Web Conference Reflection for 3/27/11

Today I had the opportunity to participate in my first web conference. I was excited to finally get on after trying over four times. I was surprised that no one had a camera except for the host. I enjoyed reading what other people had to say and reading comments from other classmates. The feed was a little hard to keep up with but not impossible. I liked being able to scroll back and read the questions that others had. I liked that there was only about 26 people in the conference. It helped me follow the conversation and participate in the conversation. I am a little sad that during my whole time with Lamar, this was my first time to utilize the web conference feature. I think back on certain classes and wish I had used this feature then. It would have helped with confusion over certain assignments and topics. I blame myself for not trying something new and for not knowing what the web conference outcomes were. This is a great feature that helps classmates interact with each other and helps answer any questions or clarifications that students might need. This should be a mandatory task for every student’s first class. I enjoyed participating and learned how to use a new technology tool.