Skype CEO: Our Goal Is to Connect 1 Million Classrooms. Skype in the Classroom has signed up more than 16,000 teachers to its social network for educators, since launching a beta version in December. Its goal is to connect 1 million of them. "Skype has been going on for many, many years, and teachers have been finding each other and they’ve been finding ways to use the power of Skype in the educational process for a long time," said Skype CEO Tony Bates on Wednesday at the Social Good Summit.
"We really felt that it was time to take this to the next level...moving from grassroots Skype in the classroom to an initiative driven by Skype. " What has long been accomplished between teachers using Wikis and individual project websites is now getting some organizational help from Skype. Using the platform, teachers can create profiles that describe their classes and teaching interests. What is perhaps Skype in the Classroom's most useful feature is a "project" tab that helps teachers find partner classrooms for projects and ideas.
Community. Twitter. Facebook. Twitter-apps. TwitHire. Mister Wong | Marcador social. POSTCARD.FM. Filttr. Learning, and Profiting, from Online Friendships. By Stephen Baker Watch the Video… A question: If you have 347 followers on the Twitter microblogging service, what are the chances that they'll click on the same online ad you clicked on last night?
Advertisers are dying to know. Or, say you and a colleague exchange e-mails on a Saturday night. Friendships aren't what they used to be. What do these relationships say about us and the people in our networks? Marketers are leading the way. The second arena for study is inside companies. For most of us, the business value of networked friends is tied to a third area, personal opportunity. An immense new laboratory of human relations is taking shape. But managing hundreds or even thousands of relationships is a thorny challenge. Others find value in a sizable following. While Calacanis tries to build crowds, advertisers are more interested in understanding individuals. Now we're swimming in information. The easiest way is to get tips from friends. Statistically, friends tend to behave alike.