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What is Skype?

What does Skype offer?

Where can you use

Skype?

Skype in the

Classroom!

How do you use Skype?

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What is Skype?

“Software that enables the world’s conversations”

Millions of individuals and businesses are members

Free video and voice calls, instant messages, and file sharing

Low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles

What is Skype?

What Does Skype Offer?

Features

Skype-to-Skype Calls

Free Video Calls

Call Landlines and

Mobiles

Conference Calls

Skype To Go Number

Instant Messaging

Group Instant

Messaging

Send Files

Screen Sharing

SMS (Text Messaging)

Online Number

Voicemail

Voicemail to Text

Call Forwarding

Call Transfer

Caller ID

Skype Access

Can Not Be Use To Call 911

What does Skype offer?

Where Can You Use Skype?

Free Skype-to-Skype Calls

Free Instant Messaging

Free Video Calls

Call Phones and Mobiles

Voicemail

Forward Calls to a Phone when your Offline

Skype on Your Computer

Where can you use Skype?

Where Can You Use Skype?

Skype Mobile

Allows you to access your Skype account on a mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android)

Free Skype-to-Skype calls and IM with Verizon Wireless

Skype-to-Skype, IM and global calls from Skype mobile™ don’t use your wireless plan minutes

Skype is ‘always on’ to receive calls anytime

Where can you use Skype?

Where Can You Use Skype?

Skype To Go Number

Buy Skype Credit or a Subscription to activate your number

Get a number that’s local to your area code

Use any phone to call your Skype To Go number and reach your international contacts at regular Skype rates

Where can you use Skype?

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Where Can You Use Skype?

Skype at Work

Free Skype-to-Skype calls anywhere in the world

Face-to-Face meetings with out ever leaving your desk

Video conferencing for multi-person meetings

Safely chat and send large files easily

Where can you use Skype?

Where Can You Use Skype?Skype in The Classrooms

A Few of the Many Ways To Use Skype in the Classroom

Author Visits & Guest Lectures (Have author's & guest lecturers come to your classroom via Skype.)

Pen Pal Projects with Students All Over The World (No longer just pen and paper communication, you can Skype with partner classrooms across the country or across the world. You can also arrange book discussions that demonstrate the different perspectives of readers from different places and cultures.)

Parent / Teacher Conferences (Whether a parent has to miss a regular conference or a concern

comes up that requires speaking with a parent, Skype can provide an

opportunity to connect with a parent that may not otherwise be

available for a conference.)

Professional Development (Reach out to national education experts whose travel would typically

blow out your budget or set up inter-district conferences to compare

notes with schools and districts who have found success facing similar

challenges.)

Where Can You Use Skype?Skype in The Classrooms

A Few of the Many Ways To Use Skype in the Classroom

Connect Special Needs Students(Students who may have to be out of the classroom due to special

needs or IEP requirements don’t have to miss any special events in the

classroom with Skype.)

Foreign Culture Lessons. (Skype allows students to see first hand what people’s homes, schools,

clothing, weather, and more looks like. If a festival takes place, Skype

can bring it to your classroom too.)

Field Trips (If students aren’t able to participate in a field trip due to factors such

as budgetary or distance constraints, use Skype to bring the field trip

into the classroom.)

Share Students’ Work With

Parents (Let parents get a first-hand look at what their children are doing with

Skype.)

Getting Started

www.Skype.com

Getting Started

Downloading Skype to Your ComputerDownloading Skype To Your Computer

Starting Up Your Skype Account

Once you have a Skype Name and Password, you can sign in immediately and be connected to millions!

Starting Up Your Skype Account

Your Skype Home Screen on WindowsYour Skype Home Screen

SMS on your WindowsSMS Screen

Phone Calls on WindowsPlacing Calls

Video Chatting on Your WindowsVideo Chat

Skype Wrap-Up

Free Skype-to-Skype Calls, Video Calls, Instant Messaging, File

Sharing, and Screen Sharing

Skype-To-Go number, Calling Abroad, and Text Messages

Communicate with almost anyone anywhere in the world

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