Skype

I have been using skype for the last month and having lots of fun. I use it to talk to my daughter who is in Ecuador it's great because she can talk to her sisters and I at the same time. I use it to talk to my neighbors, which seems a bit ridiculous but we love it. In the classroom I think this would be a great tool to use. I could incorporate this into a social studies lesson. I would post a blog online most likely a public teaching site, asking other teachers to use this tool with me. Together we would set up a day and time for students to skype each other. This would be great because students could learn about a different part of the U.S. I along with the other teacher would incorporate a series of questions into the skype assignment. Questions that had to do with geography, demographics, and other characteristics of the location. We could also learn about the other states local history as well as their what they are known for in their contribution to U. S. history. There are several learning possibilities using skype in the classroom.