Web+Conference+Reflections

=Web Conference Reflections=

May 24
I always enjoy participating in the web conferences for the internship. All of the participants can ask questions about program and the requirements. Dr. Abernathy, our professor, is able to respond and answer our questions on the spot. With these conferences we do not have to wait for email responses. What I like the most is that other students seem to have the same questions as me, or even better, they ask a question I may have not thought of yet. I always feel more confident after leaving the web conferences. One down fall, is the site is not designed to handle the number of participants that we have. There is not enough broadband for us all to have video and voice. Dr. Abernathy handles the problem well though. We type our questions in the chat box and she answers them one at a time. It seems to go more smoothly when she is able to answer the questions with voice, as opposed to have to type her responses. Overall, though, I am grateful for all of the web conferences. It is an excellent way to answer our questions at one time and I am sure it saves Dr. Abernathy tons of time as well.

June 2
This week's web conference game me more insight as to what the comprehensive exam is to look like. I was glad to find out I am not the only one who has not gotten feedback on grades for week one, but I am also a little nervous that I have not completed the assignments correctly or with enough detail. I also hope I have done everything with correct APA format. I think I have, but APA make me nervous! Now that week 2 assignments aare almost due, I fear I will make mistakes on them as well. There was a little bit of echo in the web conference tonight. I was still able to understand everything. Others were not. I don’t know if something on their end was making the echo worse, or my young ears could just hear it better!!

June 9
I was unable to attend this week’s conference due to a family emergency.

June 16
This week’s conference went well. I am so glad we have the opportunity to get together and ask questions about the internship process and requirements. It has really helped me get through the course. This week, my computer rebooted just a few minutes into the web conference. By the time I got the computer up again, Dr. Abernathy was well into the conference and probably was not looking for people to join. All in all, I missed about 30 minutes of the conference. Fortunately, I did not have many questions this week and they were all answered while I was in the conference. This has happened to me before in a web conference for a different class. I am sure it is my computer causing the problems. It is getting out dating and time for an upgrade.

June 22
Well, this was our last conference for the internship. We will all be finished with the program in just a few days! It was great to celebrate with everyone. I know we are all excited to be done and the mood tonight seemed a light hearted as we are ready to finish our assignments. The big question for the night was out to submit two different assignments in the courseware. Dr. Abernathy informed us we can wait and submit parts A and B at the same time. She also let us know the Wednesday due date for the ePortfolio was just a suggestion to help us spread out the due dates.