Web+Conference+Reflections

Week 1 05/24/10 I attended the web conference this week and again I was frustrated. While there are points where we are actually able to ask questions and get answers that we need, it's overshadowed by the chaos. The amount of people allowed into the chat this week was over 38. People are constantly off-topic and playing with the buttons that change the screen view for everyone else. It seems to me that these are not needed or if they are going to be continued there needs to be some ground rules. I myself was kicked out of the conference no less than four times in the 40 minutes that I participated. It's frustrating and tiresome. It's basically just a lot of sitting and waiting.

I was out of town for weeks 2 and 3 getting married so there are no reflections for those web conferences.

Week 4 06/16/10 This web conference went much better than previous ones. Less people were playing with the screen view and that helped immensely. There were several issues with audio feedback, but I think everyone got the gist of the information. Basically, we all need to check our APA formatting. There seems to be several different understandings of what all is required for the comprehensive final and examination. I'm pretty much to the the point where I'm going to do all of my work to the best of how I understand it and then I'll attempt to make corrections if I don't make the 80% minimum. I feel like this class is more work that any one person can handle, but I'm working really hard to keep up the pace!