Campus Technology has a very interesting article on how smartphones can be both a teaching tool and a distraction to students. Titled, Smartphones: Teaching Tool or Brain Candy?, they discuss how faculty can use phones as a asset teaching while giving ideas for managing phones in the classroom. Here at UC Berkeley law we have […]
The Pros and Cons of Smart Phones in the Classroom
Clickers/Polling in the Classroom Workshop
Clickers are a great tool for creating in-class discussions and improving student engagement. This workshop will offer hands-on training with clickers and discuss effective techniques for using them in the classroom. We will also look at web based polling tools that can be used in place of clickers. Available Dates Mar. 21, 10am – 11am […]
bSpace Basics Workshop
Learn the basics of bSpace. This introductory workshop will go over adding a syllabus and resources into your course website. We will also discuss the features of bSpace along with some best-practices for using it. Available Dates Mar. 14, 10am – 11am Mar. 15, 1pm – 2pm To sign-up email John-Mark Ikeda at, jikeda@law.berkeley.edu. Please Specify […]
RedDot Basics Workshop
As an introduction to RedDot, we will go over how to login and update a webpage. Skills covered in this workshop include, editing text, adding links and submitting changes to the workflow. Available Dates: Mar. 16, 1pm – 2pm Mar. 30, 1pm – 2pm Apr. 13, 1pm – 2pm Apr. 27, 1pm – 2pm To […]
iPad App Review: Pen Ultimate
Is Pen Ultimate a notebook, or a digital whiteboard app? The answer is both. As a notebook or notepad replacement, Pen Ultimate sports extremely smooth handwritten text. Paired with a stylus, it’s likely the closest you can get to feeling like you are writing directly on your iPad. Pages are intuitively grouped into notebooks, that […]
Digital Teacher’s Tool Kit: Flash Drive
Digital Teacher’s Tool Kit: Flash Drive Small, Portable, Storage Before class begins, a professors walks into his classroom to set up. Having requested a laptop from Media Services, he finds it set up on the podium, plugged in and ready to go. With only a few minutes before class begins, he quickly pulls out his […]
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Herma Hill Kay Use iPad as Digital Whiteboard
Professor Herma Hill Kay poses a question to her students about how one determines a home state in child custody matters. After a brief discussion about the days assigned reading, she decides to highlight several factors that will guide her students through the material. Instead of standing up and walking over to the whiteboard to […]