Digital Signage – a small screen outside the Admissions Office, 2 large screens – one outside E117 in the 1928 and another in the lobby of the 2000 building.  Theses screens will be used for important announcements and to eliminate all the paper signs hung around the buildings.

E115

New classroom configurations

• W120 – previously a seminar-style room, now a traditional classroom with desks in rows (Smartboard & all techology in front)
• E117 – previously a seminar-style room, now a traditional classroom with desks in rows (Smartboard & all techology in front)
• E115 – previously a seminar-style room, now a traditional classroom with desks in rows (screen & lectern in front)

Replacement plan for classroom projectors

• DAMC, W120, E117, U300 - 2 yrs old
• Matthew Bender, WW – 1 yr old
• EW, E115, 200 – brand new
• Other rooms – 2-3 projectors will be replaced each summer

More blogging

• Dean’s Blog
• Constitutionalism and Democracy blog
• blogs.albanylaw.edu - WordPress blog-editing software on our server

More digital video capability and editing

• new camcorder – Panasonic AG-HMC150 AVCCAM Pro Camcorder, Phantom powered shotgun mic and wireless microphone system
• video editing software – SONY Vegas Pro 8
• video format conversion software – Aiseesoft and Xilisoft- used for converting DVDs to .wmv so that digital content can be posted to the web

Switch from Groupwise to Outlook for e-mail – Outlook Web Access will begin Aug 3 followed by the Outlook client.  Training will be scheduled, as well as .pdf guides and instructional videos posted.

Switch from GWAVA to Postini – spam filter change

New updated user friendly technology for the classrooms

• Room 200 – new Crestron control panel configured exactly the same as DAMC’s, new projector, DVD/VCR, sound system, mics
• E115 – new lectern, document camera, screen, ceiling -mounted projector, DVD/VCR, speakers, Extron media link controller

This same controller will be used on the existing lecterns when the Extron switchers are replaced.  This same lectern will be added to rooms without lecterns.

Videoconferencing in the Boardroom- The Tandberg Mediaplace has been moved from a classroom to the Boardroom.  This will facilitate its availability for videoconferencing events such as  - seminars, depositions, interviews, classes, etc. This equipment will also add technology to this room (in addition to the videoconferencing codec, it has a laptop connections, lcd projector, dvd/vcr player, speakers, document camera, wireless lavaliere Mic)

Assignment Dro Box in TWEN

Secure Logins for WestLaw & TWEN - beginning September 30, 2009, all users of WestLaw/Twen will have to update or create their OnePass accounts – Click HERE for video instructions on how to update your WestLaw ID to the new OnePass sign in.

SmartBoard Use - a  rear-projected board complete with lcd projector, DVD/VHS player, speakers, Document Camera, laptop connection is in W12o and in E117.  Training will be scheduled for faculty that teach in those rooms. A Go-Wire has been purchased with allows one to connect to the SmartBoard without having the software on their laptop.

Mobile Multimedia Carts – equipped with 42″ LCD monitor & speakers, laptop connection, document camera, VCR/DVD player

• one inL211
• one to be loaned out in 1928 bldg
• one  to be loaned out in 2000 bldg
  These carts will facilitate technology equipment setup requests in rooms without any technology.

Maintenance Contract for all classroom technology- at the beginning of each semester, all equipment will be cleaned and tested – throughout the semester, repairs will be made immediately. The  company selected is AVSSI who is familiar with our school’s technology and has provided support on numerous  occasions the past 2 years.

Audio Visual Staff joins ITS – AV support and services will be integrated into support for Instructional Technology.

In no particular order:

