This looks intersting, but I’ll be in New Orleans for AALS that weekend:(
A Brief POV Change: Student Thoughts on Laptops in the Classroom
This post came up on De Novo, one of the student blogs I track. We spend a fair amount of time going on about things like laptops and wireless in the classroom and it is of interest to hear what students may have to say.
De Novo: Re: Student Use of Technology in the Classroom
The way I see it (and our Dean seemed to agree at a question and answer session I attended last spring), if a professor can’t keep my attention, whose fault is that really? Probably mine, but it doesn’t change the fact that if she can’t keep my attention, no amount of banning instant messenger is going to help. Back before I had a laptop, I doodled. I doodled masterpieces during classes that were uninteresting. Or I daydreamed. I can easily do those things again, and I still won’t be paying attention.
Just out of curiuousity, how many law schools know if their students are blogging?
iPod As a Disruptive PC Boot Device?
Sure Slashdot’s all worked up about the headline “Has Google Peaked?” but the real fun of the article is at the end where the idea of using iPods loaded with OS 10.4 to boot Intel PCs and sending MSFT into spasms is the real neat idea:) Just think about. A 20 gig hard drive you carry around loaded with a functional operating system and lots of your stuff. Just plug in and boot up. Cool
PBS | I, Cringely . August 25, 2005 – Has Google Peaked?
“Every one of those iPods is a bootable drive. What if Apple introduces OS 10.5, its next super-duper operating system release, and at the same time starts loading FOR FREE the current operating system version — OS 10.4 — on every new iPod in a version that runs on generic Intel boxes? What if they also make 10.4 a free download through the iTunes Music Store?“
$50 MIllion in VC Up For Grabs
A couple of interesting things here…
Business 2.0 – Magazine Article – Printable Version – The $50 Million Giveaway
Want to start a company? We found 11 venture capitalists sitting on business ideas they’re dying to bankroll. All you have to do is send them exactly the right business plan.
CALI Radio Goes Live
We’ve taken CALI Radio live. This little adventure in podcasting will initially feature interviews with CALI authors wherein they discuss the law and cases behind their CALI Lessons.
The first 2 episodes feature Prof. Lawrence Wilkins, Indiana University – Indianapolis and Professor Scott Burnham, The University of Montana School of Law. The feed is here.
Blogs, Podcasts, RSS: A Niche In A Niche In A Niche
Good article about the demographics behind the those who consume blogs, podcasts, and RSS feeds. As I’ve long suspected at the moment venturing into these waters is apparently developing for a niche in a niche ina niche. The good news is that the niche is growing:)
What Blogs, Podcasts, Feeds Mean to Bottom Line
The average consumer of blogs, RSS/XML feeds and Podcasts is male, earns big bucks and, in the case of Podcasts, is a youngster
Podcasts On Campus Growing
I’m sensing a trend with AUWCL announcing its podcasting service this week, and now this. Look likes I’m getting Classcaster out the door just in time and CALI will be in front of this wave. Of course Classcaster has 2 cool features: podcasting with your telephone and podcast enabled blogs. I do need to write more about Classcaster:)
Purdue University Offers Lectures via Podcast
Today, Purdue University announced it will be offering a podcast service covering ‘large’ lectures on campus. Any faculty member can request that their lectures be made available via the service, which is called ‘BoilerCast.’
U of Dayton Law Launches 2 Year Degree Program
Looks like Dayton becomes the first school to take advantage of changes in ABA standards that changed how long it takes to get a JD. Now if someone would just step up and take advantage of the DE changes that the ABA put in place at the same time.
UD Alumni News: Two Year Law Degree
“A new, accelerated curriculum has attracted national media attention and helped to trigger the highest application volume in a dozen years and the best entering test scores since 1994 in the School of Law. Nationally, law school applications are down.“
American’s Washington College of Law Launches Podcasting Service
AFAIK, WCL is the first US law school to launch a podcasting service. The feed is here. It will be interesting to see how fast other schools adopt similar services. Of course Classcaster makes this sort of thing a lot easier.
AU News Press Release
WCL launched this service primarily for its students in Washington, D.C. and around the world.
Law Lists Is No More
I remember Law Lists, put out by Lyonette Louis-Jacques, now at the U of Chicago Law School Library. Sad to see it go, but then I also remember when there was a list of all the known websites in the world…