech Tip – Print multiple pages per sheet in MS Word
    Workshop – Basic photo editing
  • September 9
    Tech Tip – Voice Memos
    Workshop – Panopto
  • September 2
    Tech Tip – Checking for Understanding with Online Games
    Workshop – Creating an Excel gradebook
  • August 26
    Tech Tip – Twitter Feeds on Blackboard
  • April 29
    Tech Tip – Unfiltered News
    Workshop – PowerPoint Games
  • April 22
    Tech Tip – Type Special Characters
    Workshop – Work Smarter with GoogleApps@UIC
  • April 15
    Tech Tip – Readlang
    Workshop – Audio Editing in Audacity
  • April 8
    Tech Tip – Blackboard Student View
    Workshop – Modifying Grade Center Columns
  • April 1
    Tech Tip – Using Instagram to Aggregate Vocabulary
  • March 11
    Tech Tip – FlipQuiz
    Workshop – Grading with Rubrics in Blackboard
  • March 4
    Tech Tip – (Google) Keep
    Workshop – Increase student engagement
  • February 25
    Tech Tip – Using Google Voice
    Workshop – Blackboard Adaptive Release
  • February 18
    Tech Tip – AdobeSpark
    Workshop – Navigating Panopto
  • February 11
    Tech Tip – Announcify
    Workshop – Interactive mapping and timelines
  • February 4
    Tech Tip – Typelt
    Workshop – Thinglink
  • January 28
    Tech Tip – Creating Tech Assignments
    Workshop – Blackboard Rubrics
  • Jarnuary 21
    Tech Tip – Photos for Class
    Workshop – Blackboard Spring Cleaning
  • January 14
    Tech Tip – typing special characters
  • December 10
    Tech Tip – Using Web-based Grammar Tools
    Workshop – Creating Assessments with Socrative
  • December 3
    Tech Tip – Switching Between Language Keyboards
    Workshop – Customized Feedback with Survey Tools
  • November 26
    Tech Tip – Finding PowerPoint Presentations
    Workshop – Screenshots & Video Capture with Screenpresso
  • November 19
    Tech Tip – Easy Audio Recording with Vocaroo
    Workshop – Online Video Editing
  • November 12
    Tech Tip – Teach with QR codes
    Workshop – Creating Blackboard Wikis
  • November 5
    Tech Tip – Using Google Keep
    Workshop – Kaziena
  • October 29
    Tech Tip – Google Lit Trips
    Workshop – Adobe Spark Video
  • October 22
    Tech Tip – Download Videos from almost any webpage
    Workshop – Interactive Reading Tools
  • October 15
    Tech Tip – Cisco Jabber
    Workshop – Use Interactive Mapping
  • October 8
    Tech Tip – Blackboard Instant Messenger
    Workshop – Creating Blackboard Portfolios
  • October 1
    Tech Tip – Using YouTube Player
    Workshop – Voice Recording Tools
  • September 24
    Tech Tip – Lightboard Recording Studio (at UIC)
    Workshop – New Google Sites
  • September 17
    Tech Tip – Skype call recording
    Workshop – Working with VoiceThread
  • September 10
    Tech Tip – Recap by Swivl
    Workshop – Google Apps at UIC
  • May 7
  • April 30
    Tech Tip – Make Your Own Online Avatar
    Workshop – Collect and Grade Student Work with Blackboard
  • April 23
    Tech Tip – Quick, Distraction-Free YouTube Clips with ViewPure
    Workshop – Grading with Rubrics in Blackboard
  • April 16
    Tech Tip – Readlang
    Workshop – Gather and organize online materials
  • April 9
    Tech Tip – Google Team Drives for Collaboration
    Workshop – New tools for student presentations!
  • April 22
    Tech Tip – Fake Social Media Profiles to Practice Writing and Analytical Skills
    Workshop – Edit Videos in a Snap!
  • March 19
    Tech Tip – FlipQuiz
    Workshop – Easy Interactive Images and Videos with Thinglink!
  • March 12
    Tech Tip – Quick and Easy Interactive Polls
    Workshop – Interactive maps and timelines for any course
  • March 5
    Tech Tip – Google Calendar
    Workshop – Simple Websites for You and Your Students
  • February 26
    Tech Tip – Free online image-editing tool
    Workshop – Add video and audio to Blackboard
  • February 19
    Tech Tip – Use Google Slides to add PowerPoints to Blackboard
    Workshop – Wikis, Journals, or Video Blogs
  • February 12
    Tech Tip – Help your students with custom instructions from the LCLC
    Workshop – Make Your Videos Interactive
  • January 29
    Tech Tip – Use Twitter to Find Teaching Resources
    Workshop – VoiceThread 101
  • January 22
    Tech Tip – Save Time, Do Introductions Online!
