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Iclicked play and the video started just fine. Great so far, right? Well,
the Internet connection must have slowed or encountered a hitch of
some sort, and the video abruptly stopped midstream. Compared to
my earlier days as a professor when such an event would trigger panic
and verbal frustration, I proceeded to laugh and make light of the
oddity and then seamlessly went on to explain the final major points
of the video, using the whiteboard. And then, as serendipity would
have it, the video started back up on its own and ultimately finished
my impromptu mini-lecture. In this case, relying upon and trusting
my intuition to quickly remedy a classroom mishap paid off.
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