Comments on: The Way We Teach http://madisonian.net/2006/12/19/the-way-we-teach/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:59:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Mayer http://madisonian.net/2006/12/19/the-way-we-teach/comment-page-1/#comment-119101 John Mayer Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:00:11 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2006/12/19/the-way-we-teach/#comment-119101 I do hope you realize that my "rejected" themes for the 2007 CALI Conference were meant in jest. "What happens in IT, Stays in IT" is a riff on "What happens in Vegas..." The CSI theme riffs on ... uh ... CSI (the first one which takes place in Vegas), and, The crapshoot joke ... well, do I have to explain it? Seriously, however, The Mirage/Oasis theme is both a dig at IT's visibility in legal education and at how all IT is kind of disappearing into the woodwork. It can be interpreted either way - its ambiguous - which makes it a great conference theme and allows for endless word games and brainstorming for the speakers. Hope you can make it! I do hope you realize that my “rejected” themes for the 2007 CALI Conference were meant in jest.

“What happens in IT, Stays in IT” is a riff on “What happens in Vegas…”

The CSI theme riffs on … uh … CSI (the first one which takes place in Vegas), and,

The crapshoot joke … well, do I have to explain it?

Seriously, however, The Mirage/Oasis theme is both a dig at IT’s visibility in legal education and at how all IT is kind of disappearing into the woodwork. It can be interpreted either way – its ambiguous – which makes it a great conference theme and allows for endless word games and brainstorming for the speakers.

Hope you can make it!

]]> By: Brett Frischmann http://madisonian.net/2006/12/19/the-way-we-teach/comment-page-1/#comment-119072 Brett Frischmann Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:22:08 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2006/12/19/the-way-we-teach/#comment-119072 At times, I assign the full text of a case. In fact, I often assign the full set of opinions from the Intel v. Hamidi and eBay v. Bidder's Edge in my first year torts class. We discuss the cases for about two hours and focus on many of the issues that David raised in his post. I cannot imagine doing that all semester long, but it is useful, fun, and eye-opening to do once in a while. Maybe I will do that in the IP survey course as well ... At times, I assign the full text of a case. In fact, I often assign the full set of opinions from the Intel v. Hamidi and eBay v. Bidder’s Edge in my first year torts class. We discuss the cases for about two hours and focus on many of the issues that David raised in his post. I cannot imagine doing that all semester long, but it is useful, fun, and eye-opening to do once in a while. Maybe I will do that in the IP survey course as well …

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