    Workshop – Make Homework Easy for Everyone with Blackboard
  • January 15
    Tech Tip – Comic Strips and Storyboards for Analysis
    Workshop – What can Blackboard do for me?
  • December 11
  • December 4
    Tech Tip – Hemingway
    Workshop – Reference Management Tools
  • November 27
    Tech Tip – Finding Images Online
    Workshop – Tech Tools for Reading
  • November 20
  • November 13
    Tech Tip – Finding Images Online
    Workshop – Grading with Rubrics in Blackboard
  • November 6
    Tech Tip – Blackboard Student View Mode
    Workshop – Make Your Images and Videos Interactive with Thinglink!
  • October 30
    Tech Tip – OER Commons
    Workshop – Edit Videos in a Snap!
  • October 23
    Tech Tip – Radio Garden
    Workshop – Gather and organize online materials
  • October 9
    Tech Tip – Finding Images Online
    Workshop – Interactive mapping and timelines for literature, culture, and linguistics
  • October 2
    Tech Tip – Forvo
    Workshop – Add video and audio to Blackboard
  • September 25
    Tech Tip – Typelt.org
    Workshop – Get to know VoiceThread!
  • September 18
    Tech Tip – Amazon Storybuilder
    Workshop – Websites made easy
  • September 11
    Tech Tip – WeVideo
    Workshop – Collecting and grading student work in Blackboard
  • September 4
    Tech Tip – URL shortners
    Workshop – Work Smarter with GoogleApps@UIC
  • August 28
    Tech Tip – Announcify
    Workshop – What can Blackboard do for me?
  • April 24
    Tech Tip – Unfiltered News
    Workshop – Get to Know VoiceThread
  • April 17
    Tech Tip – Choice Eliminator 2
    Workshop – New tools for student presentations!
  • April 10
    Tech Tip – Subtitles
    Workshop – Make your videos interactive!
  • April 3
    Tech Tip – ViewPure
    Workshop – Reference Management Tools
  • March 27
    Tech Tip – Kiosko
    Workshop – VoiceThread: The new way to record audio in Blackboard
  • March 13
    Tech Tip – Wakelet
    Workshop – Grading with Rubrics in Blackboard
  • March 6
    Tech Tip – Radio Garden
    Workshop – Blogs, Wikis, Journals, or Video Blogs?
  • February 27
    Tech Tip – Private browsing
    Workshop – Tech Tools for Reading
  • February 20
    Tech Tip – Photos for Class
    Workshop – Thinglink – Interactive Images and Videos
  • February 13
    Tech Tip – Announcify
    Workshop – Video and Audio in Blackboard
  • February 6
    Tech Tip – Phrase.it
    Workshop – Interactive mapping and timelines for literature, culture, and linguisitics
  • January 30
    Tech Tip – Recap
    Workshop – Collect, Grade, and Check Student Work for Plagiarism with Blackboard
  • January 23
    Tech Tip – Getting students familiar with classroom tech
    Workshop – Make PowerPoints Interactive with Office Mix
  • January 16
    Tech Tip – Free dictionary add-ons for Google Chrome
    Workshop – Work Smarter with GoogleApps@UIC
  • January 9
    Tech Tip – Online Introductions
    Workshop – What can Blackboard do for me?
  • November 28
    Tech Tip – FlipQuiz
    Workshop – Video and Audio in Blackboard
  • November 21
  • November 14
    Tech Tip – Infographics
    Workshop – Social Reading and Annotation
  • November 7
    Tech Tip – Typelt
    Workshop – Interactive Video Tools
  • October 31
    Tech Tip – Readlang
    Workshop – Interactive mapping and timelines for literature, culture, and linguistics
  • October 24
    Tech Tip – Nimbus
    Workshop – Creative Interactive PowerPoints with Office Mix
  • October 17
    Tech Tip – Streaming web radio
    Workshop – Cloud Collaboration with Google Drive and Box
  • October 10
    Tech Tip – URL shortners
    Workshop – Interactive Images and Videos with Thinglink
  • October 3
    Tech Tip – Graphic Organizers
    Workshop – Easy website creation
  • September 26
    Tech Tip – SoundCloud
    Workshop – YouTube 101
  • September 19
    Tech Tip – Fake social media profiles
    Workshop – Collect, Grade, and Check Student Work for Plagiarism with Blackboard
  • September 12
    Tech Tip – Quick Google Search Features
    Workshop – Blogs, Wikis, Journals, or Video Blogs?
