EDLD+5370+Web+Conference+Reflection+-+Week+3

On Wednesday, April 24, I participated in the Week 3 Web Conference with Dr. Mason. This one was short and sweet, as Dr. Mason answered questions regarding the ILT, graduation and the week's assignements.

I am always relieved when a student asks a question that I have. Somehow, even with so much at stake with the successful completion of this course, I am hesitant to ask questions. I am always afraid that I am asking something that I should have already known. I try to keep that feeling in mind when I am in front of a classroom. And, along the same lines, I try to repeat important information over and over //and over// so that students don't have to ask questions.

One of the issues that was discussed was some students' difficulty in passing the LCE. I am one of those students! I generally am a very good test taker, so I was shocked when multiple attempts at the test resulted in less than the required 70% passing rate. Even after scouring the standards to try and figure out which questions I was missing, I was unable to answer all the questions correctly. Poor wording and typos on the test made it even more difficult. I was relieved when Dr. Mason announced on the Web Conference that she had changed the settings to allow us to see which questions were missed. Finally! The odd part was that the answers that were correct were the ones that I had started out with. Go figure.