June 1, 2007

This month's Instructional Technology e-newsletter offers a range of informational links on current technology trends and research in education. It also contains contact information for resources available inside the SU School of Law.

This is the final installment of the Instructional Technology newsletter for the summer, we will resume the newsletter in the Autumn.

Highlights

• News and Information:
• Perpetual Copyright Wiki
• TWEN Update

• Innovation and Research:
• Google Earth
• CALI Wiki

• Tools and Resources:
• IT Modules

News and Information

• Perpetual Copyright Wiki – Many people called upon Lawrence Lessig to respond to the op-ed in the New York Times "A Great Idea Lives Forever. Shouldn’t Its Copyright?". Instead, Lessig set up a wiki and urged people to contribute to a collective response. If nothing else, it is an interesting way to urge the public to participate in a debate with wide-ranging implications. You can read (and edit) the ongoing response, here.
• TWEN Update – TWEN is getting a new look in July.  You can see a sneak peek of the new design and a quick tutorial here.

 Innovation and Research

• Cali Wiki – Not going to the Conference for Law School Computing? Follow along with the sessions that interest you with the CALI Wiki. The Wiki offers a place for presenters and audience members (present and distance) to contribute to the knowledge around the various conference presentations. You can see it here.

• Google Earth – Google Earth is not new, but organizations are finding new ways to take advantage of it. For instance, look at the United States Holocaust Museum’s map of the crisis in Darfur. They have mapped villages that have been attacked and documented the continuing crisis in the Sudan. Another interesting combination of maps and data is the Jane Goodall Institute’s Gombe Chimpanzee Blog. Here you can read blogs from researchers in the field and see the blog entries on the map. You will need to download and install Google Earth to view either of these.

Tools and Resources

• Instructional Technology Modules: We offer a range of online tutorials, here. Have an idea for a tutorial? Send us an email.