Web-Conferencing

CEP812 Group Web Conference

Click HERE to view our web conference.

Our group chose Google Hangout for our web conference.  Two of us have used Google Hangouts before in   previous classes.  I find Google Hangouts to be very easy to use.  I had never recorded a web conference prior to this and that turned out to he easy to do as well.  We were also able to easily share our screens so that we could look at websites and we had a Google Doc open that we were contributing to at the same time as well.  I felt this was very easy to use and I could see possibilities in the classroom.  This could be used to connect students to students from around the United States of World.  Students could also web conference with professionals in fields that we are studying.  I have been wanting to have my students Skype with other students for a long time but I am having trouble making connections with other students or professionals.  It just never seems to work out.  I was working on a connection with a classroom in Australia until we realized with the time difference and different school schedules it wasn't going to work out.  Fortunately the school year is young and I hope to make these connections happen this school year.  Last year my students did attend a webinar with Reed Timmer from the televisions show Storm Chasers but I want them to have more personal conversations with professionals or other students.

We really didn't have any surprising or awkward moments.  Minus my dogs poking their heads in but I think that was before we started recording and a couple of us were trying to eat dinner at the same time :)
We had thrown Skype out there as a option for our meeting but we really didn't debate any other software possibilities as we felt this was our best option.  In the future we will be using Google Hangouts as well.  Ease of use and great connections make this a good choice.