My goal when I was trying to decide what assignments to give my students was to make mimic tasks they might have to perform in practice. This made a timekeeping assignment an obvious choice, but I wanted to challenge them more. More specifically I wanted them to practice skills and advanced their own skill set Read More
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Display the Tech
Law school technology courses are becoming ubiquitous. There are several sessions at AALL, CALI, TechShow and most regional law library association conferences. There are websites for sharing materials and discussions threads about best methods. All this is part of the push to graduate more tech competent lawyers. The best part of this movement is that Read More
Class Preparation: Objectives!
While staring at that list, I began pondering what I wanted the objectives of the course to be. Ideally, I wanted them to be SMART, but I find that measurability can seem arbitrary if you set a specific number. For example, I do not believe the objective “students will be able to explain various ways technology Read More
Class Planning: What to teach?
I was ecstatic when I was offered the opportunity to design and teach an online legal technology course. I have loved technology as long as I can remember. I was six the first time I “helped” my father build a computer. However, I am aware not everyone was exposed to tech and the idea that this current Read More
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When called on in crim law, I sometimes gave unexpected answers that disrupted the planned and expected flow of the discussion. You see, my professor had a philosophy background as well as a legal one and often started by asking questions with seemingly obvious answers. He would then challenge those answers with counterexamples, leaving most Read More