1. Wimba PRONTO

2. AGENDA Informal Learning Wimba PRONTO Basic What’s new in the new Wimba PRONTO Product Demonstration Marlen Rattiner on Keyboard and Backup Vocals

3. BEFORE AND AFTER CLASS

4. SERVING TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY STUDENTS

5. MEET Wimba PRONTO Only instant messenger designed exclusively for education by educators to advance and promote learning objectives. Not only connects students and educators, but it also allows for robust collaboration necessary for building an academic community.

6. - S. Nicholson “Socialization in the ‘Virtual Hallway’: IM in the Asynchronous Web-Based Distance Education Classroom” RECENT STUDIES

7. Released Dec. 2006 Academic Centric Instant Messaging Platform Classmates auto-populated based on course enrollment Chat and VOIP Profiles Avatars Emoticons Blocking Invisibility Wimba PRONTO Basic

10. What’s the “new” in the NEW Wimba PRONTO For Students & Teachers Blended Audio and Video Conferencing Application Sharing Queued Chat for Tutoring and Office Hours For The School School Tab with Help Desk Functionality Institutional Notifications Reporting

12. Blended Audio & Video Conferencing

13. Application Sharing

14. Queued Chat for Tutoring & Office Hours

16. School Tab With Help Desk

17. CONNECTING STUDENT SERVICES

18. Institutional Notifications

19. Reporting