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= Welcome to the world of SKYPE... = **//where everyone talks for free!//**

What is SKYPE anyways?!?!?!

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**What do I need to be able to use SKYPE successfully?**
computer with a sound card microphone (built-in or external) (preferably) headset with microphone (preferably) webcam SKYPE software download (see SKYPE Quickstart Set-Up)

**How can you use Skype professionally?**
Keep in contact with colleagues...home and abroad...collaboration in the broadest sense of the word!...international PLCs!!! Videoconferencing about best practices...virtual professional development Practice public speaking

**How and why can you use Skype with kids?**
Raise global awareness by connecting with a class in another country... great in a social studies and/or world language class (see Connecting with Other Classrooms) Report live from a field trip...fantastic way to share with parents! Learn...learn...learn...contact an expert...talk to an eye witness Practice public speaking Debate with another class Conduct a virtual Reader's Theater! [|Skype other classrooms!] as v-pals! [|Skype an Author!] Use SKYPE to include [|homebound students in the classroom]. Collaborate with [|Voice Thread]