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Week 1 Web Conference Reflection
I accessed the web conference for February 26 on my smart phone while I was with students at a UIL practice meet. It was the first time I tried video-conferencing on my phone and it worked quite well, for the most part. The mobile version of the program didn't show the video, but the audio was actually better than on my laptop because there was no echo at all. Using the chat was a little more challenging simply because it's more difficult to type on a phone's keypad. Also, I lost the display when I went to my email program and couldn't find it anywhere on the phone for several minutes, but I finally got it back by pressing the login button again. I wasn't logged out, though, because I could hear the audio even when I couldn't see the display. I was concerned that it was opening multiple copies of the session but it wasn't. It was fun to try some new technology applications.

The session itself was attended by 40-some people and there were many, many questions. I thought Dr. Mason did a great job addressing them. I do wish that students would stick to topics that are relevant to our assignments, however. Someone got off on graduation questions and Dr. Mason isn't the go-to person for that information. All in all, it was a good session.