Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system. Skype has also become popular for its additional features which include instant messaging, file transfer, and video conferencing (see video on right).
Skype can also be used in classrooms to communicate with people in different places. Students from the Gideon Elementary skyped with people from China as a part of a lesson that they were doing! Wow! Interested in seeing the video? Click here. Technology is amazing.
Try incorporating Skype into one of your lessons. For a great learning experience, click here for informal and formal ways you can incorporate Skype into the classroom. I'm sure your students will love it! To download Skype, click here.
Great video...thanks for sharing. It's so interesting to know that Skype has already been implemented into the classrooms. I think it’s great the students can familiarize themselves with this type of technology at such an early age. Below is site I found that shows ’50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom’:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.teachingdegree.org/2009/06/30/50-awesome-ways-to-use-skype-in-the-classroom/
Feel free to check it out!
I checked out the website. Loved it! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love Skype! I use it every chance I get. In one of my doctoral classes we communicate with eachother all over the world. Sometimes the images aren't that great but why complain when it is free and the message is received on the other end.
ReplyDeleteI must agree BBop!! Its free...so why not???:)
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