Language Studies Resource Center

Facilities

The Language Studies Resource Center (LSRC) is located in 3142 Pearson Hall.  The new and expanded LSRC is a primary resource for students enrolled in foreign language classes who seek access to audio, video, textual, and electronic materials in support of their language studies. The Center also serves as the instructional technology hub of the Department of World Languages and Cultures, providing specialized media resources and support for language and culture classes throughout Pearson Hall.

Cargill Digitally Enhanced Classroom

This classroom was paid for in part by a generous donation from the Cargill Corporation and by funding from LASCAC. This room was created specifically for the teaching of the various languages and cultures taught at Iowa State University. This classroom is equipped with computer workstations with individual headset microphones for each student and instructor, an interactive whiteboard, an ELMO document camera, Internet Video Conferencing, and equipment for worldwide playback of analog and digital video formats.

The Cargill Classroom may serve as teleconferencing room. Its videoconferencing capabilities allow for collaborations with students and instructors in remote sites with compatible equipment. This classroom also counts with a SmartBoard, an interactive whiteboard that allows the presenter to manipulate projected content on the board by touching the whiteboard directly. All of the information written on the Smart Board can be saved and made available online to class participants.

The Cargill Digitally Enhanced Classroom is also equipped with an Elmo projector and with players that can reproduce content stored in any of the standard media formats available worldwide (multi-format VCR and region-free DVD player).