why skype is useful
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Agenda
What is Skype?
What does Skype offer?
Where can you use
Skype?
Skype in the
Classroom!
How do you use Skype?
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What is Skype?
“Software that enables the world’s conversations”
Millions of individuals and businesses are members
Free video and voice calls, instant messages, and file sharing
Low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles
What is Skype?
What Does Skype Offer?
Features
Skype-to-Skype Calls
Free Video Calls
Call Landlines and
Mobiles
Conference Calls
Skype To Go Number
Instant Messaging
Group Instant
Messaging
Send Files
Screen Sharing
SMS (Text Messaging)
Online Number
Voicemail
Voicemail to Text
Call Forwarding
Call Transfer
Caller ID
Skype Access
Can Not Be Use To Call 911
What does Skype offer?
Where Can You Use Skype?
Free Skype-to-Skype Calls
Free Instant Messaging
Free Video Calls
Call Phones and Mobiles
Voicemail
Forward Calls to a Phone when your Offline
Skype on Your Computer
Where can you use Skype?
Where Can You Use Skype?
Skype Mobile
Allows you to access your Skype account on a mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android)
Free Skype-to-Skype calls and IM with Verizon Wireless
Skype-to-Skype, IM and global calls from Skype mobile™ don’t use your wireless plan minutes
Skype is ‘always on’ to receive calls anytime
Where can you use Skype?
Where Can You Use Skype?
Skype To Go Number
Buy Skype Credit or a Subscription to activate your number
Get a number that’s local to your area code
Use any phone to call your Skype To Go number and reach your international contacts at regular Skype rates
Where can you use Skype?
Where Can You Use Skype?Where can you use Skype?
Where Can You Use Skype?
Skype at Work
Free Skype-to-Skype calls anywhere in the world
Face-to-Face meetings with out ever leaving your desk
Video conferencing for multi-person meetings
Safely chat and send large files easily
Where can you use Skype?
Where Can You Use Skype?Skype in The Classrooms
A Few of the Many Ways To Use Skype in the Classroom
Author Visits & Guest Lectures (Have author's & guest lecturers come to your classroom via Skype.)
Pen Pal Projects with Students All Over The World (No longer just pen and paper communication, you can Skype with partner classrooms across the country or across the world. You can also arrange book discussions that demonstrate the different perspectives of readers from different places and cultures.)
Parent / Teacher Conferences (Whether a parent has to miss a regular conference or a concern
comes up that requires speaking with a parent, Skype can provide an
opportunity to connect with a parent that may not otherwise be
available for a conference.)
Professional Development (Reach out to national education experts whose travel would typically
blow out your budget or set up inter-district conferences to compare
notes with schools and districts who have found success facing similar
challenges.)
Where Can You Use Skype?Skype in The Classrooms
A Few of the Many Ways To Use Skype in the Classroom
Connect Special Needs Students(Students who may have to be out of the classroom due to special
needs or IEP requirements don’t have to miss any special events in the
classroom with Skype.)
Foreign Culture Lessons. (Skype allows students to see first hand what people’s homes, schools,
clothing, weather, and more looks like. If a festival takes place, Skype
can bring it to your classroom too.)
Field Trips (If students aren’t able to participate in a field trip due to factors such
as budgetary or distance constraints, use Skype to bring the field trip
into the classroom.)
Share Students’ Work With
Parents (Let parents get a first-hand look at what their children are doing with
Skype.)
Getting Started
www.Skype.com
Getting Started
Downloading Skype to Your ComputerDownloading Skype To Your Computer
Starting Up Your Skype Account
Once you have a Skype Name and Password, you can sign in immediately and be connected to millions!
Starting Up Your Skype Account
Your Skype Home Screen on WindowsYour Skype Home Screen
SMS on your WindowsSMS Screen
Phone Calls on WindowsPlacing Calls
Video Chatting on Your WindowsVideo Chat
Skype Wrap-Up
Free Skype-to-Skype Calls, Video Calls, Instant Messaging, File
Sharing, and Screen Sharing
Skype-To-Go number, Calling Abroad, and Text Messages
Communicate with almost anyone anywhere in the world
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