• Boulder is beautiful!! So are the new law school classrooms & library.
• I love the 2 screens in each classroom. Laminated directions in a plastic folder on the wall. All classrooms are identical.
• Great article on using DropBox for library document delivery http://tinyurl.com/clxkth courtesy of Tom Boone
• Adobe Captivate seems to be the prefered Screen Capture Video software (over Camtasia) & costs about $300
• Everyone is talking FLASH
• There are other free screen capture software that I want to try(Jing, uTipU) -maybe they are better than CamStudio which I use.
• In addtion to Skype, thre are some other free webconferencing tools, too (sightspeed, oovoo, palbee, dimdim, wengo, paltalk).
• My Thursday & Sat. session choices were so much more useful for me than my Friday ones.
• WestLaw has the best freebies – flash drives, pads, pens, & mice
• I learned a lot about using Google apps and embedding media into TWEN
• I learned about WestLaw watch – subscribing to newspapers, articles and can embed into TWEN
• Great to see that the other Ed. Technologists are facing the same issues and we will be developing some type of sharing/networking site
• I think I want a Kindle…
• A FLIP video camera looks very useful – easy to use and convenient for sharing videos
• You could use Adobe Connect for recording student simulations (they are web-based & saved as flash)
• WestLaw Exchange is evolving and may be a good place to store audio & video files (in the future)
• I hope I remember and have time to use half of what I learned..
• If not, they were recorded and slides posted:
  • iphone slides- http://tinyurl.com/law-iphone
  • 55 gadget slides -  http://w.cali.org/conference/sites/default/files/Cool%20Gadgets.pdf
  • in-house video tutorials – http://w.cali.org/conference/sites/default/files/CALI09_0.ppt
  • ed tech job descriptions – http://w.cali.org/conference/sites/default/files/positiondescriptions.doc
  • Kindle use – http://w.cali.org/conference/sites/default/files/Kindle%20for%20Law%20SchoolsBlueWave1.pptx
  • videoconferencing – http://w.cali.org/conference/sites/default/files/cali.ppt

Session 1 – Law School Educational Technology Specialist: What is it? – Suffolk Law, Cal. Western, Boston College, Elon U

• 11 job descriptions were handed out
• this session came out of a need – looking for job duties that one should do and looking for a networking group
• survey was sent out thru teknoids
• results & descriptions are posted on cali conference site
• 110 completed survey
• 80% have this position
• faculty love this position and it enables them to use more technology
• neg – too many duties – some not related to ed
• most are new positions – less than 7 yrs
• most report to law school IT or law library director
• most do not supervise any staff but many supervise students
• ed. requirements – many different backgrounds – most associated with the library, many have JD or Ed Tech degrees
• these meet the needs of the position
• most work with IT and relationship works well
• top responsibilites 
  •  training faculty on hardware/software,
  • troublehooting hardware/software issues
  • pedagogical training (how to teach with tech)
  • distance ed support
• goal should be to  bridge IT and faculty – how do you accomplish this?
  • Use faculty that adopt tech as models
  • IT has to make the technology work so faculty are comfortable
  • Collaborate with librarians more
• other responsibilities – many varied – faculty scholarship, av, etc
• software & hardware training – many
• faculty training – most individual training – most can’t get fac. to group training unless required, show & tell at faculty mtg, having faculty train other faculty, must be TOP DOWN
• course management – most say that more than 50% of faculty use it
• post  just syllabus & docs – most say this is the case
• use tech during class time- most say that most faculty do not
• student use required – most do not
• U Texas Law School – Ed Tech page with many handouts for faculty on software
• how do we stay connected? cali, social media, wiki, website? One or more of these will be developed – stay tuned…

Session 2-  Video Podcasting – U of Texas School of Law

• students drive innovation
• why podcast?
  • students can stay focused in class & not take notes
  • accommodates different learning styles
  • allows for mobile learning
• what? – guest speakers, class, review sessions
• many options -all  expensive – echo360, tegrity, mediasite
• podcast producer – cheaper
• $4000 for all equipment – 2 cameras, 2 timebase correctors, blackburst generator, switcher, 3 choir mics on ceiling, 1 wireless mic, 4 input mixer, mac mini, pressure pad – 4 days to install, 2 days to test
• all podcasts are posted on a blog which students log into (securelysetup thru AD) – can also subscribe thru iTunes
• use audio recorder (WS 100) as a backup
• podcast producer – can record from a classroom wiht fixed cameras and on a laptop with portable cameras, good support for AD, supports rss feeds, codecs are standard
• 76% said it didn’t affect their attendance
• 86% said it enhanced their learning
• 73% said they viewed it at least weekly
• 93% said it helped that they could view it
• 62% said they subscribed thru itunes
• 73% said they used audio & video
• 93% said they loved it
• prof just signs onto the blog, hit record and then hit submit.
• will be using Snow Leopard which will allow dual capture – screen & prof
• video mp4, audio mp3
• bi-amp systems are recommended

Session 1 – IT & Faculty as Partners in Education – Basic Tools for Change - N. Carolina Central U School of Law

