Wimba Customer Spotlight : William Penn School District

Students with Special Needs Improve their Grades and even Graduate with Wimba

Based in PA, William Penn School District has one passion: to engage all staff, parents and members of the larger community as "Champions for Children" to assure a positive atmosphere for learning in which all students can achieve high academic standards. During this video, faculty and students discuss how Wimba's collaborative learning environment helps K-12 students excel.

"Wimba allows me to reach those students that otherwise we'd lose."
-Cynthia Hyland, MEd, Distance Educator, William Penn School District Cyber Academy

"My grades definitely improved," said Richard Giffins, a 12th grader enrolled in the Cyber Academy who contemplates joining the Army or attending college after he graduates in June 2008. "I like Wimba because it gives me different ways to learn. I'm more of an audio guy -- I'd rather hear it than read it. Hearing my teacher gives me more of an explanation and a better feel for what I'm learning. Wimba attacks all your senses; you can hear, see, and feel what you're learning. Wimba is a foolproof classroom."

Cynthia Gaines, a fellow senior in her second year at the Cyber Academy who hopes to attend either Temple University of Norfolk State to study to study physical therapy, added, "Today we did an activity in Algebra and I got to work with all my classmates. I don't feel isolated."

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[understandingmyworld]

I like this approach- the typical schools are losing their children. An excellent teacher along with a motivating program is key!