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Spring 2025
- April 9, 2025
Languages for every major! - April 2, 2025
Share your UIC language story! - February 10, 2025
What’s your favorite word: Ganbaru? Divana? Uccellino? Pasko? - February 4, 2025
Save the date for Mother Language Day, Feb 26, 12:30-2:00 308 GH. - January 27, 2025
Thank You Winter Involvement Fair Volunteers! - January 21, 2025
LCLC publicizing LCSL programs at the UIC Involvement Fair 1/23! - January 13, 2025
Serving 420 students a week with peer tutors!
Fall 2024
- December 3, 2024
Happy Winter Break from all of us at the LCLC! - November 25, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving! LCLC can help with Spring 2025 course prep. - November 18, 2024
Help recruit students to LCSL! - November 11, 2024
TODAY: Publicizing LCSL Programs in SCE 11-1! - November 4, 2024
Registration starts today: help us promote LCSL! - October 28, 2024
Spring 2025 Registration: Promoting LCSL Programs! - October 21, 2024
TODAY: Language Celebration 1-2PM in GH 308 or online. - October 14, 2024
Save the date: Language Celebration Day 10/21. - October 7, 2024
Empowering students to seek all kinds of support! - September 30, 2024
Your future students and your future language and culture events! - September 23, 2024
Welcome back for Fall 2024! Involvement Fair and more!
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
Fall 2020
- 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
Spring 2020
- 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
Fall 2019
- 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
Spring 2019
- 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
Fall 2018
- 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
Spring 2018
- 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?
Fall 2017
- 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?
Spring 2017
- 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?
Fall 2016
- 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?
Spring 2016
- 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?
Fall 2015
- 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
Spring 2015
- 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
Fall 2014
- December 8
- December 1
Workshop – Voiceboard - November 24
Workshop – Refworks - November 17
Workshop – Videos on Blackboard - November 10
Workshop – Annotating PDFs (free programs) - November 3
Workshop – Annotating PDFs - October 27
Workshop – Voiceboards and Voice Presentation - October 20
Workshop – Storify & Quizlet - October 13
Workshop – Creating Course Websites - October 6
Workshop – Blackboard Quizzes - September 29
Workshop – PowerPoint or Prezi? - September 22
Workshop – Blogs: Why and How? - September 15
- September 8
- September 1
- August 25
Spring 2014
- April 28
Workshop – Reusing Blackboard Materials - April 21
Workshop – Blackboard quizzes - April 14
Workshop – Blackboard quizzes - April 7
Workshop – GIS maps - March 31
Workshop – Super easy websites for your class - March 17
Workshop – Video Editing - March 10
Workshop – Word Press - March 3
Workshop – Weebly / Google Sites - February 24
Workshop – WordPress - February 17
Workshop – UIC Box / Google Drive - February 10
Workshop – Video Editing - February 3
Workshop – WordPress - January 27
Workshop – Video Editing - January 20
Workshop – Blackboard Upgrades - January 13
Workshop – Blackboard Upgrades