William Slomanson, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Working Title: Reaching a More Diverse Audience by Incorporating The Internet Description of Proposed Program: The Internet has been touted as a vehicle for a variety of teaching purposes. Reminiscent of the Hippocratic Oath, however, "First, do no harm." The Net, as well as Power Point and other technological tools, can be readily incorporated into the overall teaching process. But one must be able to confirm its pedagogical "value added." Otherwise, technology for the sake of technology will only make a bad class worse. I believe that teachers should sparingly use the Net "in" the classroom. I, for one, remain firmly committed to the Socratic Method as the basic law school teaching paradigm. One may use the e-world, however, before, after, and sometimes during a class session to enhance the overall educational experience. After producing thoughtful content (i.e., "value added" to whatever "in class" approach best suits the instructor), one can achieve a variety of objectives which are not necessarily available via traditional delivery modes. For example, including the Net can effectively: (a) Include more students in a collaborative dialogue, via pre- and post-class e-mail communications-thus suppressing the raise-hand-without-thinking personality, while encouraging more participation by the meek-but-disinclined participant; (b) Incorporate the problem method into the classroom experience by placing Problems on the Net-which induces the "Gen X" students to "buy in," while cutting down on tuition-spiraling photocopy costs of producing and frequently updating classroom material in the usual print form; (c) Reach students in ways which ameliorate the intimidation associated with the traditional Socratic mode-by knowing when to entice with technology, and when not to use it. I could also illustrate what I learned the "hard way," as well as some dumb luck revelations I stumbled upon. My related background includes the following-I have: Taught a totally paperless course (see Electronic Lawyering an the Academy, 48 JLE 216-or click on the electronic version at http://home.att.net/~slomansonb/jle.html); Published a part-Web textbook http://home.att.net/~slomansonb/txtcsesite.html; and Heavily employed-mail in a non-discussion group context. These devices helped me reach more students than when I relied solely on the Socratic Method for providing feedback to my students.