TLR07

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Part 1: Technology and the 21st Century Law Student

• Ian Gallacher, Forty-Two: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Teaching Legal Research to the Google Generation, 39 Akron L. Rev. 151-205 (2006). Kristen Rinaldo
• Rogelio Lasso, From the Paper Chase to the Digital Chase: Technology and the Challenge of Teaching 21st Century Law Students, 43 Santa Clara L. Rev. 1-62 (2002-2003). Jenna Chrisphonte
• Tracy McGaugh, Generation X in Law School: The Dying of the Light or the Dawn of a New Day?, 9 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 119 (2003). Jessica DePerio
  

Part 2: Lecture practice

Project1.pdf

Here is a bubbl.us mindmap of the topics and assignments for Project 1: Classroom Instruction.

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Part 1: Pedagogical Tools and Assessment

• James Eager, The Right Tool for the Job: The Effective Use of Pedagogical Methods in Legal Education, 32 Gonz. L. Rev. 389-416 (1996-1997). Michelle Balsan
• Fred Galves, Will Video Kill the Radio Star? Visual Learning and the Use of Display Technology in the Law School Classroom, 2004 U. Ill. J. Tech L. & Pol’y 195-251 (2004). Lucie Olejnikova
• Kristin B. Gerdy, Teacher, Coach, Cheerleader, and Judge: Promoting Learning Through Learner-Centered Assessment, 94 Law Libr. J. 59-88 (2002-2004). Tina Meyers

Part 2: Technology in the Classroom

• How to use Powerpoint
  • “An Inconvenient Truth” (19:45)
  • Gettysburg Address
  • “Can You Start My Orange?”
  • “Yours Is a Very Bad Hotel”
• Alternatives to Powerpoint
  • Mind mapping
    • FreeMind
    • bubbl.us
  • “Google jockeying”

This is the FreeMind chart (in PDF format) for Class 2.

TLR07-02.pdf

Part 1: Adult learning theory; learning styles

• The Paper Chase, scenes 2 and 5
• Linda S. Anderson, Incorporating Adult Learning Theory into Law School Classrooms: Small Steps Leading to Large Results, 5 Appalachian J. L. 127-149 (2006). Jim Loree
• Robin A. Boyle & Rita Dunn, Teaching Law Students Through Individual Learning Styles, 62 Albany L. Rev. 213-255 (1998). Jenna Chrisphonte
• M.H. Sam Jacobson, A Primer on Learning Styles: Reaching Every Student, 25 Seattle U. L. Rev. 139-177 (2001). Lauren Schroeder

Part 2: Introduction to Lecturing

• “Reach! A Lecture Musical”
• How might you incorporate different learning methods in a legal research class? (Diagram using FreeMind)
  • What methods might you try?
  • How can you accommodate different styles given limited class time?

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Here are the Powerpoint slides (in PDF format) for Class 1.

TLR07-01.pdf

This semester I am teaching a new course in the University at Buffalo Law Librarianship Program: Teaching Legal Research. No, it’s not an Advanced Legal Research course: its all about learning to teach legal research. We’ll be working with a wide variety of teaching techniques, from classroom lecture and discussion, to audio and video, to online instruction using CALI exercises, blogs, and wikis.

Class 1: Reading: Paul Douglas Callister, Beyond Training: Law Librarianship’s Quest for the Pedagogy of Legal Research Instruction, 95 Law Libr. J. 7-45 (2003).

Overview of course

• Two parts to each class
• How to find the readings

Three projects and a final project

1. Lecture/demo
2. Podcast (audio or video)
3. Online instruction (blog, wiki, Google Docs, Zoho)
4. Final: Legal Research Clinic

Grading:

• Students will be grouped in two or three for each project
• All students in the group will receive the same grade

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