Skype

Skype - iChat Resources: Coach Presenter - Amy Weddle and Dotty Noll
aweddle@elcosd.org and dnoll@elcosd.org

**Using Skype and iChat in the Classroom**
//There are several tools that allow you to connect with other teachers. These software titles include://

//Apple iChat (//[|//www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat///]//) Skype with Video (//[|//www.skype.com//]//)// //MSN Messenger (//[|//get.live.com/messenger/features//]//) Yahoo Messenger (//[|//messenger.yahoo.com//]//) AOL Instant Messenger (//[|//www.aim.com//]//)// SubEthaEdit (Mac Only) allows you to setup groups, control access to files shared; must be logged in under a name so that users are identifiable. //Using these messaging tools can also be an opportunity to model appropriate use of online chat applications and cover content relating to// **//Internet Safety//**//.// //Reference: John Hendron (////edge@vste.org////), Managing Editor, VSTE Edge//


 * IDEAS**:


 * Collaboration With Own School or With Other Schools
 * Within the classroom, within your school, within your district, with other schools nationally or internationally
 * An exciting change of pace
 * Connecting classrooms across the state or nation
 * Can be a way for students to explore the environment around them
 * To connect with students from a different culture
 * Develop skills of working together to achieve a goal
 * Establishing teams with other schools is a great way to teach students how to collaborate and accept other's view points
 * Review question activity - Teacher sends out the question either verbally or via messaging and students respond with the correct answer
 * Manheim Township and Elizabethtown (LA Classes) conducted presentations
 * The Manheim Township class evaluated Elizabethtown's class.


 * Silent Group Work Without Having To Physically Move Into a Group
 * If you have a classroom with limited space
 * Allows for the quiet student to have a voice (low risk)
 * Reading assignment, teacher gives a prompt for student to respond to via iChat. Students can then see what others are saying and react accordingly.


 * Work at Home
 * Conduct reviews for tests
 * Tutoring
 * Setup a meeting time to be online


 * Allows Experts to Be Connected With Students Inexpensively, and Without Having to Travel
 * Can be done via one computer and a projector
 * Can be done in a lab setting
 * Allows time for Q & A without everyone trying to ask at one time; presenter will see all questions and respond accordingly
 * Easier to schedule, don't need to worry about travel time
 * Guest speakers ( i.e. Stew Albert)


 * During the Day, Time Savers
 * Contact other teachers in their classrooms rather than having to walk there
 * Department meetings across the district
 * Doing research or assignments, students can transfer information and images to each other


 * Additional Resources for Online Classroom Ideas using IMing software:**

[|iChat AV and iSight in the Classroom]

[|iSight Ed]

[|iChat in Silent Debate]

[|iChat in Education Lesson Plans]

[|Instant Messaging: Friend or Foe of Student Writing]

[|Seven Things You Should Know About Instant Messaging]

[|Tools for the TEKS]

[|See Me Hear Me: Skype in the Classroom]

[|Online Learning Earns a Net Gain]

[|Using WebCams in the Classroom]