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Skype in the Classroom Microsoft has included a lot of opportunities for teachers to collaborate worldwide. ( video )
At its core, the program allows teachers to register on a website that lets them connect with each other and arrange calls between their classes. However, there are often special events like the recent World Read Aloud day where classrooms can invite authors into the classroom via the Skype in the Classroom program. Teachers can also take part in the Skype a Guest Speaker program where experts can brought to your classroom as part of a PBL unit or another program of study.
An extension is the Skype Virtual Field Trip program. Teachers can browse and schedule a virtual field trip for their class in any number of different locations. This is an amazing opportunity for broadening the horizons of your students and can include different habitats, careers and countries so it has a lot of curricular ties. ( video )
Yet another Skype program that is potentially very powerful for schools to take advantage of is Skype Translator. video It gives teachers the ability to connect with far more people than just English speaking classrooms, and that can be really valuable for building those cultural connections in the minds of our students. I have yet to try it, but one of these days I am going to befriend a foreign language teacher to help me test it out and see how well it works. Either that, or I have to brush the dust off my high school French and German textbooks and recruit one of my co-workers, but that won't be as much fun! :)
A low barrier of entry, especially now that you can join a Skype call with just a web browser, no account or additional software is required.
The Mystery Skype ( video)is an educational game, invented by teachers, played by two classrooms on Skype. The aim of the game is to guess the location of the other classroom by asking each other questions. Start by heading to the Skype in Education site and create a teacher profile. You don't actually have to do this to use Skype as a teaching tool but as part of the deal, Skype gives you 12 months of free group video chats - allowing for multiple classrooms to chat at the same time. You also get access to other educators and all of their posted lessons. Pretty sweet. You can always just arrange your own Skype conversations with whomever you want. Going through the Skype in the Classroom site makes it easier for you to connect with other teachers. a free Mystery Skype curriculum for teachers. It is designed to help maximize the educational benefits and curricular connections of this fun, interactive way to connect classrooms.
How to Record Audio Interviews With Skype and QuickTime
Since there is no recorder built in to Skype, Skype lists the following.
> Listed on Skype:
> Amolto Call Recorder
> Callnote Premium Call Recorder
> CallTrunk for Skype
> Evaer
> G-Recorder
> iRecorder
> MP3 Skype Recorder
> Pamela
> TalkHelper
> Tapur
> Vodburner
> Xsplit
Skype's Realtime Translator Goes Live (for some users) Earlier this year (2014) Microsoft unveiled a preview of a realtime translation option in Skype. Beginning today, some Skype users who had signed-up for access to the realtime translator have been given access to this exciting new tool. The first invitations to use the new Skype translator tool are going to people on the list who are using Windows 8 devices. If you are using Windows 8 you can still get on the list. video
At its core, the program allows teachers to register on a website that lets them connect with each other and arrange calls between their classes. However, there are often special events like the recent World Read Aloud day where classrooms can invite authors into the classroom via the Skype in the Classroom program. Teachers can also take part in the Skype a Guest Speaker program where experts can brought to your classroom as part of a PBL unit or another program of study.
An extension is the Skype Virtual Field Trip program. Teachers can browse and schedule a virtual field trip for their class in any number of different locations. This is an amazing opportunity for broadening the horizons of your students and can include different habitats, careers and countries so it has a lot of curricular ties. ( video )
Yet another Skype program that is potentially very powerful for schools to take advantage of is Skype Translator. video It gives teachers the ability to connect with far more people than just English speaking classrooms, and that can be really valuable for building those cultural connections in the minds of our students. I have yet to try it, but one of these days I am going to befriend a foreign language teacher to help me test it out and see how well it works. Either that, or I have to brush the dust off my high school French and German textbooks and recruit one of my co-workers, but that won't be as much fun! :)
A low barrier of entry, especially now that you can join a Skype call with just a web browser, no account or additional software is required.
The Mystery Skype ( video)is an educational game, invented by teachers, played by two classrooms on Skype. The aim of the game is to guess the location of the other classroom by asking each other questions. Start by heading to the Skype in Education site and create a teacher profile. You don't actually have to do this to use Skype as a teaching tool but as part of the deal, Skype gives you 12 months of free group video chats - allowing for multiple classrooms to chat at the same time. You also get access to other educators and all of their posted lessons. Pretty sweet. You can always just arrange your own Skype conversations with whomever you want. Going through the Skype in the Classroom site makes it easier for you to connect with other teachers. a free Mystery Skype curriculum for teachers. It is designed to help maximize the educational benefits and curricular connections of this fun, interactive way to connect classrooms.
How to Record Audio Interviews With Skype and QuickTime
Since there is no recorder built in to Skype, Skype lists the following.
> Listed on Skype:
> Amolto Call Recorder
> Callnote Premium Call Recorder
> CallTrunk for Skype
> Evaer
> G-Recorder
> iRecorder
> MP3 Skype Recorder
> Pamela
> TalkHelper
> Tapur
> Vodburner
> Xsplit
Skype's Realtime Translator Goes Live (for some users) Earlier this year (2014) Microsoft unveiled a preview of a realtime translation option in Skype. Beginning today, some Skype users who had signed-up for access to the realtime translator have been given access to this exciting new tool. The first invitations to use the new Skype translator tool are going to people on the list who are using Windows 8 devices. If you are using Windows 8 you can still get on the list. video