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Skype is a web-based communication tool. Its video component is particularly beneficial for educators in the following ways:


 * Students connecting to students worldwide or next door.
 * Collaboration tool
 * Author visits
 * Interviewing experts, ancestors, etc.
 * Virtual field trips
 * Professional development

And so much more! 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom

This wiki will give you training and usage tips. We can also use it as a place to share our successes and to ask any questions. Become a member to add content by contacting a librarian.

TRAINING

Training videos

AUTHOR VISITS

Authors Who Skype

Author Visits

[|Samples of Author Skype Visits]

Tips for a Skype Author Visit

[|How to Survive a Skype Visit]

CLASSROOM IDEAS

Using Skype in Education

[|A Skype Visit with an Expert]

[|Classroom Skype Jobs for Students]

[|Framing the Experience - Around the World with 80 Schools]

[|Around the World with 80 Schools] Resources from //Around the World with 80 Schools//, such as roles for students during skype calls, skype projects, skype authors, skype phone book for educators, etc.

[|Skype in the Classroom] -- MACUL ning -- Includes a forum for teachers to link their classes

[|Edutopia articles about Skype]

[|Learning Without a School] --Granny Cloud

[|Sample -Singapore Interview with 5th Graders]

SKYPE SPONSORED LINKS

[|Online Directory - Educators]

Beta Skype in Education