On Sunday, July 11 at 8:00pm, I joined my second Lamar graduate school web conference. After having a rather rough experience with the first web conference, I found the second experience slightly better, and learned why I struggled with the technology. After be kicked out of the conference several times and struggling to connect my camera and my mic to the adobe software, I realize most of my problems were due to my Internet connection. This was then confirmed through a few emails with professors in the EDLD courses. Unfortunately, the idea that it was safe to do my school work on a mobile Internet device while traveling this summer somewhat failed. The connection speed for a mobile Internet connection is far too weak to participate in a multimedia web conference. I also discovered that in order for my camera to be picked up on the Adobe software I need to have it turned on through one of my video programs. I am excited to attempt the next web conference from home on my broadband wi-fi.
Beyond the technical issues, I was able to learn a few things in the moments of the conference I was able to participate in. I am now a member of the Internship wiki for Educational Technology students. Many thanks to Peggy for sharing that with all of us new to Lamar! I also learned that I need to reference an updated Internship Handbook 3.1. I am interested to go back and review the conference to see what other bits of the conversation I missed in dealing with technical problems, but I am thankful to understand those problems.
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