11-13-11
Tonight I was able to attend the first web conference for EDLD 5363. There were a lot of new names on the participants list. Dr. Abernathy was her usual informative self. There was quite a bit of clarification about instructions in the week 1 assignment. I was pleased to discover that my IA was Linda Marshall. I think several partnerships were also created during the course of the web conference. I appreciated Dr. Abernathy's inability to break us into groups. Having us form our own groups makes it our own group, not just a group that we were assigned to. I thought this web conference was much more informative. Several of the web conferences I have attended in the past have become forums for students who are panicking and have not fully read the instructions for the assignments. In fact, in some classes I have stopped even watching the recordings because people were off topic or uninformed. This conference was well-conducted and kept to a 1 hour time limit.
I appreciated Dr. Abernathy's sharing about her digital story. Once she explained how she selected her story, it was easier for me to focus on what story I wanted to tell. Her story seemed very personal and yet something that could be shown to others. I enjoyed her openness about why she chose her story and the journey that she was involved in at that time. Using her reasons as a guide, I was able to select a journey in my life that I wanted to share with others as well.
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