• faculty are key part of testing technology to be used
• SMART boards, screens to the right, mic for each 2 students in all rooms
• student study rooms – vga adapters to  connect to lcd screens, SMARTsympodium
• 90% of faculty use technology
• 100% use TWEN
• 75% use ppt
• 15% use clickers
• 85% use screen capture (video)
• key to partnership – solution driven, minimize tech jargon, IT approachable
• senior faculty partner
  • smart classroom – good for large classes, visual & audio enhancements – 2 large screens, prof wireless mic, student mics
  • goal is engagement – good prof doesn’t worry about competition from students on the web
  • use of techology should be seamless – students shouldn’t notice
  • solution to a malfunction should come after school – just revert to “old school”
  • the problem is with the faculty not IT
• junior faculty partners
  • knowing how to sell it to faculty is important
  • uses clickers – keeps students engaged, assesses students, leads to discussion, enables participation in largr classes, surveyed students & they liked them
  • all classes are recorded (video capture) - encourages students to watch them for review & clarification
  • taught while at a conference – used logme in and skype
  • watched her class via webcam – they were doing a mock trial
  • why she was comfortable?
    • pedagogical goal – good for students
    • supportable & encouraging environment
    • students are customers, must serve the students
    • IT folks must approach the faculty, bring in people to show the faculty the effectiveness of the technology
    • use videoconferencing for interviews
    • use YouTube videos – such as stem cell
    • examsoft – loan laptop to students if they don’t have one
    • dragon naturally speaking – convert voice to text
  • use coursecasting for recording ALL classes - software driven – all content is wmv and you own it – subscription-based
  • located on the portal
  • 600 students
  • $300,000 for new tech to a room

Session 2 – Teaching with cloud & flash computing- WSU Law School library – PDF – http://w.cali.org/conference/sites/default/files/CALI2009.pdf

• course in TWEN (national)
  • westlaw watch
  • westcite
  • 25 google tools
    • publish ppt in Google & then embed inTWEN
• cloud computing – data & apps on the internet
• why Google Saas? backup, stroage, convenient, easy, free, collaborate
• why flash & portable apps?
  • give faculty a flashdrive with apps
    • open office suite
    • firefox
    • skype
    • toucan
    • chromium browser
    • eraser – data removal
    • vlc media player
    • sumatra pdf viewer
    • clamwin – anitvirus
• law faculty portal – customized searches, orientation materials
• westlaw watch modules, clips, ssm
• homepage modules – html tab, cut & paste html from google docs (ppt), cut & paste html of anything from google
• Westlaw watch – free for faculty – create up to 25 clips, modules, gives you rss, html, email – bEST TOOL for any topic
  • webpage directory
• give rss feeds from twen class to students – they can use any reader
• upload mp3 files to TWEN
• lawschool exchange -for faculty – repository of files – eventually a place for multimedia files – up to 30 mbs now – can link to TWEN
• customized Westlaw search page
• worldcat
• sage in firefox – send you rss update
• google – add feeds of blogs  – videos of up to 100 mbs
• rss feeds in TWEN – each document – modifypage – enable feed
• create a flash tutorial – upload to Youtube – copy the code and paste into html box & now it is embedded in TWEN

Session 3 – Multimedia Tools for Law School – Rutgers School of Law

• display images – beastr image rotator
• create flash from pdf – flashpaper – pdfme
• audio – 128 bit – cd quality
• video – 640 x 480 resolution – youtube
• flash – used the most – 99% can play – flash player is free
  • downloads – streaming – better for live content, progressive – works with firewall
  • need to convert to flv, embed code into webpage
  • twisted podcast – log in and flash player embedded
  • web-based converter for video
  • ffmeg – encoder, super
  • players for flash – adobe, jw flv, media player classic
  • server software to convert – ubuntu, red 5 – free
  • screencast – camtasia, captivate – $300
  • flash player 7 or above – for video
  • keep original recording

Session 4 -  Flash-based Skills Training Videos - Case Western Reserve Law School

• faculty requirements – students cannot download, password-protect, easy to use, ability to comment, live password-protected remote view by faculty
• not all the above got met ie commenting, live view
• IT requirements – less time consuming than vhs, platform neutral
• contenders
  • medianotes – free, timeconsuming, distributing file & comments, not web-based
  • communicoach – web-based, not free, not easy to use
  • windows media server – permissions management, compatibility
• developed own flash site, intergrated with AD, disabled right click to download, easy to use, not time consuming, progresive download (cached locally)
  • lawvideo.case.edu
  • procedure – student records video, av drops file onto server, playlist is generated  by faculty, student/faculty watches video
  • faculty get a list of usernames for their section
  • camcorder -Sanyo vpc-cg9 – generates mp4, H.264,  supports progressive downloads – no conversion necessary, small file sizes – under $200, var-a2 & var-g8 accessories(bought from Japanese importer), sd card, tripod – no mic imput
  • website IIS 6.0, longtail’s JW flv player (with license to remove watermark), progressive download
  • another solution -use Adobe Connect to watch video live and comment, it is saved as flv

