Skype


 * "How To" Skype Resources **


 * 1) Download Skype
 * 2) The Complete Educator's Guide to Using Skype //(includes how to configure your account and software)//.
 * 3) Skype User Guides/Help
 * 4) Quick Start Tips for New Skype Users
 * 5) Getting Started with Skype (video tutorials)
 * 6) How to set up your microphone or headset
 * 7) YouTube videos on using Skype


 * Skype in Schools **


 * How to Connect with Classrooms/Teachers **


 * 1) Skype in the Classroom Educator Directory. //** Join and add your own profile!!!! **//
 * Here's [|an example project] of the type that you can find there!
 * Here's another: Skype Book Club for Elementary School Kids
 * 1) Skype Partners With NASA and Seven Other Organizations to Promote Video-Calling in the Classroom
 * 2) Authors Who Skype with Classes... for free
 * 3) SkypeInSchools
 * 4) Skype for Educators (directory of skype opportunities)
 * 5) EduSkypers' Phonebook (add yourself to the list!)
 * 6) Skype Other Classrooms (list of countries and classrooms to skip)
 * 7) Skype Teachers/Classrooms Want Ads
 * 8) Video Presentation: Around the World with Skype
 * 9) Join an education social network ning (Global Education Collaborative ) focused on using Skype
 * 10) Sylvia Tolisano's K12 Online Conference presentation on Skype and her project, listed next (#8) - A great presentation to watch to learn about Skype and get ideas.
 * 11)  ! How and What to Assess with a Skype Project (Sylvia Tolisano)
 * 12) Around The World with 80 Schools and A Skype Odyssey (Sylvia Tolisano)
 * 13) Around the World with 80 Schools NING (educator's social network)
 * 14) Skype an Author
 * 15) 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom
 * 16) ePals Global Community

__ ** Readings ** __ (K12 Focused)
 * 1) See Me, Hear Me: Skype in the Classroom (School Library Journal)
 * 2) Use Skype with Students (Edutopia blog)
 * 3) 50 Powerful Ways To Use Skype in the Classroom
 * 4) 5th Graders Go Global with Holiday Card Exchange
 * 5) Educational Use of Skype (eHow)
 * 6) Mystery Skype - Who Could It Be? (great idea!)
 * 7) Using Skype in the Classroom (great Blog post)
 * 8) Learning to Skype in Kindergarten (blog post)
 * 9) Assessment of Learning via Skype (great blog post!)
 * 10) Students Skype with an author
 * 11) Using Skype at School
 * 12) Motivating Adult Learners - Skype an Expert
 * 13) 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom (blog post)
 * 14) Creating Student Roles in Class Skype Sessions (blog post)
 * 15) Flip, Skype and iPad find everyday usage in Lisa Boeglin's class at Scott Elementary
 * 16) The Many Roles of Skype in the Classroom (ISTE Connects blog post)
 * 17) Using Skype in the Classroom (Video presentation, Tips, suggestions, logistics, ideas...)
 * 18) Make Your Classroom a Global Communication Center with Skype
 * 19) Skype Connects Classrooms Around the World
 * 20) Students' Use of the Internet Opens a New Window on the World From Their Classrooms.
 * 21) Skype in Education Podcast

__ ** Examples ** __


 * 1) Videoconferencing. It's easy, free, and powerful (video presentation from the K12 Online Conference, 2009)
 * 2) Skype in the Classroom Vimeo Channel
 * 3) What Skype in the Classroom Looks Like (video)
 * 4) Assessment of Learning via Skype (great blog post!)
 * 5) Music Lessons Over Skype! (NY Times)
 * 6) Mystery Skype
 * 7) (news story) Virtual Field Trips With Skype
 * 8) Students Skype with Jeremy Gilley about his TED Talk, One Day of Peace.
 * 9) Alixandria Horstmann attends school via Skype
 * 10) Ill Homebound Student Attends Class via Skype
 * 11) Skype in the Classroom
 * 12) Student Inter-School Debating With Skype
 * 13) Class Skypes with Lawrence Lessig
 * 14) Sick High School Student Graduates on Skype (CNN)
 * 15) Matha's Vinyard Teacher Uses Skype Video to Extend Reach Off-Island
 * 16) Two Grade 1 Classes connecting to share poetry.
 * 17) 6th-8th Grade Social Studies students discussing world religions.
 * 18) Kathy Cassidy's 2nd Grade Class Skypes with a GeologistPart 2 Part 3
 * 19) Kathy Cassidy's 2nd grade class returns to school in the evening to Skype with a class in Australia (time zone issue solved)
 * 20) Impressions from Around the World With 80 Schools Skype project
 * 21) Globally... Connect... Communicate (Understanding Jewish Communities Around the World
 * 22) A Skyped Presentation to Teachers.
 * 23) Classroom skypes a parent truckdriver while reading the book, Dear Mr. Henshaw.
 * 24) Earth Day Skype Project
 * 25) Canada's top spaceman Col. Chris Hadfield virtually visits Hillcrest Private School
 * 26) Video Chats Take Students to Other Worlds
 * 27) Make Your Classroom a Global Communication Center with Skype
 * 28) Students sing with a retired teacher over Skype
 * 29) EDTS523 Students Skype with Kathy Cassidy PT1PT2PT 3PT 4PT 5
 * 30) EDTS523 Skype call with Patti Sullivan and Jonathan Bergman/Aaron Sams (Spring 2010)

Other Useful Information**


 * 1) 15 Useful Applications for Recording Skype Calls
 * 2) How to Produce Video Interviews for your Blog Using Skype
 * 3) Wetoku: Alternative to using Skype to record video-based communication with another. Free.