Overcoming individual "deer in the headlights" by working in groups
Critiquing by peers provides formative assessment, lightening the load of the instructor and providing a good "transitional professional" environment for student
Capacity to work interactively on group monitor:
Understanding how to work in groups and use collaborative technology (an important skill to have as an attorney)
Keep track of what everyone is doing so as to avoid duplication
Make more progress during limited time
Working in parallel is faster than working independently
Contribute ideas while there is still time to influence direction of project
Capacity to share documents from individual laptops or to share laptop with others for interactive work
ClassSpot
More than one person in the room can display content on the main screen
Easy to explore topics in unplanned directions
Formative assessment of skills and documents is easier and faster
Creation of instructional materials is shared with the students
It's simple to mix multimedia information and "analog" content
Archive classroom content in Real Time to preserve the "ad hoc" content shared in class
Work in front of the room . . . from any seat
Write on the screen, digitally
Easily share work with the class (from either students or instructor)
Integrate physical white boards (coming soon)
ClassSpot/Teamspot "Breakout" or ClassSpot BPL
Combines both ClassSpot and TeamSpot
Groups can present work to front
Teachers and students can interact with presentation
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