Session 5 – Building Open Source Library Web Apps – Yale, Loyola Law Schools

• setting up your web server -windows, apache, mysql, php or perl or python
  • use virtualization if you don’t have a server - run a virtual computer environment on a pc
  • virtual box software – uses a lot of memory – creates a virtual machine on a pc
  • turnkey – install linux – can install wordpress appliance
  • acquia – install drupal modules
• open source web apps
  • wordpress.org
    • wordpress multiuser – manage more than one blog
    •  download & install plug-ins
    • buddypress – social networking software connected to wordpress
    • scriblio – customized codes & scripts for a library
  • drupal
    • drupal.org – download all modules & themes
    • content management system
    • can do anything online with drupal
    • wyswyg editor –  fckeditor is one
    • document delivery – organized
    • groups
    • embedded media
  • DropBox – store & access files

Polishing you digital identity session – http://www.awesometoast.com/cali/

Keynote - John Palfrey – Harvard Law Library

• digitize, digitize, digitize
• open acess to all content -DASH
• collaborate and share
• organize content – collaborate & share
• team up law librarians with faculty
• re-introduce contemplative space for students
• stop competing in library collections – c0mpete in services provided
• post library collections on the web = share & collaborate!!!
• post unique materials & share, post public domain materials
• avoid redundancies – use consortiums – work together
• unite repositories – Google??- other search engines?

Alan Kaye -” the best way to predict the future is to invent the future.”

More live blogging – http://lsi.typepad.com/lsi/2009/06/liveblogging-calicon09-john-palfrey-keynote.html#more

Session 1 - Creating in-house video tutorials – Lindsay Matts -William Mitchell School of Law (MN)

• Best Practices in E-Learning
  • no longer text-based
  • many types of instructional media
  • media elements are important – text, graphics, audio
  • 6 principles
    • multimedia  – adding graphics to words can improve learning – pictures, org charts, graphs, transformational (change), interpretive (explain)
    • contiguity – placing text near graphics can improve learning
    • modality – explaining graphics with audio can improve learning
    • redundancy -explaining graphics with audio AND redundant text can hurt learning (read off the screen)
    • coherence – gratuitous visuals, text, audio can hurt learning
    • personalization – conversational tone & pedagogical agents can increase learning
  • questions to ask before creating the screencast - goal, audience, time frame?
    • goals – inform, peform procedure or perform principles
• Products
  • Jing – by techsmith – free – www.jingproject.com – 5 min only- very easy – hosted in screencast.com or export not both - swf only – cannot edit – $15/yr – record from webcam & can export
  • UTipu www.utipu.com – free – hosted – 20 min – add notes & text – pulbic or private – can edit voice, can’t edit video,  swf
  • Adobe captivate – expensive – her fav – no time limit  $700 per license – 30 day free trial – canadd text boxes or audio and annotations, can edit , many file types-
  • Camtasia – similar to Captivate – less expensive
  • Animoto – fun slideshow with music 30 secs
• Existing tutorials
  • www.atomiclearning.com – expensive
  • www.lynda.com
  • www.cali.org
• Mics
  • headset
  • mic off webcam
• Host solutions
  • TWEN – needs to be small
  • LexisNexis Blackboard – 3 mb
  • YouTube
  • on school’s server

Social Networking session recording -

Session 2 – Cool gadgets, software & utilities every faculty member should have – Sydney Beckman -Dean at Duncan School of Law (opens Aug 15)

Webcast – http://meetings.cali.org/mediasite/calicon20402 ppt- http://w.cali.org/conference/sites/default/files/Cool%20Gadgets.pdf

