Instructional Technology - Classroom Technologies
PowerPoint
PowerPoint allows you to place your course content into a presentation, a series of computer generated "slides" which can then be projected for an audience, printed and distributed as handouts, uploaded to the Internet or used in numerous other ways.
PowerPoint 2003 Tutorials:
Journal Article: Using PowerPoint in Law School Classes
Educause 2006: Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations
CPS/Clickers
The CPS system (also know as "clickers") is an easy-to-use interactive instructional tool that enables students to provide electronic response to questions and gives immediate feedback regarding student comprehension.
Research on Learning, Questioning & Student Response Systems
Research on the Effective of Classroom Response Systems
Article on Using CPS in the Law School Classroom
CPS Research: How Remote Responders Affect Teaching
Advice from U Wisconsin/Milwaukee faculty
Interactive Whiteboards
An Interactive Whiteboard is a whiteboard that is placed on a wall or a mobile stand and connected to a computer. It has a touch sensitive surface that will control any program loaded or available on the attached computer. These boards are used for demonstrations, meetings, classes and other places where a traditional whiteboard or flip chart information needs to be saved and/or manipulated.
SMART Board Training Materials
SMART Board 2 Minute Tutorials