Facilitating+a+Virtual+Classroom+Activity

 WIMBA - Virtual Classroom Activity

In creating a virtual classroom activity, we had to produce an interactive activity with students involved to present a lesson using Wimba on our Blackboard page that is used to make up our instructional unit for our classes we teach on an everyday basis. Creating an activity that provides instruction to students who may not be able to be in class while the instruction is taking place is great for instructor so they do not have to single out a student and have to reteach the entire lesson once again, the student can log into the computer to view the lesson at his or her leisure and present back to the instructor what was learned and if they have any questions pertaining to the instruction that was given. The instructor can quiz students to see if they retained important information that was relevant to the course of instruction that had been provided.
 * Description **

The process to complete this assignment was to develop a lesson that could be used with audio and video presentation. Teach the lesson on Wimba and archive the lesson after completing it with students to use for reinstruction if needed. This lesson planning can assist the instruction in classes where a student may have not retained the information on the first time it was presented but does not need an entire lesson retaught. When using the archived session, the student can view areas that ae relevant to what they need to have reemphasized to them and the instruction had already been completed and will save classroom time to complete other activities. While completing this activity, use of the computer and some newer technologies greatly improved or enhanced the outcome of this lesson. Once this lesson had been archived, it had to be downloaded in the form of an MP4 file and attached to this wiki for viewing. The link to see this presentation is below.
 * Process **

media type="file" key="_wilmu_s__304946_1_266921_2010_0430_1842_24.m4v" width="94" height="94" Wimba Presentation

I was not excited about this assignment from the start, but it was relatively easier than I had thought it was going to be. It took a few tries to get the PowerPoint presentation laded and to get the audio to work properly prior to actually presenting the lesson then archiving it for future reference. I liked that it easy to complete, relevant to the area of study and the fact that you did not have t reteach an entire lesson if it was not needed. It is very good for students to be able to view content from their classes when they have that opportunity and provide the instructor feedback after they have completed that area of study. This allows the class as a whole to proceed where it possibly could have been held up by only one or two students. This way all students will stay on track and have a means to relearn the information if needed.
 * Reflection **

Reference - Wimba conferencing software - Blackboard.com