10 Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom. Skype is a free downloadable software that lets you do voice and video calls combined with instant messaging for free.
The possibilities of Skype to flatten your classroom are endless. 5 Skype Companion Tools To get the most out of Skype, you should consider utilizing other web 3.0 and social networking sites such as Web 2.0 Tools for Class Projects – such as Twiddla in order to brainstorm, collaborate, and share ideas in real time.Google Docs – allows participants to share and edit documents.Flickr – to share photos and enhance the feeling of learning together across a distance.Blogs – to reflect and share learning.Twitter - as a backchannel during interviews, lectures, etc and as a way to continue the conversation throughout the school year. 3 Ways to Connect with Others Using Skype Online Skype Communities ePals Global Community offers a free 30 day trial.
Global Skype Projects Skype in Education Directories Ready to install and get started with Skype for free? #38 Skype Screen Sharing. The week we review the tool Skype Screen Sharing Last year, we wrote a Tech Tools for Teachers newsletter on using Skype in your classroom.
You can find it here and you can also find the Edublogger’s complete guide to using Skype in your classroom here (highly recommended). This week we look a handy free feature in Skype that allows you to share what is on your computer screen with the person you are skyping. We like Skype Screen Sharing because: it is a free serviceit allows you to add a visual to your voice when you are skypingyou can show your whole computer or just part of your display (NB. some versions only let you share your whole screen)it is simple to set upit works on Mac and Windowsit allows students to problem solve and work collaboratively with others around the worldit allows teachers to collaborate with other teachers or students anywhere, anytime. How to use Skype Screen Sharing: 1. 2. 3. The icon may look different depending on your operating system.
Mac Windows 4. Skype in Schools. Classroom Materials. Teachers on Skype in the classroom. Key into best of all worlds - News. Last Updated:8 July, 2011Section:News Skype can connect teachers and pupils to all corners of the globe - for free.
So why are many schools unaware of its potential? Jack Kenny reports There is a program that assists teachers all over the world to make contacts, that is simple to use, reliable and, above all, free. Strangely, very few teachers use it. Skype recently started to make it easier to set up contacts with its Skype in the Classroom website.
She says the safeguards built into the privacy settings on the site make it suitable for classroom use. To say that Dan Roberts, deputy head of saltash.net community school in Cornwall, is a Skype enthusiast is an understatement. Mr Roberts has completed projects that have taken his students all over the world on Skype. Teachers at Lent Rise Combined School in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, have been using video conferencing in various forms for more than 12 years. “We even have a relationship with Father Christmas,” says Ms Bigland.