Giroso+WIMBA+Class



= Assignment: = Our assignment was to create a archived WIMBA class for our instructional unit. It was to be around ten minutes in length and relate to our topic. We were required to import a PowerPoint, video, or screencast, etc. into the class on WIMBA, as well as, use multiple tools that the WIMBA classroom offered.

= Process: = I decided to import a powerpoint for my unit. I had created a powerpoint for my instructional unit, but couldn't quite use it as I wanted to, so using it for the WIMBA assignment was perfect. Prior to knowing how to create a classroom in WIMBA, the powerpoint was going to just be an additional resource for the students to review. The PowerPoint included pictures of each of the topics the students were researching, as well as, extra facts for them to use in their letter. = =

= Reflection: =

I found this assignment to be easy and informative. Using the WIMBA classroom was a lot like using a SmartBoard in my classroom. The tools that you can use on the "eboard" are close to the tools on a SmartBoard, although the recording capabilities were available. I found the site easy to use, but unforgiving when archiving. I thought that it left little room for error when recording and if you locked the talk button; you had to be extra careful of what was being said and done. If you recorded something you shouldn't have you either had to start over or apologize; like you would in a class meeting face-to-face. I thought the manipulation around the site was easy, yet not clear on how to undo something. Although deleting posed a problem with my recording, the overall recording itself was easy and informative. I thought that using this in my classroom currently would allow several opportunities for communication. If a student was absent and missed an assignment archiving a lesson would be very easy for that student to catch up or have the same advantages with the content as the students who were in my room. I also thought this program could allow parents a "glimpse" at the content their child was participating. Small examples of difficult topics could be reviewed and posted for parents to review or even students. I thought overall, a great tool to use and have to facilitate an online class, but also to have supplements to a class that meets face-to-face.

Link to my WIMBA classroom: media type="file" key="The Life of a Colonial Child - 06_25_2010 23_05.mp3" width="240" height="20" WIMBA (screen capture of link on Blackboard)

C olonial Kids: A Celebration of Life in the 1700’s; (N.D), Authors Unknown; Retrieved from:  [|http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F]
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Solomon Schechter Day School, Welcome to our Colonial Website; (2006); Retrieved  from: __[|http://www.ssdsbergen.org/Colonial/life.htm] __