Skype

=** Using Skype in the Classroom **=



Skype is a Web 2.0 tool which utilizes video chatting from one location to another. There are many options for teachers to use this tool in the classroom in order to help the students learn on a different level!
 * What **//** is **//** Skype? **

**How Can Skype Be Used In A Classroom?** 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom in the Classroom is a website which gives classroom teachers ideas for using Skype to improve student learning. Using this list of ideas, classrooms can personally ask questions to an author they have been learning about. Teachers can give homework help to students after school during allotted time periods. Family members in other countries can contribute to class lessons and bring the rich culture closer than ever possible before! Use of this Web 2.0 tool can give students learning experiences that would not be possible otherwise!

There are many uses of Skype in the classroom which connect students to learning experiences which are new and unthinkable. The video below shows teachers how to create lessons and experiences in the classroom with the use of Skype.

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 * Kaylee McVeigh