EDLD5370+Web+Conferences

Week 1 Conference, Saturday, August 27th 10:00 am

After attending this mornings web conference I feel excited to be so close to the end of this journey and so very relieved that we have such a supportive teaching staff. As I saw the names of the other students attending the conference, my mind went back to courses that I had taken with several of them and just knowing that we are all in this together was very reassuring. I am finally wrapping my brain around what all those documents we received in the first, 5306 course, will be used for. To be honest, at the start of this program I was blindly downloading and saving files and did not really understand how the pieces were all going to fit together. Now, I am beginning to see the light. I do wish that I had began this whole process using a google site but at the time I was more comfortable with Wiki Spaces so that is what I created. Starting next week, I will begin the process of copying over the information from this wiki to a google site.

Week 2 Conference, Saturday, September 3rd 10:00 am

This weeks web conference informed me that applications for graduation should be emailed out. Since I don't use my Lamar email this was helpful to me so that I can make sure and find out what I need to do in order to application for December graduation. With each passing week I get more excited about this journey coming to an end. The mention of the doctoral program even allowed my mind to wonder if that might be something I would want to do. That thought soon passed as my reality is that my two children need to complete their college education next before I try to take on another time consuming challenge for myself. After finally getting organized in week one and getting corrections on my assignment in time to correct and hopefully improve on, I am hoping I am headed in the right direction and nearing the finish line in victory. I think I have decided to stay with my wiki, simply due to lack of time. Although, I am sure the google site would look much more professional. I am actually using google with my eighth grade students having them do eportfolios of all their projects in my class!

Week 3 Conference, Thursday, September 8th I was not able to attend this conference live but I just reviewed the chat log. I am sorry only two people attended but with weekdays are super hectic. I like being able to use the discussion board and email since those two forms of communication are direct. Plus, if we post a question to the discussion board that others have I am hoping it will lesson the amount of repeat questions that the professors and teaching assistants receive. I have not yet seen a score for my second week assignments but I did correct my week one assignments and am working on correcting my report format. At this point, I am hoping not to have to ask for extra time as suggested in the web conference but if I don't score well on week 2 those corrections might put me behind.

Week 4 Conference, Monday, September 12th

I missed this one as well. I just reviewed the chat notes and got several answers to my questions regarding the 33 indicators. I was unsure of what format these would need to be published in and how many references were needed. It is harder to understand the written chat feature when it is not live so it took me a while to read and reread the notes to understand which question was being answered. I would rather have been in the conference live but that wasn't an option for Monday and since Parent Night is Thursday at my school, it won't be an option for me to hear that one live either. Hopefully, with all the information and examples others have posted I will be able to work my way through week 4.