Group Leadership Project - Part A Reflection

Our group met at 4:30 on May 24 using WebHuddle.  All group members made a great attempt to be present and participate fully in the session, but due to technical difficulties, some were hindered.  One member was able to log in but could not see anything.  She ended up calling me and really helped by writing notes and posting our plan onto Google docs for us to work with in the future.  Unfortunately, another group member was abruptly booted out of the session, or so it appeared.  Near the end of the meeting, he was suddenly unable to see anything but gray boxes.  It was quite frustrating for me as the moderator.  My group is excellent, and we pulled through.  I felt responsible, as the moderator, for troubleshooting the problems and I was unable to really help.  I am still unable to provide my peers with a link to post in their blogs for their assignments.  Overall, using Webhuddle made me feel helpless as I had so very few tools to troubleshoot, but proud of my group as we persevered and actually worked together to brainstorm.  I also felt responsible because I selected WebHuddle in the first place, so I feel guilty!  The only advantage of using WebHuddle for us is that it was free. We were unable to share a workspace or microphones, or practice any of the other tools the application is supposed to offer.  The technology was a bust, but we all had a good sense of humor about the situation and got through what we needed to get done.  I don't think I would ever try WebHuddle again unless I had a friend who loved the application and was very experienced with it sitting right by my side!  I would not want to ever subject my peers or students to the frustration of this application again.