Virtual Class Meetings

I enjoyed our last two virtual class meetings. In the beginning of the semester, I don't think I would have been confident enough to try out all of the different programs and learn to use them by myself. For example, Skype and digital texts/videos would have been pretty difficult for me to figure out alone. However, social bookmarking, blogs, and Webquests I probably could have created independently with support from a tutorial and threaded discussions. Now that I am comfortable with all of the different types of technology, the virtual meetings are great! I have been able to spend more time exploring technology and discussing it with my classmates instead of wasting hours (and gas) driving! If it were my decision, I would meet in person a lot in the beginning of the semester and gradually drop it to every other week virtual. If more meetings were virtual, there would have to be some form of accountability to make sure everyone participated. Some people do great with the autonomy, but others need more structure.