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50 Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom
Location: Computer Lab

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**Description:** Participants will discuss and explore the effective and innovative integration of Skype into their lessons and curriculum, as a tool to engage students, communicate, collaborate, and further their students’ learning in a richly authentic modality.

**Learning Objectives:** Learners will identify three highly effective classroom lesson activities in which they will be able to use Skype in an age appropriate way for their discipline/curriculum/subject.

Learners will develop a proficient awareness of the school acceptable use policy for classroom use of Skype, parent permission, and student privacy in school-related Skype activities. (ISTE-T, 2008)

Morning Session

 * Facilitator led opening review of prior lesson.
 * Technology compatibility questions and responses, or referral contacts, if needed on participants devices.
 * Program and lecture with various resources presented for exemplary practices in classrooms, and case studies for Skype in the classroom; individual interaction with Web-based articles and Skype video tutorials, which will be discussed in the previously assigned pods.

**In-Class Assignment:** Please review the Article "Assessment of Learning via Skype" by Silvia Tolisano. November 20, 2010. URL: @http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/11/20/assessment-of-learning-via-skype/ Then, based upon your interpretation of the process visually displayed here, which Ms.Tolisano has developed for visualizing the process of converting a Skype call to a learning call, please provide a Lesson Seed using Skype technology for your subject or discipline that would improve the instruction and enhance the student learning outcome in your classroom lesson plan.

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Image Source: Tolisano, S., (2010). Assessment of Learning via Skype. Retrieved at http://langwitches.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Skype-call-learning-call.pdf

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Link to Google Doc with template that can be downloaded or added to online, for a Lesson Seed by each participant.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Whole class question and answers with attendees presenting and sharing Lesson Seed responses.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">P <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">ods will each set up a Skype conference call to collaborate on the screen share features for presenting their Lesson Seeds to the other workshop attendees.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">In-Class Assignment:
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Attendees will use the articles and resources from the morning session to outline a plan for a collaborative Skype lesson activity for students that is relevant to the proposed Lesson Seed and can be implemented by students in their classroom. What will the students actually do with the Skype technology? Include the appropriate guidelines which both teacher and students that will be expected to follow in implementing the Skype lesson activity with 11 to 14 year old students. Work with pod partners or independently with his or her own technology devices, or on the Computer Lab equipment. Please continue to use Google Docs to easily share the collaborative documents links.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Last 15 minutes: Wrap up Q & A and attendee evaluation survey.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Additional Reading:
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Buchinghamshire Learning Trust. (n.d.). Using Skype in school - some tips. Retrieved at <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">@http://www.bucksgfl.org.uk/mod/page/view.php?id=2925

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Dunn, J. (August 4, 2012). 50 interesting ways to use Skype In your classroom. [ Web log post]. //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Edudemic. //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"> Retrieved at @http://www.edudemic.com/skype-in-classroom/

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ferrell, K., (April 5, 2011). Rationale for using Skype in the classroom. [Web log post]. //Ed Tech Ideas//. Retrieved at @http://edtechideas.com/2011/04/05/rationale-for-using-skype-in-the-classroom/