EDLD+5363+Reflections+of+Web+Conferences

Today’s web conference was concerning partners and groups for the next upcoming assignments. Many of the students concerns were about their assigned field supervisors or not having an assigned field supervisor. For many of the questions asked, the answers could be found in the syllabus, announcements, discussion board, weekly assignment sheet, and the overview. Many should have downloaded the cookbook from the digital storytelling website, and found that it is a valuable resource tool. Dr. Abernathy wants the students to collaborate and facilitate with one another in order to learn and use different technology. She expressed how useful it is to understand the software, collaborate with your classmates, read the readings, and information shared within the assignment. There were several times the discussion experienced technical problems and the audio was cutting in and out.
 * EDLD 5363 Web Conference - November 14, 2011**

Today’s web conference was concerning the definition of podcasts, what should be posted on the discussion board, collaborating with your partners, groups for weeks three, four, and five, and how to use audacity. Dr. Abernathy informed everyone that we had to stay within sections when forming groups for the next three weeks. She explained how the completed assignments in weeks one and two will all come together in week three. She explained the task for this week’ assignment and how crucial it is to facilitate with others. We need to learn how to use audacity, make a tutorial video for editing software, upload it to a site in order to get the embedded code, and post all the information in your eportfolio. I think the task of producing a podcast seemed complicated for many because the same questions were posted over and over. I do not feel like many were prepared or reviewed the assignment prior to the conference.
 * EDLD 5363 Web Conference - November 23, 2011**