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What to do when students can’t attend class?
by nswinehart | Feb 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
There will likely be times in 2021-22 when your students can't attend class. This post aims to combine university policy and Chicago Language Center recommendations to help you consider how to best accommodate these students. Official University Policy For official...
Cathy Baumann’s Interview on Reverse Design
by nswinehart | Mar 4, 2021 | Events
Cathy Baumann: "When we teach, we make hundreds, if not thousands, of decisions: which materials should I use? Which textbook? What will be homework? What will I do in class? You can make better choices about all those questions if you know where you’re going,...
Tech Mini-Workshops: Loom, Canva, and Microsoft Stream
by nswinehart | Feb 17, 2021 | Events
On Wednesday, Feb 17, 2021, Nicole Burgoyne (German) and Nick Swinehart (CLC) gave a workshop introducing several technical tools and techniques: automatic foreign-language captions with Microsoft Stream, screen recording with Loom, and graphic design with Canva. •...
Creating Graphic Organizers with Lucidchart
by nswinehart | Feb 3, 2021 | Events
On Wednesday, Feb 3, Colin Benert (Associate Instructional Professor of German) gave a fantastic workshop titled "Creating Graphic Organizers for Synchronous and Asynchronous Task-Based Activities with Lucidchart." • Recording of Colin's workshop • PDF of Colin's...
Panopto How-to Videos
by nswinehart | Dec 17, 2020 |
One topic that came up during the CLC’s Autumn 2020 Quarterly Meeting was Panopto. After the meeting, a couple of instructors shared videos that IT Services had shared with them on using Panopto in Canvas: Recording videos for Canvas Discussions with Panopto Recording...
Blended Synchronous Learning
by nswinehart | Sep 11, 2020 | Remote Teaching
Blended synchronous learning (BSL) is a mode of instruction where in-person and remote students are combined in one classroom environment. This form of teaching presents numerous challenges, but may be necessary at times in the 2020-2021 academic year when students...
2020 Shared LCTL Symposium – ‘Meeting the Challenge’
by nswinehart | Sep 2, 2020 | Events
On Friday August 21, 2020, staff from UChicago and Michigan State held their fourth annual--and first virtual--Shared LCTL Symposium. The complete recording and outline can be found below. Highlights include Tom Garza's talk titled Zooming for Proficiency: Online...
Ideas and Resources for Remote Film Viewings
by nswinehart | Sep 2, 2020 | Remote Teaching
Thinking about using films for a foreign language course or club during the age of Covid-19? Here are some questions to ask yourself. What? How? The obvious first question is what will students watch, but a less obvious, also important question is how will they watch...
CLC’s Online Language Teaching Course is Live
by nswinehart | Jul 20, 2020 | Remote Teaching
Please learn more about the course at https://canvas.uchicago.edu/courses/29174. Calendar and outline below. All discussions will be on Thursdays, 3:00-4:00pm Central. Contact Nick for the Zoom link, or visit the Canvas home page. Module 1: Intro to Teaching...
Links and Resources from SLI Intensive Online Workshops
by nswinehart | Jun 3, 2020 | Events
Recordings Workshop 1: Pedagogy – recording (Cathy Baumann, 5/14/20) Workshop 2: Assessment – recording (Ahmet Dursun, 5/21/20) Workshop 3: Technology – recording (Nick Swinehart, 5/28/20) Assessment Resources Proficiency Assessment Task Formats pdf: This document...