Brown Bag Workshops

The Brown Bag workshop series is intended to provide short and informal training sessions on all things related to technology in the language and culture classroom. Whether you are an experienced blogger or you’ve never heard of Google Docs, these workshops can provide the motivation, interaction, and resources so you can integrate more interactive technology into your classroom without creating more stress or work.

Date: Fridays at 1:00pm Pacific Time (unless otherwise noted)
Location: Live at LARC or Online in our Virtual Classroom

• Link to the virtual classroom: http://goo.gl/ure2l
• Need help entering the virtual classroom? Watch this video tutorial
• Can’t make the workshop? View the archives

Fall 2011 Schedule and Topics

Date	Time	Title	Description	Presenter(s)	Recording Link
Friday Sept. 16, 2011	12:00 pm Pacific Time	Using Language Center Resources and Social Media to Enhance the Foreign Language Curriculum	Following through a lesson plan requires multiple forms of practice and assessment, and the LARC Labs and online resources should be a part of your repertoire. This workshop will be an introduction to various tools for the language classroom, and way to leverage the power of the tools to add value to your lesson. The workshop will conclude with a survey to help determine the 2011/2012 Brownbag schedule.	Trevor Shanklin Evan Rubin	Play recording
Friday Oct. 7, 2011	1:00 - 2:00 pm Pacific Time	Create a Moodle class and embed Multimedia	In this workshop you will learn how to create a moodle class, an activity in moodle, and embed multimedia from the web into your activity. Embedding online media into a moodle activity is a great way to utilize both the power of moodle and the expansive authentic resources on the web.	Trevor Shanklin Evan Rubin	Play recording
Friday Oct. 21, 2011	1:00 - 2:00 pm Pacific Time	Digital Talking Books and Digital Story Telling	In this workshop you will learn how to create digital talking books, where text is highlighted with the recorded narration. Also learn about digital story telling, and the easy tools out there on the web to bring in images, voice, text, and music.	Trevor Shanklin Evan Rubin	Play Recording
Friday Nov. 4, 2011	9:00 - 10:00 am Pacific Time	Online voice recording tools: Skype, Voki, Voicethread	In this workshop you will learn how to leverage these three tools to capture and assess the speaking and conversation capability of your students.	Trevor Shanklin Evan Rubin	Play Recording
Friday Nov. 11, 2011 POSTPONED - Veterans Day	1:00 - 2:00 pm Pacific Time POSTPONED	Google Docs and Forms	Google docs allows for synchronous and collaborative writing. Create forms and surveys quickly and easily with google forms. Come and learn how.	Trevor Shanklin Evan Rubin	Go to the virtual classroom
Friday Dec. 2, 2011	1:00 - 2:00 pm Pacific Time	BYKI Online and Mobile Flashcards	Create and assign flashcards for your class, explore sets others have created, bring it all to your mobile device. Find out how to exploit LARC's license to BYKI flashcards.	Trevor Shanklin Evan Rubin	Go to the virtual classroom
Friday Dec. 16, 2011	1:00 - 2:00 pm Pacific Time	Semester Wrap Up: Successes, challenges, future planning	This workshop will be a peaceful and supportive time to reflect on the semester gone and ponder on ways to improve upon your class for next semester....of course with the support of LARC.	Trevor Shanklin Evan Rubin	Go to the virtual classroom

Virtual Classroom Video Tutorial

Virtual classroom log in instructions

1. Select the following URL or copy it into your web browser to log-in to the webinar room: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/meeting.jnlp?sid=2009202&password=M.9CBCA2B465B4D675B526E92C02BCCB
2. Enter your name (as you want it to appear in the webinar room)
3. Press “OK,” “Run”, or “Open” to start the program
4. If asked if you trust this program, select “Yes” or “OK”
5. If asked about your Internet connection, select “DSL”
6. Depending on the speed of your connection (we recommend wired over wireless) it will take a few seconds before you are auto-placed into the classroom. Please be patient when logging in