Skype+in+the+Classroom

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 * Skype in the Classroom ** - It’s a place for teachers to connect with each other, find partner classes and share inspiration:

**Silvia Tolisano's series:**

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Skype jobs (kids and their roles prior, during and after a Skype session) ======

Kids - experts - Again, from the expert on blogging and global connectedness, Silvia Tolisano

==[|Third Graders- Called Upon As Experts] == by Silvia Tolisano ~ March 4th, 2011. Filed under: [|21st Century Skills], [|Conferences] , [|Digital Learning Farm] , [|Professional Development] , [|Video] , [|Video Conference].  Third graders had the opportunity to be called upon being experts. They were asked to skype into an [|educational conference] presentation being given by[|Kelly Hines] from North Carolina and share their experience of using Skype at school. Students were excited and prepared well by being assigned different job responsibilities during the Skype call. Here were their job descriptions: <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding: 0px;">Mrs Hines sent us three questions ahead of time. As a class, we collaboratively brainstormed how we could best answer these questions. <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border: 1px solid #dddddd; display: block; margin: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 201px;"> <span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 0px;">Question: Preparation & Brainstorming <span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 0px;">Skype Prep <span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 0px;">Skype Prep
 * <span style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 35px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px;">Answer and Hang Up Skype call
 * <span style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 35px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px;">Greeter (Introduce ourselves)
 * <span style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 35px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px;">Q&A
 * <span style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 35px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px;">Photographer
 * <span style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 35px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px;">Videographer
 * <span style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 35px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px;">Live Blogger
 * <span style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 35px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px;">Note-Taker- laptop
 * <span style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 35px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px;">Note-Taker- paper & pencil
 * <span style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 35px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px;">Note-Taker- Doodler – iPad

<span style="font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border: 1px solid #dddddd; display: block; margin: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 362px;"> <span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 0px;">Note-Takers <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border: 1px solid #dddddd; display: block; margin: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 310px;"> <span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 0px;">Note Taker- Pencil & Paper <span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 0px;">Videographer & Q&A <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border: 1px solid #dddddd; display: block; margin: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 291px;"> <span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 0px;">Doodler/ Illustrator

<span style="font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding: 0px;">Here is the screenshot of our “doodler/illustrator” from the iPad. <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; border: 1px solid #dddddd; display: block; margin: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 204px;"> <span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 0px;">iPad "Doodler/Illustrator"

<span style="font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding: 0px;">Here is an excerpt of the video taken by one of the third graders to document the connection.

<span style="font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding: 0px;">It was a fantastic opportunity for the students to practice their oral presentation skills, learn about specific audiences (in this case teachers learning about using Skype in their classrooms) and documentation skills (paper & pencil, video, images, illustrations and blogging).

Skype With Authors - a wiki set for Skyping with various book authors! <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">50 Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom from teachingdegree.com