This summer all courses will be moving into our new learning management system, bCourses. To provide training and support to those of you that have not used bCourses, I will be offering workshops throughout the summer. If you are unable to make any of these dates, I am happy to schedule a training with you […]
bCourse Basics Workshop (Summer 2014)
bSpace Basics Workshops (Spring 2013)
Learn the basics of using bSpace to enhance your course. Together, we’ll learn about the tools that bSpace provides and talk about best-practices in the use of them. Following our workshop, instructors are welcome to stay and work on their courses with the instructor present. Contact John-Mark Ikeda to sign up for a workshop or […]
bSpace Drop-in Sessions (Spring 2013)
bSpace drop-in sessions are times that a open for faculty to stop by to ask questions and get support and training for bSpace. Faculty and support staff are encourage to stop by at their convenience for quick answers. If you are unable to stop by, please feel free to also call in during this time. […]
Digital Teacher’s Tool Kit: Create, Store and Collaborate with Google Drive
A few months back I wrote about “The Cloud”, and in the near future all Berkeley faculty, students and staff will have their own cloud storage in the form of Google Drive. Google Drive is part of our bConnected roll out on campus, meaning if you have a bCal account right now, then you already […]
Powerpoint Best-Practices
Learn how to effectively use slide-presentation during class. We’ll discuss practical tips on formatting slide, controlling audience attention and promoting learning and engagement. For more information, to sign up or to schedule a one-on-one consultation please contact John-Mark Ikeda at jikeda@law.berkeley.edu . Date: TBA Location: TBA Sign-up to be notified of dates and times
Polling in the Classroom
During this workshop, we’ll learn how polling in the classroom can be used to improve student engagement. Since polling is anonymous and includes all of your students, faculty have found it to be a great tool for starting discussions and preparing for exams. Learn what the entire class thinks about a topic or understands about […]
Professor Henry Hecht Uses an iPad to Write on Slide Presentations
Professor Henry Hecht stands in front of his Depositions class and displays a sample deposition question on the classroom projection screen. He asks his students to consider whether the question is objectionable. After they respond, he picks up his stylus and underlines the objectionable parts of the question, identified by his students, in bright red […]
Vice President Al Gore Video Conferences with Students at UC Berkeley Law
Co-taught by Professor Steven Weissman and Governor Jennifer Mulhern Granholm, Renewable Energy and other Cleaner Fuels, grapples with the complexity of a energy policy. As a class they discuss the current state of energy policy and law on the local, state and national level. Students learn about alternative energy, along with emerging areas and work […]
iPad App Review : Notability
Write on PDF’s or just jot down notes all while presenting in class. Notability is a easy to learn and versatile app for the iPad. In Notability you can take notes just like you would on a pad of paper. If you have a stylus for the iPad it feels natural to write our your […]
Social Media in the Classroom
Dian Schaffhauser, of Campus Technology, has a great article on teachers that are using social media in their courses. While social media, is foreign to many instructors it holds a lot of potential for innovation in teaching. Many students use social media regularly in their daily lives, in place of more tradition technologies such as […]