April Ashworth

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Presented by April Ashworth Dale Haskins
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Agenda
Agenda

• 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?
What is Skype?

• Software that enables the worlds
  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

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What Does Skype Offer?
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

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Where Can You Use Skype?
Where can you use Skype?
Skype on Your Computer

• Free Skype-to-Skype Calls
• Free Instant Messaging
• Free Video Calls
• Call Phones and Mobiles
• Voicemail
• Forward Calls to a Phone when your Offline

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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 dont use your wireless plan minutes
• Skype is always on to receive calls anytime

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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 thats local to your area code
• Use any phone to call your Skype To Go number
  and reach your international contacts at regular
  Skype rates

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Where Can You Use Skype?
Where can you use Skype?
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Where Can You Use Skype?
Where can you use Skype?

• Skype on your TV
• Free Skype-to-Skype calls with anyone in the
  world
• Free Video Calls face to face from your couch
• Call most phones with Skype service

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Where Can You Use Skype?
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

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Where can you use Skype?
Where Can You Use Skype?

• Skype with Husband
• I Skype with my Husband, while he is working
  over in Kuwait.
• I talk to him everyday, by phone calls and by
  video on the weekends.

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Skype in The Classrooms
Where Can You Use Skype?
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.)

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Skype in The Classrooms
Where Can You Use Skype?
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 dont
  have to miss any special events in the classroom
  with Skype.)
• Foreign Culture Lessons.
• (Skype allows students to see first hand what
  peoples 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 arent 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.)

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Getting Started
Getting Started
www.Skype.com
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Downloading Skype to Your Computer
Downloading Skype To Your Computer
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Starting Up Your Skype Account
Starting Up Your Skype Account
Windows
Mac

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

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Your Skype Home Screen on Windows
Your Skype Home Screen
Windows
Mac
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SMS on your Windows
SMS Screen
Windows
Mac
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Phone Calls on Windows
Placing Calls
Windows
Mac
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Video Chat
Video Chatting on Your Windows
Mac
Windows
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Skype Wrap-Up
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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Skype Wrap-Up
Skype Wrap-Up
ANY QUESTIONS?