Overall the two video conferences that my group conducted were successful. The software that we used was TinyChat. It was helpful to have the chat box while we conferenced. A group member was experiencing technical difficulties with her microphone at the first video conference, so it was helpful to still be able to communicate with her via the chat function. During the second conference, that member was able to correct the problem with her microphone. We experienced a different problem at the second conference, where there were a couple of echos and delay in audio. Also, a member was having difficulty joining the group through video. However, we all were able to still communicate and collaborate.
Reflecting on how video conferencing might be useful in my classroom, I do not identify an immediate need for it. If I really stretch my mind for a use for it, maybe I could use it to have students communicate with the other sixth grade team. The other sixth grade language arts teacher is having his students participate in literature circles, and our students are reading the same books. Maybe the students could conference discussion questions and responses. However, this would just be to expose my students to a new technology. In reality, the other language arts teacher is 2 doors down from mine, and we would split our classes so that students could conference with each other in person.
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