Adobe (week 8)

References for the pictures are Adobe.com 

This is the website source↓

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/adobeconnect/index.cfm?event=trial

Introduction

This website eventually makes teaching and learning in the second language more easy and fun.It is a Dobby connect  id.A Dobby connect id is a Flash power platform.  This technology is suitable for teachers and all levels of students.This website brings in the idea of online teaching and learning.

References for the picture isAdobe.com

Instructions

How do teachers and students go about using this website?? Don't worry just click the links below:

https://seminars.adobeconnect.com/_a227210/vqs-hosts/
https://seminars.adobeconnect.com/_a227210/vqs-participants/

The link above are in PDF format and it briefly explains to us on how to go about using this amazing website for our lessons.

In add there is a video guide below:

References sourcefromAdobe.com

I hope these links and video can help teachers and students to explore this website.

Additionally there is an example video below describing how this tool is used in a classroom.

ReferencessourceAdobe.com

The advantages gained from using this website are:

1. it allows teachers to provide presentations whereby they can show standard slides, mark-up documents, interact with audience and mark polls.
2. it allows teachers and students to do web meetings where they can carry out video conference, chat and Qand A, see attendee list and share their desktops.
3. it encourages collaborative learning since its provides white board function, white board by sharing desktops in order to edit and review each others work, can control another persons desktop, and students and teachers can share documents.
4. it initiates the concept of elearning through using polls, flash movies and using quizzes.
5. it is good for data collection since the room is persistence. Data collections can be done by polling, chatting and Q and A sections. 
6. teachers can vary their teaching styles
7. teachers can teach English in a more interesting way
8. learning may be flexible

The disadvantages of using this website are:

1. the concern of students personal attention while the class is going on
2. no real social interaction taking place
3. learning may tend to be more individualistic as students are left alone

Recommendation

This website is good for web meeting, elearning courses and virtual classrooms and webinars (Web Conferencing).