PowerPoint Bibliography
by
Ken Strutin

PowerPoint can enhance the law school learning experience by providing a flexible option for presenting course content. This bibliography is a collection of select publications and websites addressing PowerPoint's role in legal education. The materials listed include specific course applications, pedagogical critiques, and websites with step-by-step guides for creating classroom presentations. This collection of resources provides a good starting point for law teachers interested in learning to use the program and to understand PowerPoint's impact on the learning process.

PowerPoint in Legal Education

• Ann E. Brenden and John H. Goodhue, Persuasive Computer Presentations (ABA 2001) www.abanet.org/lpm/catalog/511-0462.html
• Angela Caputo, Using Images to Help Teach Legal Research in TENTH ANNUAL NATIONAL LEGAL RESEARCH TEACH-IN TRAINING KIT 68 (AALL 2002), www.aallnet.org/sis/ripssis/teach_in.htm
• Robert H. Kelley, Present Property: PowerPoint Is Effective Class Tool, THE LAW TEACHER, Fall 1998
• Douglas L. Leslie, Approaches to Teaching Contracts: How Not to Teach Contracts, and Any Other Course: PowerPoint, Laptops, and the Casefile Method, 44 ST. LOUIS L.J. 1289 (2000)
• Wanda McDavid, Microsoft PowerPoint: A Powerful Training Tool, 5 PERSPECTIVES: TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING 59 (Winter 1997)
• Alison Sulentic, Adventures in PowerPoint, THE LAW TEACHER, Fall 1999 www.law.gonzaga.edu/ilst/Newsletters/Fall99/sulentic.htm

PowerPoint in Non-Legal Education and Commentary

• Lisa Guernsey, PowerPoint Invades the Classroom, NEW YORK TIMES, May 31, 2001, www.nytimes.com/2001/05/31/technology/31POWE.html
• Jerry L. Haugland, Using Computer Technology and Course Web Pages to Improve Student Performance in Accounting Courses, 1998 Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/proceed98/jhaugland.html
• Steven F. Jackson, The Use of PowerPoint in Teaching Comparative Politics, TECHNOLOGY SOURCE, May 1997, http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=541
• Steven F. Jackson, Classroom Use of PowerPoint Slide Show (1998), www.chss.iup.edu/sjackson/Complx97/
• Ian Parker, Absolute PowerPoint: Can a Software Package Edit Our Thought?, NEW YORKER, May 28, 2001, at 76
• Harry E. Pence, PowerPoint and Cooperative Learning: An Ideal Instructional Combination, TECHNOLOGY SOURCE, July 1997, http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=527
• James Garner Ptaszynski, Using PowerPoint in Academic Meetings and Professional Presentations, TECHNOLOGY SOURCE, June 1997, http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=535

Creating Presentations for the Classroom

• Winifred Anderson and Barbara Sommer, Computer Based Lectures Using PowerPoint, TECHNOLOGY SOURCE, November 1997, http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/featured/1997-11.asp
• PowerPoint in the Classroom (Produced for Microsoft), www.actden.com/pp/
• PowerPoint Tutorial: Technology for Teachers (Oregon State University), www.orst.edu/instruction/ed596/ppoint/pphome.htm
• Martha C. Sammons, Using PowerPoint Presentations in Writing Classes, TECHNOLOGY SOURCE, August 1997, http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/featured/1997-08.asp

PowerPoint Resource Guides

• 10 Minute Guide to PowerPoint 98 (Que), sunsite.net.edu.cn/tutorials/tmg-power/httoc.htm
• Jeffrey Beard, Punch Up Your PowerPoint Presentations, AMERICAN LAWYER MEDIA, February 6, 2002, www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=lawView&c=Article&cid=ZZZ05940EXC&live=true&cst=1&pc=0&pa=0&s= News&ExpIgnore=true&showsummary=0
• Duke Resource Guides: Using PowerPoint in Courses (Center for Instructional Technology at Duke University), http://cit.duke.edu/resource-guides/methods-powerpoint-presentations.html
• Element K Journal, www.elementkjournals.com/
• PowerPoint Master Class, www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_4542.html
• Presenters Online, www.presentersonline.com
• Presenters University, www.presentersuniversity.com