My group and I did not partake in a video conference. However, I have used Skype and I-Chat in my personal life, and I would definitely do some things different next time. I would make sure that background noise and what I want as the background or scene in the video is appropriate. If I am conferencing as a professional, I do not want to be laying in my bedroom chatting. Video web conferencing is a window into your world for a short time. I would prepare and treat the next Web conference I partake in as if I were having a face to face meeting. This ensures that your are prepared for a conference that is and can be posted on the internet at any point in time (if recorded).
I would really like to try web conferencing in my classroom. Students are constantly emailing me with questions about grades or projects, or just utter confusion. By setting up a schedule of web conferences, students would have the opportunity to ask all these questions outside of the classroom. I know that I am scrambling to cover all the content in my World History class, and sometimes this prevents these important questions to be pushed aside. By using web conferencing, students would feel safe to chat with me either one on one or as a group so we can communicate outside the classroom.
I am not sure why my group and I did not participate in this web conference, sometimes group work is difficult to complete for various reasons.
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