EDLD+5370+Web+Conferences

__Week 1__ I waited for the meeting on Friday, but Dr. Abernathy never showed. I emailed her and asked if I was going to be penalized for not attending because I couldn't be there on Sunday and I had missed he Tuesday meeting. She said it would not be a problem and she apologized for the oversight. I read over the transcripts from Tuesday's web conference. I saw a few questions that were relevant to the course, but mostly the students discussed the upcoming graduation. Apparently, they had received an email telling them the deadline to apply was October 3. I never received this email, so I was disappointed to learn that I was not going to walk in the graduation ceremony. I had been looking forward to it, so I was a little annoyed to find this out. I guess what really matters is completing my Master's work. As long as I get that accomplished, I will have been successful.

__Week 2__ I attended the web conference this week on Saturday. There were some questions about how to write citations correctly and Dr. Abernathy helped clear that up. Dawn also said that she would like to know if we complete assignment early so she can start grading them during the week. I can start doing this to help her out. I know she has a lot of reading to do at the end of each week. I do tend to work in pieces on each one, so I don't always finish more than two early, but when I do I will email her.

I was also able to ask about finishing my monthly reports and assignment reflections. I haven't posted all of them and I haven't completed all of them because time just got away from me. I wasn't sure if they were necessary for completion. I didn't want to waste my time if it wasn't needed, so I had to ask. The answer was yes, they need to be complete, so I have to tackle that big operation. I feel like there is so much writing to complete in this class, but it there are only three more weeks left. It does go by quickly.

__Week 3__ I believe all questions have now been answered for me and I am ready to complete everything. I did find out more about the grades being formative, just to show our progress. As far as grades for this class, I think all that really matters is the final grade in Week 5 on our comprehensive review. Then, everything else we are doing is just what will need to be in our e-portfolio. Mrs. Kirkland is just giving us the formative grades on those assignment to make sure we put quality material in our e-portfolio. I am trying my best, but I am exhausted and ready to be done! This has been a great learning experience, but I have never done so much typing and reflecting!

__Week 4__ I did not have time to attend the conferences this week because it was my wedding anniversary and I had some other things come up. I did red over the logs from the other sessions though. It was mostly just more questions about the upcoming graduation in December. I really wish I would have gotten the email about signing up to walk. As long as I can get my work completed at least!

__Week 5__ I attended the last web conference to make sure I was ready to complete everything in my program. I did ask about the TK20 artifacts because I had not yet received an email about uploading anything. It was a good question to ask because no one else had received the email. Dr. Abernathy was surprised that we did not receive the email and said she would contact the person in charge to contact us by Monday. I also found out that my e-portfolio can be used as an example for Dr. Abernathy to share at conferences around the country. I thought that was pretty cool, and I would love to have others see what I have put together. I have worked so hard during my program to get this together, so I want it to be seen!