Technology for Teaching

One Way to Address the LSSSE

Clickers to Enhance Student Engagement

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• Has never gotten up to change the channel!

• Clickers are intimately familiar to them

• Quizzes work, but there are other uses

Clickers in the Classroom

Net Gen

• Quick adjustments to the class

• Encourage a Discussion

• Keep them awake!

Benefits

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Some ways to use clickers

Comprehension check-in

Attendance – no hassle pass

Simply to keep them engaged

Discussion Generators & Votes

Prepare for the Review class

Clickers in Law School Classrooms

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The standard way: for a quiz

Quiz questions For a graded test; on a discrete topic that requires

measurement of mastery• Provides a convenient way to capture how they did• Simpler than a paper test to take and to grade

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Comprehension Check-in

Take the “temperature” of the class At the beginning of the class

• Perhaps on a reading assignment In the middle of class

• To test comprehension of material covered so far At the end of class

• To allow you to move on, or• To allow you to adjust for next class

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Attendance – no hassle pass

Grab and “click in” Displays a seating chart of who is ready Keeps a record for grading purposes

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To keep them listening

If they know they will be asked for a response in a few minutes, they will pay more attention

These can be low stakes or even no stakesInsert a “question” slide every 5 – 8 or so

It almost becomes a game for them to listen, so they get the answer right

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Discussion Generators

Have you ever asked a question and… Got nothing in response?

Sometimes, students don’t respond simply because they don’t want to be wrong or alone

But if they see there are 8 others who think the same way…

Suddenly, they are willing to talk in class

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Prep for Final Review Class

Hand out a written, multiple choice examThey answer each question with their clickersYou can tell how difficult it is – follow the “race

horse” progress barsAt the end, you have a chart – immediately –

showing which questions were tough, and which were easier

Adjust the final exam review class based on this information

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Demonstration

Administrative Law

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Adjudication is

1. A general policy with future effect2. A court-like proceeding, including the Federal

Rules of Evidence3. Application of a general policy to a particular

party4. Always run by an Administrative Law Judge

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Board of Regents v. Roth

Low level of due process hearing rightsWhen the right being adjudicated is not a property right

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Example: Student expelled for plagiarism

Student admitted to State U. law school on full scholarship.

Plagiarism charge on 1L spring brief.Student policy: expulsion is the penalty.Does student have a due process right to contest

whether she committed plagiarism?

Yes/No

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Discussion Generators

Administrative Law

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“Benefits” we need in our lives

1. Clean water to drink2. A safe place to work3. No more animal extinctions4. Drugs that make us well when we are sick5. Car Seats for our Children

Vote for your FIRST choice from this list

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Diver’s four steps to rulemaking:

1. Specify the goal you are trying to achieve2. Identify all possible methods to achieve it3. Evaluate each method4. Pick the one that comes closest to achieving the

goal

Vote: which step is the hardest to accomplish?

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Votes

Administrative Law

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Feedback on Clickers

1. You gotta be kidding me!2. Sounds kind of interesting, but where is the

time?3. I think I see how I could use this in my class.4. I like the “temperature taking” approach. 5. I want to try that seating chart idea!

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Different ways to use Clickers

Prep forFinal

Review

Votes

DiscussionGenerators

Engagement

Attendance

Check- in

Quiz

Clickers