EDLD+5370+Web+Conference


 * Week 1:**

The first option for attending a web conference for EDLD 5370 was October 4th at 8pm. I felt it incredibly important to attend the first meeting for this internship class because it would, hopefully, clear up some confusion, encourage me to get started, and give me interaction with my instructor(s) and classmates.All three of these goals were met easily because of the setting in which the conference was presented. Any student may ask questions about things they are unclear on. This helps all of us even if we already know the answer to their question. Because of the assistance from the in instructor and assistant I felt thoroughly encouraged to get started on the internship process. I also was able to interact with classmates with whom I have never had the opportunity to meet with before. This is one of the many attributes of technology! Overall, the conference met my expectations, and I am ready to begin the process of sharing my knowledge, experience, and heart I have for educational technology!


 * Week 2:**

This week I was unable to attend a web conference until the day our assignment was due - Sunday! I do not recommend waiting until the day it is due. I actually had my assignment completed to turn in on Thursday, but because I hadn't attended a conference yet I couldn't complete that part of the assignment. I am going to make it a point to try my best to accommodate my schedule to fit in with the earliest web conference time. Our teaching assistant said we could turn in our assignments early for her to start working on them. That was my goal for Week 2, but then I realized I wasn't going to be able to make any of the conferences earlier in the week. The conference did not answer any questions. I assumed, with it being the last chance, there would only be a handful of us attending. I was right, and it seems like there were no questions to be asked because, hopefully, we had all completed the rest of the week's assignments. I will definitely do all I can to make the first web conference this week.


 * Week 3:**

I wanted to make it a point to attend the first web conference option for Week 3. I arrived at the conference link early and got the usual "wait for your host to arrive" message. It became 8pm and the minutes went by. I thought I had misunderstood the date and time. I sought help on the message board and a handful of other students also couldn't get into the meeting either. This was frustrating. I can only imagine the student who has a family of 6 with the kids needing to get into bed and sitting around wondering if the web conference is really happening. I'm not in that position so I just sat around hoping it would work eventually. It did let me in, and the conference continued. I really don't have any questions for this week's assignment so I waited for others to ask theirs. Only one or two people dominated the conference conversation. That is fine. I'm glad they got the help they needed.