Skype is revolutionary, potentially disruptive technology for educational settings that teachers can ill afford to ignore. Skype makes internet based telephony a point and click process. The skype voice conversations that I have witnessed and participated in have had remarkable quality, comparatively better than the audio-conferencing features built into iChat AV (which runs only on Mac systems.) In contrast, Skype is cross-platform.
This PC World article from June 2005 indicates that videoconferencing via Skype is under development and on the way.
I will be staying tuned to this…..
On this day..
- Podcast355: Cool Tech Tools for the Classroom by Cheryl Freeman - 2010
- A New DNA of Pedagogy and Learning (YouTube video - Greg Whitby by Marco Torres) - 2010
- Great Lineup of Keynote Speakers for the 2010 K-12 Online Conference #k12online10 - 2010
- Questioning the potential value of Skype and videoconferencing in the classroom? - 2009
- Another digital divide: Understanding Learning Community Power - 2009
- Webcasts tonight: Teachers are Talking and Storychasers - 2008
- Comments about Oklahoma education from Kirk Humphreys - 2008
- Comments about Oklahoma education by V. Burns Hargis, President of Oklahoma State Univ - 2008
- Notes from Dr. Pedro Noguera’s Keynote at BLC08: "Changing the Culture of Schools: Creating Conditions that Promote Student Achievement" - 2008
- You CAN take it with you! by Bob Sprankle - 2007
