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  • Flipped 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 successful.   The reporter telling the teacher’s story emphasized that experimenting with advanced technologies was essential: There is a need for educators of the next…

  • I Want MyEdTechNews

    Looking for more ed tech news?  There are plenty of ed tech blogs to keep up on the latest innovations and trends.  Great examples include: ProfHacker – Chronicle of Higher Education.  Ed tech from a faculty perspective.  It can be a great source for new tools for faculty teaching and scholarship. Hack Education – If…

  • 2 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 10 years, I finally have a Mac at work.  So I’ve been busy running it through its…

  • iPads, 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 ABA survey, 33% of lawyers now use tablets for their practice, and over 90% of those are iPads. Rich McCue’s recent…

  • Mindmapping 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 collaboration as I felt the graphical qualities of  mind-maps were particularly well suited to breaking down complex legal concepts into more digestible components, something our students would find…

  • the impact of a skills-based legal education

    NB:  I do not have a JD and other than sitting in on a few 1L courses, I have not taken part in much of the law school classroom environment.  What I do know is mostly from talking with students and from direct conversations with faculty.  I am fully aware that curriculum is not “hypothetical”…

  • 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 common concerns about privacy, anonymity, and moderation are always present as roadblocks. So, we’ve been exploring a few different tools…

  • The Law School Educational Technologist Survey – 2 Years Later

    We all had a great time at CALI!  If you are unable to attend the conference (or just our session) you can watch the video on the CALI conference website.  While you’re there, be sure to check out some of the other great CALI sessions, too. We all used Prezi for our session.  Here are…

  • Tools for CALI

    We’re getting ready for our CALI presentation next week.  Five of us – Debbie Ginsberg, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Barbara Glennan, California Western School of Law, Chester Kozikowski, Boston College Law School, Lindsay Matts, William Mitchell College of Law,  and Alex Berrio Matamoros, Boston College Law School – will be presenting the results of the Law School Educational Technologist…

  • Thank you!

    Thank you for taking our law school educational technologist survey.  You provided us with a lot of great information and we can’t wait to share the results with you at CALI.

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