Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Session 1, 9:30-10:15am
Geek 101: Using Technology Effectively (Without Having to Learn the Difference Between Star Wars and Star Trek)
Jan Levine, Kenneth D. Chestek, John Mollenkamp
Program Code: W1A
Technology provides great opportunity for improved learning by our students, but sometimes there are obstacles to sound pedagogical uses of appropriate technology. Three self-confessed “geeks” share their techniques for overcoming obstacles (such as inexperience, cost, lack of support, and lack of time) in order to use technology effectively to teach legal writing and do other things needed for our work.