One Way to Address the LSSSE

1. Clickers to Enhance Student Engagement One Way to Address the LSSSE

2. Clickers in the Classroom • Has never gotten up to change the channel! • Clickers are intimately familiar to them • Quizzes work, but there are other uses Net Gen • Quick adjustments to the class • Encourage a Discussion • Keep them awake! Benefits

3. Clickers in Law School Classrooms 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

4. 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

5. 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

7. Attendance – no hassle pass • Grab and “click in” • Displays a seating chart of who is ready • Keeps a record for grading purposes

8. 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 stakes • Insert a “question” slide every 5 – 8 or so • It almost becomes a game for them to listen, so they get the answer right

9. 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

10. Prep for Final Review Class • Hand out a written, multiple choice exam • They answer each question with their clickers • You can tell how difficult it is – follow the “race horse” progress bars • At 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

12. Administrative Law Demonstration

13. Adjudication is • A general policy with future effect • A court-like proceeding, including the Federal Rules of Evidence • Application of a general policy to a particular party • Always run by an Administrative Law Judge

14. Board of Regents v. Roth Low level of due process hearing rights When the right being adjudicated is not a property right

15. 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

16. Administrative Law Discussion Generators

17. “Benefits” we need in our lives • Clean water to drink • A safe place to work • No more animal extinctions • Drugs that make us well when we are sick • Car Seats for our Children Vote for your FIRST choice from this list

18. Diver’s four steps to rulemaking: • Specify the goal you are trying to achieve • Identify all possible methods to achieve it • Evaluate each method • Pick the one that comes closest to achieving the goal Vote: which step is the hardest to accomplish?

19. Administrative Law Votes

20. Feedback on Clickers • You gotta be kidding me! • Sounds kind of interesting, but where is the time? • I think I see how I could use this in my class. • I like the “temperature taking” approach. • I want to try that seating chart idea!

21. Different ways to use Clickers