Academy+Tech

**Skype! ** **Provide professional development ** Skype brings professional development to the teacher, coach, or mentor when and where they need it. The common model of improving teaching skills gathers teachers in one place for a one-size-fits-all workshop. With Skype, teacher mentors can deliver personalized training directly to the classroom on subjects teachers need. Whether the interaction occurs one on one, through a mini-conference, or on an as-needed advice line, using Skype skips the expense, the travel, and the time out of the classroom for teachers.

**Encourage student collaboration ** Skype is a natural environment for student collaboration. In one software setup, students can talk with each other and send drafts of files to everyone in the group to review and interject with text comments. Archives of Skype text messaging conversations can bring fellow students up-to-date if they miss a meeting. Students can work on school newspapers, use video to practice a senior play, try debate strategies, and even organize school events. //Read more: //[|//http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/using-skype-at-school.html#ixzz1NCh7nvx0//]

**Meets [|ISTE] Standards for Global Learning in a Digital Age **
 * __ISTE / NET-T Standard 3: __**Model Digital-Age Work and Learning Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
 * 1) demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations;
 * 2) collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation;
 * 3) communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.



**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">How To's: ** <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"> **//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">or online: Skype Tutorials, //****//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Skype Wiki //**

**//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿ - Tools to assist in common planning - how to add contacts, make a voice or video call, and send files. //**

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Useful Tools: **
//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;"> Skype in Education : Once you have created a free Skype account, you can use your username and password to login to this site for educators. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">Skype in the classroom is a free community to help teachers everywhere use Skype to help their students learn. It’s a place for teachers to connect with each other, find partner classes and share inspiration. This is a global initiative that was created in response to the growing number of teachers using Skype in their classrooms. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Lesson Plans: **
**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Click to find an actual classroom exercise: Student Inter-school Debating with Skype - http://loisath.edublogs.org/2009/08/29/student-inter-school-debating-with-skype/ **