Skype in the classroom:Connecting your students to the worldJoe DaleIndependent Languages Consultant

Choosing the right context for your students

Download the latest version of Skype for free from

skype.com and create an account Get familiar with Skype features and privacy settings Check your hardware and try a test call with a friend Sign up to Skype in the classroom at education.skype.com

with your Skype login details Complete your profile Search for a local or international partner or project and get

in contact Watch the how-to guides on education.skype.com or Vimeo

for more ideas

How to get started?A few top tips ….

Classroom Examples

Santa visits Key Stage 1Live from the North Pole

Skype sleepoverAround the world – 8 videoconferences in 1 night

Live from the House of LordsLord Knight of Weymouth talks to Hotspur Primary pupils live over Skype from the House of Lords

Mike Artell joins a classroom in OregonIllustrator and author teaches pupils how to draw using iDroo and Skype

Bringing language learning to lifeConnecting with a French partner school and giving pupils a real audience

Climate changeSpeaking to 3 national experts on climate change including a Nobel Prize winner

Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to over 3,000Professor Boyer asks Burmese democracy leader and political activist to speak to his students in Virginia

Assign your class Skype jobsAround the world in 80 schools - Silvia Tolisano

Calendar

Greeter

Share

Q&A

Photographer

Videographer

Backchannel Writers

a backchannel chat

Backchannel Cleanup

Live Blogger

Blogger Word Problem

Google Earth

Google Map

Info Station

Data Entry

Elapsed time

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