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Tons of Skype tips!

Personally I prefer Google Hangout, but it's the same concept. What a great way to get a good guest speaker from someone that may not be local and speak in person. Personally I like the idea for professional development. Can do it one-on-one with someone and get specific questions answered for your class as opposed to blanket topics/statements in large group professional development settings.

I use Skype along with my husband's 5th grade classroom. His students read aloud to my kinder students as part of our literacy block. We rotate through the kids until everyone has had a turn and then we get new books and start over. It's a win, win for everyone!

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This was a great source. I liked the way to put parents with busy schedules into the classroom by using Skype at their work.

I found this and also bookmarked it. I like the way it is set up. Lots of good ideas and examples.

This would be a fun way to engage our students

Skype is a free and easy way for teachers to open up their classroom. Meet new people, talk to experts, share ideas and create amazing learning experiences with teachers from around the world.

Denise, Thanks for sharing this link. I was excited to see that I could join the educator's skype and connect my students to a forest ranger in Yellowstone, and Olympic events. Amazing!

Skype shows us how we can utilize their tools in the classroom.

This has all you need to get started on Skype - whether it be for personal use or for using in the classroom.

A lesson plan example from a Spanish teacher using Skype :)

Penguin Group, New York Philharmonic, Peace One Day, among others join Skype in the classroom to deliver dynamic content and guest speakers Helping to educate and inspire the next generation of thinkers, Skype joins forces with Penguin Group, New York Philharmonic, Science Museum London, Peace One Day, and Save the Children to provide teachers with educational content and access to expert speakers via video calling.

One of the coolest uses of Skype was the music video "One," that featured musicians from around the world colloborating to perform "Lean on Me" in real time. It's very moving, and my students love it.

I'm going to have to check it out after I locate a box of Kleenex! :) How do I find it? Do you have the link?

Lots of great ideas for using Skype in the classroom or school!

50 ideas for using Skype in the classroom!

This idea is great for the foreign-language classroom: http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2009/05/using-skype-in-the-languages-classroom.html. The teacher used video-conferencing with Skype and then recorded the conversation so her students could watch it again later.

Skype ideas

Nice source for a plan for how to include parents in the loop about why/how going to use Skype with students

On this blog a fourth grade classroom teacher shares how she and another teacher (that she connected with via twitter) collaborated to use Skype to connect and complete a Mystery State Project. I think that this is a neat idea and that my fourth grade teachers would be interested in trying this.

I teach all levels at the high school and I can see this as an asset for my classes.

The possibilities of Skype to flatten your classroom are endless. Here are 10 ways to use Skype in your classroom.

Skype An Author success stories

Abstract This presentation introduced Skype and how it can be used to: 1) connect teachers with other professionals - and save on long distance charges - even internationally 2) empower language teachers and tutors 3) give presentations and workshops 4) be a stepping stone to using more sophisticated technology in the classroom. It was noted that for those who are new to using technology in the language learning classroom, Skype is an effective way to experiment with technology, while minimizing the risk of things going wrong. Using Skype can help teachers improve their technology literacy and increase their confidence using technology in the language learning classroom. It provides an excellent stepping stone for those who are not entirely "fluent" with more sophisticated technologies.

This is a straightforward article we often see about 'uses in the classroom'. Professionally, there are many useful examples about how to use Skype: Connecting with international classrooms, guest lecturers, interviews, and other examples. The idea of a guest lecturer is appealing. I have used it before to connect my students with classrooms around the world.

From connecting with classrooms in other locations to learning about each others' culture to connecting with content experts - educators are extending learning beyond classroom walls. Use this site to help you learn to use Skype effectively with your class.