  • September 5
    Tech Tip – Zaption
    Workshop – GoogleApps
  • August 29
    Tech Tip – MultCloud
    Workshop – What can Blackboard do for me?
  • April 25
    Tech Tip – Padlet & Trello
    Workshop – Blackboard Overview
  • April 18
    Tech Tip – LangMedia
    Workshop – Interactive Classrooms
  • April 11
    Tech Tip – Google Calendar’s Appointment Slots feature
    Workshop – GoogleApps
  • April 4
    Tech Tip – Visuals for Foreign Language Instruction
    Workshop – Online Oral Presentations and Exams
  • March 28
    Tech Tip – ViewPure
    Workshop – Blackboard Wikis, Blogs, Journals, Video Blogs
  • March 21
    Tech Tip – Forvo
  • March 14
    Tech Tip – Dictation.io
    Workshop – Student Portfolios with Blackboard
  • March 7
    Tech Tip – Google Forms
    Workshop – Rubrics and Grading in Blackboard
  • February 29
    Tech Tip – Limnu
    Workshop – Making Interactive Games and Activities with PowerPoint
  • February 22
    Tech Tip – Hstry
    Workshop – Video Editing Made Simple
  • February 15
    Tech Tip – Plickers
    Workshop – Interactive Images and Videos with Thinglink
  • February 8
    Tech Tip – Emoji
    Workshop – Using Blackboard for Homework
  • February 1
    Tech Tip – OER Commoms
    Workshop – Beyond PowerPoint
  • January 25
    Tech Tip – Google Drawings
    Workshop – Blogs and Wikis: Why and How?
  • January 18
    Tech Tip – Draftback
    Workshop – Uploading Video to Blackboard
  • January 11
    Tech Tip – Office Mix
    Workshop – What can Blackboard do for me?
  • November 16
    Tech Tip – Streaming web radio
    Workshop – Blogs, Wikis, Journals, or Video Blogs?
  • November 9
    Tech Tip – VideoAnt
    Workshop – Cloud Collaboration with Google Drive and Box
  • November 2
    Tech Tip – Wideo
    Workshop – Interactive mapping and timelines
  • October 26
    Tech Tip – Comic strips and storyboards
    Workshop – Reference Management Tools
  • October 19
    Tech Tip – Vocaroo
    Workshop – Blackboard Assignments
  • October 12
    Tech Tip – Thinglink
    Workshop – Interactive Video Quiz Tools
  • October 5
    Tech Tip – Pixler
    Workshop – Blackboard Voice Tools
  • September 28
    Tech Tip – Avatars
    Workshop – Narrated Presentations
  • September 21
    Tech Tip – Free dictionary add-ons for Google Chrome
    Workshop – Getting the most out of GoogleApps@UIC
  • September 14
    Tech Tip – Piktochart
    Workshop – Annotating PDFs
  • September 7
    Tech Tip – scrible
    Workshop – Easy website creation
  • August 31
    Tech Tip – WaitChatter
    Workshop – Using video in Blackboard
  • April 27
    Tech Tip – Tools to help students organize their ideas before/while composing
    Workshop – Blackboard Portfolios
  • April 20
    Tech Tip – Virtual Museum Tours
    Workshop – Voice Blackboard Rubrics
  • April 13
    Tech Tip – Quizlet
    Workshop – Voice Presentations in Blackboard
  • April 6
    Tech Tip – Google Maps
    Workshop – Grading with Blackboard
  • March 30 
    Tech Tip – Streaming web radio
    Workshop – Cloud collaboration
  • March 16
    Tech Tip – Free Comic Strip Sites
    Workshop – Creating a Website
  • March 9
    Tech Tip – Slow news podcasts
    Workshop – Easy video editing
  • March 2
    Tech Tip – Free dictionary add-ons for Google Chrome
    Workshop – Mapping
  • February 23
    Tech Tip – Wikipedia
    Workshop –  Narrated Presentations
  • February 16
    Workshop – Creating Websites
  • February 9
    Workshop – Annotating PDFs
  • February 2
    Workshop – Safe assign
  • January 26
    Workshop – Creating Wikis
  • January 19
    Workshop – Using video on Blackboard
  • January 12