Tapping into In-Class Online Conversations (Backchannel)
Here at Boston College Law we’ve been getting a lot of chatter about backchannels and how they can be integrated into classes. While many of the examples that people are using focus on Twitter, the...
View ArticleMindmapping Software – Essential for Law School
A few years back my employer (California Western School of Law) contracted with Mindjet to give every student, faculty and staff member access to MindManager mind-mapping software. I encouraged this...
View ArticleiPads, iPads, iPads
With over 84 million sold in 2 1/2 years, it’s hard to underestimate the impact iPads and other tablets have had on almost everything, including legal education and law practice. According to a recent...
View Article2 weeks with a Mac
Wow! Look how much time has gone by since my first post this month! It’s been busy here – lots of projects to plan for, one of our librarians just had a new baby (yay!). And, after working here for...
View ArticleFlipped classrooms – are they working?
Teachers, instructors, and professors are experimenting with flipped classrooms. They seem to be working – at least according to this high school teacher’s story – her flipped classroom was very...
View ArticleMOOCs MOOCs MOOCs
Talk about an acronym that’s fun to say! MOOCs are a popular term in educations these days. A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course. I first learned about MOOCs through the eduMOOC last year so I could...
View ArticleThe Optimist and the Skeptic
To generalize wildly, many people who work with educational technology like technology for its own sake. Not all teachers love it quite as much, especially in traditional fields like law. So how do you...
View ArticleInfographics in Legal Education
Have you noticed that data use and distribution has hit the mainstream lately? Data visualization is becoming a popular field of study. Empirical research is gaining greater ground in fields not...
View ArticleDo.ne, or what to do when your favorite service disappears
The Chicago-Kent Library Technology Group runs many kinds of projects. Keeping track of what’s going on in individual projects can be challenging. We needed a cloud-based service for project...
View ArticleApps in Legal Education
Warning: This post is not all that high-tech, but I did have the opportunity to give an interesting lecture the other day, and I thought I would share my experiences! Our (Indiana University Maurer...
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