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New Book for 2024: Innovative College Teaching

Embrace AI-generated studentprojects? Flip your online AND in-personclasses? Administer open-note in-personexams? 

I know, but please keep an open mind.

Innovative College Teaching contains easy-to-replicate teaching tips along withkey insights and inspiration from interviews with several Master Teachers. Thebook is intended for new or seasoned professors, lecturers, instructors,professors of practice, and part-time (adjunct) professors, as well as curioushigh school teachers. You will learn what makes the best teachers tick and read ideas on taking your skills to thenext level.

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Preface

Introduction                                                                                     

1.  TeachingPhilosophy and the First Day of Class                 

2.  The Structure ofEach In-Person and Online Class

3.  Using AI toEnhance Classroom Activities and Student Projects

4.  Preparing Students for Multiple Choice andEssay Exams

5. Teach to Your Strengths

6.  Help Students Stay Engaged ThroughExaggeration and Humor

7.  How I Got Here                                                                           

PART II – INNOVATIVE MASTER TEACHERS

8.Diana S. Barber, J.D.

9. Jordan (Jody) Blanke, M.S., J.D.

10.Yelena Abalmazova Chan, Esq.

11.Evaristo Fernando Doria, Ed.D., M.i.M.

12. L. Gregory (Greg) Henley, MBA, Ph.D.

13. Leila Lawlor,J.D., M.B.A., M.S., M.A.

14.Laura E. Meyers, Ph.D.

15. Isabelle N. Monlouis, MBA, DBA

16.Benita Harris Moore, Ph.D.

17. CarolSpringer Sargent, CPA, Ph.D.

18.John P. Thielman, Esq.

19. Paul Ulrich, M.S., Ph.D.

20. Marta SzaboWhite, Ph.D.

21. KeyTakeaway from Each Master Teacher

Epilogue

APPENDIX

Acknowledgments

About the Author

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Currently Reading: The Happy Teacher Habits

Book Subtitle: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth

While aimed at K-12 teachers and containing common sense tips, the author is an excellent writer with relatable stories that will resonate with college professors.

First Day of Internet Law class (Jan. 9) - What were Computers Good for Before the Internet?

 Do any of these images look familiar?

Also, what was IBM's first "killer app," Lotus 1-2-3?

What did technology look like on campuses in 1999?

 

As we entered 1999, the internet was in its infancy for figuring out learning outcomes where computers could make a difference. I have no recollection on how this N.Y. Times reporter found me, but here's a quote from January 1999:

 "And many professors are incorporating technology into their classes, with 44 percent of courses using e-mail in some way, according to the Campus Computing Project survey; that number is up from 8 percent just four years ago. Take Perry Z. Binder, assistant professor and director of the paralegal program at Clayton College & State University in Morrow, Ga. Binder, who says he 'couldn't tell an A drive from a C drive before 1995,' today has his students use laptop computers in class to look up statutes. They can read the course syllabus online, and they can continue class discussions or ask questions in what Binder calls 'the Bull,' an electronic bulletin board he has set up for his students."

Universities Embrace Technology, but Distance Learning Faces Controversy, N.Y. Times (Jan. 6, 1999)

New book on College Teaching coming out in January

 

In Chapter1, you caught a glimpse of my gifted artistic talent. Throughout the semester, I introduce main topics with hand-drawn pictures.For example, to begin the intellectual property material, I’ll ask the classwhat patented invention is displayed here. Incredulous students guess what the absurd picture is and it becomes afun vehicle to generate discussion. And no, itis not a flying saucer. That would be silly.

2023 Book Awards for Classroom LIGHTBULBS for College Professors

2023 Gold Medal E-Lit BookAward in Education/Academic/Teaching

2023 Finalist ReadersFavorite Book Award in Non-Fiction/Education

#1 AMAZON NEW RELEASE inPedagogy (Jan. 2023)

“Much good advice from avery enthusiastic and imaginative teacher.” —JAY MATHEWS, WashingtonPost education columnist

“Binder’s Reminders” for Classroom Motivation

 “Binder’s Reminders” for ClassroomMotivation

Recall and write a quick story from your teaching career related to eachcorresponding letter of the LIGHTBULBS acronym. On days when you feelunmotivated, re-read those notes as a reminder of the value you bring to theclassroom while enriching student lives.

Listen to alllearners

            My Reminder: Open mind toopen-note exams

Your Story Reminder:

Inspire studentswith real world discussions

            My Reminder: Chips all in moment

Your StoryReminder:

Give hope to everyone

            My Reminder: Graduation speech

Your StoryReminder:

 Help studentsengage through exaggeration and humor

            My Reminder: Limping Crazy Man

Your StoryReminder:

 Teach to yourstrengths

            My Reminder: Messing up the firstclass I ever taught

Your StoryReminder:

Be available at alltimes, whether in person or electronically

My Reminder: Student in prison

Your StoryReminder:

 Understand thatstudents may lack your life experience or knowledge

            My Reminder: Read the carcontract

Your StoryReminder:

  L et your passionrub off on students (today’s story)

            My Reminder: Buffalo Creek minersand Grandpa justice/Marsh Fork Elementary School

Your StoryReminder:

 Be willing to walkin your students’ shoes

            My Reminder: Student losesdriver’s license

Your StoryReminder:

 Stay within yourself?

