Web Conference Reflection for September 23, 2012

I attended two web conferences. The last was last week, September 23, 2012. As usual the conference was of value. There are the complaints and notes of what is and is not working, as well as some genuinely helpful questions. There appears to be an overwhelming number of side conversations that sometimes have nothing to do with the assignments or concerns of the students. This can be distracting as you have to read the written posts as well as listen to speakers in order to stay abreast of what is going on. Dr. Abernathy and Dr. Jenkins do a fairly good job of keeping the discussions on track and even then the conversations are sometimes annoying. My questions are most times answered without my asking. I made note of one other student's concern that most of the reading material was geared toward middle and high school partnership concerns. I deduced from the earlier readings that that was because there is a higher percentage of parent involvement in the elementary grades. That may be, but in some instances a low level of parent involvement exists at the elementary level as well. I did not ask some questions I needed answered, but look forward to getting those answers as I am nearer to completion of the program.