EDLD 5397 Internship for Supervision Web Conference Reflection

I was unable to attend our very last web conference, but I did listen to the recording.  As always, Dr. Borel conducted a thorough explanation of this week’s assignments as well as expectations for our last course, our second internship course.  While a lot of the information was repetitive and information that Dr. Borel shared in previous conferences, it did provide piece of mind for the upcoming week.  I appreciate her candid speech, patience and foresight.  I did get some clarification on how to correctly compete the updated campus supervised activities internship document.  As I understand it, not only do I need to have 75 hours completed and reflections from the activities that I have actually completed, but also have all the activities clearly detailed.  I feel better prepared for the second half of my graduate course work and I have a clear understanding of what I need to do in order to graduate on time and stress free!

EDLD 5397 Internship for Supervision Web Conference Reflection

I was unable to attend the Wednesday, September 11^th web conference due to technical difficulties, but did get an opportunity to listen to recording.  I think that it ended up being a better usage of my time after hearing about the technical difficulties that Dr. Borel experienced in displaying the content for the web conference.  The first half of the conference was very helpful in providing some helpful hints for the APA portion of this week’s assignment.  While I am not new to the APA method of citing and referencing works, I still learned a lot and was able to form more of a holistic explanation for how to cite and reference works.  I was particularly surprised when I learned the difference between when to use the actual word “and” and an ampersand.  The second half of the conference was definitely of equal if not greater importance.  Dr. Borel discussed how to approach writing the required sections of our Action Plan Research report.  Again, Dr. Borel’s verbiage, delivery and quite frankly, her honestly and realistic understanding of the tasks that we as students have to actually do is the best part of these web conferences.  She, as well as the written exchange between students in the chat log helps immensely as serves as the encouragement that I need to be successful and balance the roles I play as a student, my professional career and in my personal life.