Web-Conference

I attended the March 6, 2011 Web Conference. There were about 96 students who actually stuck it out and stayed on the conference. In the beginning so many people were trying to get in and ask questions that the text was going at a mindboggling fast pace. Dr. Abernathy did a great job of handling the conference so things did not get out of control! One thing I thought was interesting was that some of the students that actually had the web cam and microphone did not use these tools to ask questions, but everyone else could just see them sitting there and watching! I have attended other conferences for other classes in the Lamar program. I have also attended web conferences for another program, which was several years ago when we did not have the web cams and microphones. It would have been nice to actually see who you were talking to. Many of the students introduced themselves and gave information about where and what they teach. This is great, because we could make connections with other students. You never know who is in the program that you know. Web conferencing can be a useful tool, if we want to learn how to incorporate it into our school setting. Administrators would be able to conference with other administrators around the world. Students and teachers could also connect with students and teachers in other countries.