• If you don’t use tech, you don’t get hired – tech is integrated into everything
• slydial – goes right to voice mail – free
• netbook – acer, msi - cheap, easy, light!
• www.woot.com – new gadget each day – $149 for netbook
• window live messenger- download current version - free – collaborate on docs – webcams – free
• sugarsync – auto backup of files – free version available
• smartphone – iphone – old ones $99 -$36 for unlimited exchange media
• 7-zip – free – robust – compatible to all – portable
• polycam cma desktop – $125 license per computer – tie into videoconferencing rooms
• mousecaster – play radio thru mouse
• autohotkey – free – automating tasks
• pandora – internet radio – free
• tourist reover – take a photo – removes people from picture
• pdftoword – free – creates editable doc/rft file – keeps formats the same – sometimes takes awhile if the file is large
• projector mobile phone -
• twitter and yammer – 50 ways to use twitter in the college classroom
• recovery advantage client module for outlook – free -
• voltaic – charging products in the sun
• flip minohd – 60 min hd $200 – 8 gigs – loan to students to practice client interviews
• powermat – wireless recharging – buy module for each device
• kindle – version 2 is out – read books – can enlarge font – sd card – books are cheaper
• jott.com – leave a message to email
• idictate – pocket secretary – dictate on phone & get a transcript
• hulu – videos, tv shows - owned by nbc
• bluetooth laser virtual keyboard – turns any surface into a keyboard
• scene systems – digital animation of events
• g-drive – free storage – google – 10gb $20/yr
• broadband travel router – $40 or so
• 3g watch phone – by LG
• microprojector <$300 over 1000 lumens – by Optoma
• personal vehicle – The Cube
• folderlock – file security & encrytion software – there are free ones
• novatel mifi – your own wifi network – verizon & sprint
• portable hard drive – files & software- small an cheap
• snagit – screen capture software – by camtasia – turns screen into a graphic
• jing screen capture, record video and share
• smartdraw – mind mapping, flowcharts, timelines - legal edition  easy to use
• turningtechneologies – clickers – STUDENT ENGAGEMENT – is also web-based – reporting tool – app for iphone & blackberries available – great customer support – use for attendance at his school
• wireless pointer – get one with an on/off switch
• webcam – communicate with students
• digitizing pen – digitize your handwritten notes
• powerpoint 2003 for professors – excellent book – tips -around $20 – SteveJobs – one image, one word
• slideshare – upload ppt presentations – share publicly or privately – free
• slide rocket – web-based presentation creator
• swish max 2 – flash for dummies – easy to use – create great animations
• flash add-in – swiff point power player (free) or snag-it
• ovation – bought by adobe – ppt for dummies cool presentations- does not work with turningpt
• callpod – chargepod – one plug to plug everything into
• usb coffee warmer
• cordless air mouse – logitech – $160
• desktop search – windows (dowload not built-in one), google desktop search, copernic (not free)
• keepass password safe – free
• digsby – combines social networking tool (free)
• audacity – free – sound editor – change speed without changing pitch
• secunia – trqack apps to notify you of updates
• gimp – free photo editor
• bing – new search engine – by microsoft

Session 3 – Using MediaNotes to Teach Skills – Larry Farmer – Brigham Young Law School

• to retain knowledge – need to practice, recognize problems in learning the skill, practice long enough
• legal skills need to be taught like sports, playing a musical instrument
• deliberate practice – identify a skill set, practice, reflective analysis of the experience, modify task and repeat the process
• medianotes focuses on the reflective analysis of the experience
• medianotes – program that allows you to take a video file (media player/quicktime) and run it in the software, control it on a timeline so that the performance can be analyzed (add tags or comments at different points)
• can be uploaded to a sharepoint site so that adjuncts can access the students’ critiques
• can use any video format that opens in Media Player or Quicktime
• free to cali members – staff, faculty, students – even computer labs

Session 4 – Videoconferencing without busting your budget – Duke U School of Law

• Duke has a polycom connects to all classrooms, but often have scheduling problems
• alternatives – there web-based and home-based solutions
• one solutionis pvx software $150 – desktop solution, with a webcam & mic
• another is skype which is free
• there is cheap equipment – webcams, mics
• why use videoconferencing?- time/convenience, environmntal impact, budget, resource management, distance learning opportunities, document sharing, team building, legal proceedings, special speakers
• why free options? budget, ease of use, highly portable, lack of tech support, no other options
  • www.skype.com - most commonly used – but it is one on one – must download the app
  • www.sightspeed.com - same as skype –  it is one on one – must download the app
  • www.oovoo.com - must download – up to 3 people in the conference – (6 if you pay)
  • www.palbee.com - web-based – one hour time limit – up to 5 people in ther conference
  • www.wengo.fr  – wengomeeting n- flash-based, browser-based – up to 5 people
  • www.apple.com/support/ichat – ichat – for macs
  • www.dimdim.com - web-based – used by cali for these webcasts – up to 20 people – Upgrade $10/mo- share desktop, whiteboard
  • xmeeting – for macs – can call tandberg or polycom units
  • www.paltalk.com  - web-based
  • polycom pvx – not free but only $150
• Courtrooms of the future – remote testimony, evidence showing, courtroom21 project
• Webcams
  • usb or firewire
  • automatic or manual
  • different resolutions
  • built-in mic
  • cost $20-130
  • brands – logitech, labtec, sony, acer, panasonic, phillips
• Mics
  • usb based
  • omi directional – everyone can be heard (uni-directional – headset)
  • desktop-
  • $10-150
  • brands – plantronics, logitech, altec lansing, labtec

