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Smooth Sailing: An Exploration of Different Methods for Helping Students Visualize Difficult Legal Concepts

Speaker(s): 
Ashley Ahlbrand

     How are law students like math students?  They struggle with word problems.  While these word problems look very different, the mastery struggles that these two types of students encounter are fundamentally similar: They are taught a concept (such as the legal research process or a four-pronged test for determining culpability in a particular legal scenario), often in conjunction with a particular hypothetical; they seem to understand the concept, and can even regurgitate the steps to you aloud; yet, when faced with a new hypothetical (a new word problem),

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Time slot: 
21 June 12:00 - 13:00
Room: 
WCC 2019

Finding, Clipping and Using Video Clips in the Classroom

Speaker(s): 
Syd Beckman

Video clips can be a useful tool for teaching various topics in the law school classroom.  This may seem "old school" yet few professors utilize this interesting and engaging medium to help teach doctrinal topics.  This presentation will cover the following:
1) How to find clips
2) How to edit clips - with a live demonstration of the editing process using free tools
3) How to catalogue clips
4) How to insert them into a PowerPoint presentation
5) Methods of assessment of the point illustrated by the clip

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