Wimba Rings in 2008

Hi!
First, I just realized that I haven't written since December.  So here's my belated 2008 well-wish:  Happy new year!

Second, let's get down to business.  In the 3.5 weeks of 2008 we've already seen several remarkable things happen here at Wimba.  On January 8th we saw 500 people register for a webcast about accessibility given by Dr. Sam Slike and Pam Berman of Bloomsburg University, and then 2 days ago we had another 400 register for a Desktop Lecture Series presentation about Effective Online Discussions by Cindy Underhill and Emily Renoe of the University British Columbia.  I'm thrilled that our lecture series is stronger than ever, even though it's now into its 8th year.

Also, we unveiled the Wimba Collaboration Suite Express which can now be enjoyed by all K-12 Blackboard Learning System™ clients. This exclusive offer for Blackboard's K-12 customers at no additional cost provides turnkey collaboration between teachers and students to improve student achievement by adding synchronous interaction through video, voice and chat sessions, as well as asynchronous collaboration via discussion boards, podcasts and archived classroom lessons to their online courses.  This was even blogged about earlier today from the FETC Conference in Teacher Tech Blog.

And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Wimba Connect 2008 once more.  Our first global users conference is only 38 days away and features amazing speakers from Darcy Hardy and Carol Vallone to Michael Hites, John Campbell, Michael Evans, and even our own Tommaso Trionfi and Steve Kann. 

There's so much more to say but I don't have the time...I guess that's a good problem to have, right?  So get down to Orlando March 2-5, 2008 and visit us - I'll be able to be much more verbose in person!

Matt