On Wednesday, November 18, 2009, I joined the Pre-course Web Conference for the EDLD 5364 Teaching with Technology course. Unfortunately, it was not a successful experience for me.
I navigated to the link provided at 4:30 pm, and the webinar did not show as available until a little after 5:00. Once I entered into the conference, no one was able to see or hear me. I was asked to shut down and reboot my computer, which I did, but it did not fix my problem.
In between all these activities, I was able to glean a small amount of information from listening to others' conversations, but I would have liked to hear everything that was said. I will, unfortunately, not be able to attend this Saturday. I do have a team formed, so hopefully one or more of our members will have been successful in connecting, and can share what they learned.
I would like to say that I was not the only one experiencing difficulties. The audio and video continually went in and out, and by the end of the session, we were only able to hear a fraction of the students within the webinar, and could no longer see anyone.
I have had IT come in to take a look at my computer to see if I need to change any settings, and will make sure it is properly configured for the next time. However, even if I had been able to access the webinar, it seems many others experienced the same frustrations as me.
Hopefully, our next experience will be more successful, and we will be able to share more and troubleshoot less.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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