Reflection #8

WHAT: I read the article 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom. I chose to look into this because I am very intrigued by skype and its ability to connect people. According to this article, skype can be used for field trips, after school help, and for guest lecturers.

SO WHAT: Skype can be used to bring anything you want to the classroom, or to take your students anywhere without having to leave the classroom. It is a great way to open up your students to the world and make use of their global resources.

NOW WHAT: I believe teachers should really look into ways that they could use skype in the classroom. I know as a student I would have loved it, and as a teacher I am definitely going to use it. It would be so great in language classrooms to have contact via skype with another classroom in another country that speaks that language. It would be a fun learning experience for students to be able to talk to other students their own age in a different culture. Another good use of skype would be for English teachers being able to have authors visit the classroom via skype.