Scott Bowman, TWSIA First Place Winner for 2010

Dr. Scott Bowman of Texas State University-San Marcos talks about the Juvenile Justice course that won him First Place in the Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award competition for 2010.

The course primarily attracts sophomores and juniors in Criminal Justice. It is a face-to-face lecture-based course which covers the criminal justice aspects of the juvenile justice system. Bowman invites guest speakers who are practitioners in the field to talk about the specifics of certain practices such as policing or probation.

The impetus for change came from a two-week long technology integration workshop that Bowman attended last summer in Instructional Technologies Support. Bowman says during the workshop, he was able to clarify what he wanted students to get from the course.

"For me, it was really looking and saying, I want my students to truly understand what kids go through. What kids go through in their communities, in difficult communities, in gang-riddled communities, poor and marginalized juveniles, rural and urban and suburban juveniles, and understand those different experiences and subsequently to understand how that background really affects the manner in which they go through the juvenile justice system and some of the difficulties that they would face along the way."

The Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award honors faculty members for innovative teaching practices and is sponsored by IBM, rSmart and John Wiley & Sons.

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