            My Reminder: Grandpa justice/MarshFork Elementary School, Part II

Your StoryReminder:

 

Bookexcerpt: Classroom LIGHTBULBS for College Professors (2023)

Perry Binder, J.D. is anaward-winning author and professor at Georgia State University. He is a memberof the Scientific Committee for the annual Future of Education conference inFlorence, Italy, where he was invited twice as the closing keynote speaker.Each year from 2016-2022, Perry’s book, 99 Motivators for College Success (2012),was sent to hundreds of rising high school seniors nationwide, as part of theBook Award Program at Randolph College in Virginia.

 

Teacher Workshop Exercise: “Binder’s Reminders” for Classroom Motivation

 Presenting this at the Lilly Education conference in August (Asheville)

Classroom LIGHTBULBS to Reignite Your Passion for Teaching

Perry Binder, J.D.

 

Teacher Workshop Exercise: “Binder’s Reminders” for ClassroomMotivation

Recall and write a quick story from your teaching career related to eachcorresponding letter of the LIGHTBULBS acronym. On days when you feelunmotivated, re-read those notes as a reminder of the value you bring to theclassroom while enriching student lives.

Listen to alllearners

            My Reminder: Open mind toopen-note exams

Your Story Reminder:

Inspire studentswith real world discussions

            My Reminder: Chips all in moment

Your StoryReminder:

Give hope to everyone

            My Reminder: Graduation speech

Your StoryReminder:

 Help studentsengage through exaggeration and humor

            My Reminder: Limping Crazy Man

Your StoryReminder:

 Teach to yourstrengths

            My Reminder: Messing up the firstclass I ever taught

Your StoryReminder:

 

Be available at alltimes, whether in person or electronically

My Reminder: Student in prison

Your StoryReminder:

 Understand thatstudents may lack your life experience or knowledge

            My Reminder: Read the carcontract

Your StoryReminder:

  L et your passionrub off on students (today’s story)

            My Reminder: Buffalo Creek minersand Grandpa justice/Marsh Fork Elementary School

Your StoryReminder:

 Be willing to walkin your students’ shoes

            My Reminder: Student losesdriver’s license

Your StoryReminder:

 Stay within yourself?

            My Reminder: Grandpa justice/MarshFork Elementary School, Part II

Your StoryReminder:

 

Bookexcerpt: Classroom LIGHTBULBS for College Professors (2023)

Perry Binder, J.D. is anaward-winning author and professor at Georgia State University. He is a memberof the Scientific Committee for the annual Future of Education conference inFlorence, Italy, where he was invited twice as the closing keynote speaker.Each year from 2016-2022, Perry’s book, 99 Motivators for College Success (2012),was sent to hundreds of rising high school seniors nationwide, as part of theBook Award Program at Randolph College in Virginia.

 

Part II: Experimenting with ChatGPT in Class

This summer in Internet Law, I am tweaking my project below.  Not a dramatic change but a small step toward integrating AI into student projects.

How theInternet Changed Professions 

Understatement: The internet has changedhow we do business, whether in the United States or worldwide.

Section A.  Use a free AI tool (Iuse the free version of ChatGPT 3.5) – figure out what prompt to use.  ChooseANY profession. Discuss how the internet has improved, complicated, revolutionized,and/or adversely impacted the profession and the people working in thatprofession. (500-700-ish words)

Section B.  Do not use AI.  Inyour own words, reflect on the information in Section A by agreeing ordisagreeing with any of the points. Then, conduct research on the web: Give specific examples of how theprofession operated successfully in a pre-internet era versus a post-internetera.  In addition, identify how the legalknowledge learned in this course will benefit you if working in thatprofession. (3 full pages)

Section C.  Do not use AI.  Find one case inthe news where some aspect of the profession relating to the internet iscurrently being litigated (or from the past that was litigated) in court.(whether at the pre-trial, trial, or appellate stage).  Give the facts of the case, the main issue/sinvolved, which party or parties you believe will prevail (and why) and how youbelieve this case will impact the future of the profession and/or the peopleworking in the profession. (2full pages)

Experimenting with ChatGPT in Class

 

In Fall 2023, I am teaching Consumer Law & Advocacy again.  Instead of having students write a demand letter from scratch using a template, I will have them generate one with ChatGPT 3.5.  Then, instead of filling out a small claims court complaint form, they will use AI to write a professional complaint.  Finally, I will generate Mediation scenarios using AI, with separate facts for each side in our simulations.  
Stay tuned!