2010 RIPS National Legal Research Teach-In Kit Available

The Research Instruction and Patron Services SIS is proud to announce the release of the 18th Annual National Legal Research Teach-In Kit. Each year in conjunction with National Library Week, RIPS creates a Teach-In Kit containing fresh materials for use in your institution's promotional and instructional activities. This year’s kit includes legislative history materials (some of which are in Spanish—a first for the kit), a primary and secondary source matching game, a human rights presentation and guide, online tutorials, syllabi, various research assignments, and many other wonderful materials.

The 2010 Teach-In Kit is available at:
http://www.aallnet.org/sis/ripssis/TeachIn/2010/index.html

An overview of the kit as well as kits from previous years are available now at:
http://www.aallnet.org/sis/ripssis/TeachIn/teach_in.html

Thanks to all this year's contributors, as well as the Teach-In Kit Committee: Gail Partin, David Lehmann, Laura Ax-Fultz, and Shawn Nevers.

Article on Clickers from RIPS

Yasmin Alexander wrote a Blog post about Audience Response Systems (clickers). To ready the post click here. To read the Perspectives article click here.

I haven't ever used clickers in the classroom, but I have used them during meetings with fellow librarians. Some people do not like having to use the clickers, but I found that it helps you get a sense of what everyone is thinking, whether or not they spoke on the topic.

National Legal Research Teach In

This year, National Legal Research Teach-In week is April 13 - 18, 2009. The National Teach-In is sponsored by the Research and Patron Services Special Interest Section of AALL.

Many of our colleagues have worked hard to compile games, powerpoints, handouts, and research guides to assist in teaching legal research. It is worth a look! You may be inspired or find something you need to help you with a class.

Click here to go directly to the National Legal Research Teach-In Week page.