Today I attended a web conference with members of the EDLD 5364 Teaching with Technology students. The experience was a bit disappointing for me. I was not successful in getting my camera to work during the meeting. I also lost the microphone several times. I exited the site several times in an effort to gain total access including both audio and video, but was ultimately unsuccessful.
One of the students continually and continuously "played" with the screen saying that we must "break it before we can fix/learn how to use it." I found that to be rather distracting since I was already having technical difficulties of my own.
On a positive note, it was nice to see some familiar faces checking in with the group. Many of my teammates were there, and we obtained some valuable information about our assignments and our upcoming group project. It was very nice to personally meet with our professor and interact with her in "real" time.
Overall, the experience, on a scale of one to ten, with ten being fantastic and one being unacceptable, I would rate it as an eight. My rationale for the rating is that even though I encountered some disappointing difficulties, I do realize that we are working with programs we are not very familiar with and that all the "bugs" have not been worked out. We are all in this together, and as we collaborate, we will continue to learn from each other.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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