How to change skeptics to supporters session recording -

The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (”LITC”) and Family Violence Litigation Clinic (”FVLC”) students were asked to prepare and present an interactive class to share the knowledge that they had gained throughout the semester. During the first hour of class, the LITC students discussed issues.  Throughout the second hour of class, the FVLC students presented a Power Point presentation entitled Domestic Abuse and Financial Abuse for Tax Professionals.

According to the professor, Debbie Kearns: “If you ask the students, it was the best class of the semester and they snicker because they taught it.  Little do they know, by encouraging collaboration we taught them a thing or two as well.”

Of course, it was great to see students using technology in the classroom.

As the semester has drawn to a close, I again asked students to repond to an Online Survey on their experience with “Clickers.”

Question #1: How has the professor’s use of the clicker ENHANCED your understanding of the course material?

• The professor and the clicker are both great! It is very useful. It made me read Dressler’s Understanding Criminal Law which otherwise I would not have done.
• I have found the questions have helped me to apply the theory of case law.
• I have found particularly helpful the questions my classmates have posed to Prof.
• The poll feature after the question is submitted is very helpful in figuring out the ideas and understanding of our classmates.
• It helped apply the principles to fact situations.
• I think it makes for pretty good discussion
• It has given the class, in my opinion, a good opportunity to put what we have learned to use & provided the professor the chance to offer feedback where we may have some confusion.

Question #2:  Can you suggest any improvements in the use of this technology during class?

• Having more time for discussion of the results would be good.
• The quizzes are very helpful. I would suggest that we have more time to spend in discussing answers and methods to use to properly address issues contained in the quizzes.
• It would have been fun to take more class polls with the clicker system or to use it throughout class for questions just so we could see if we were all on the same page. The system could prove to be pretty useful and valuable if it was utilized more.
• Maybe there can be questions posed throughout the lecture that are designed to test how well the students as a whole are grasping the material.
• Since it has been brought to the professor’s attention he has been requiring that all students hand in written answers (the alternative for using the clicker if a student forgets theirs or just wants to write in an answer) before discussion of the answers begins.  However  until this change was made  students would wait until the answer came up on the screen to hand in theirs  taking advantage of the system and leaving those students who took the time to prepare answers of their own  without that same benefit. 
• Make the “little blue man” more random and/or remove the ability to call on the same student twice in one class. I saw it twice that the same student had to go in the same class. In fact one person got “picked” twice in a row.

Keynote Speaker is John Palfrey, Professor of Law and Vice Dean of Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School, as well as a Faculty Co-Director at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

Here are some interesting sessions that I hope to attend:

• “IT and Faculty as Partners in Education-Basic Tools For Change”
• Classroom Simulations and Technology Integration
• Multimedia applications: Creating Tools for Instruction and other Law School activities
• Ning: DIY – Building a Social Network from Scratch
• Creating in-house video tutorials to enhance campus training sessions
• Educational Technology Specialist – What Is It?
• Firefox Add-ons for Legal Research
• Videoconferencing Without Busting Your Budget
• Captioning media
• Information Overload
• Teaching with cloud and flash computing
• Flash-based Distribution of Skills Training Video
• Multimedia Tools for Law School
• Video Podcasting: Live from the desert!!
• Using New Media Tools for Recruitment: How we use Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter
• Coursecrafting: (def.) Mashing up legal research, moot court, skills training and instructional technology into something new and innovative!

Even the White House used Google Moderator to allow citizens to submit questions to President Obama for his town hall meeting on March 25, 2009.

Google Moderator lets you not only submit questions but vote on whether or not you like the questions that have already been submitted. In theory, this should sort out junk questions and present only the best questions for the town hall meeting.

There were 465,164 votes on 13,703 questions from 28,427 people!!

CALI presented a webinar on using this tool. (see post from May 6, 2009)

Professors go to: moderator.apps.com, sign in with their Google account, name the series and then email students this link.

Students then can submit questions and vote on whether or not they like the questions that have already been submitted.  This can be used  before review classes for exam in order to sort out what things professors need to review.