best power point ever

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SKYPE

• Connecting students , parents and teachers
  outside of the classroom
• www.skype.com

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What is SKYPE?

• Free online service
• download and connect
• Easy to use
• Skype offers tutorials
• Connect to anyone in the world at any time
• Austrailia a mouse click away
• Face to Face conversations
• More personal than a phone call
• Group video conference calls
• Talk to multiple people at once
• File sharing
• Eliminate email attachments
• Screen sharing
• Show others what you are working on while you
  talk

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STUDENT BENEFITS

• School is out for the day and a student has a
  homework problem they cant figure out
• Teachers can work out homework problems with
  their students live from home

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Student Benefits

• Student is home sick from school
• teachers can have a face to face mini lesson on
  what the student missed that day.

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Student Benefits

• Group Projects
• Skype allows group chatting so students can work
  together on projects from their own homes
• File sharing allows students to piece together
  projects over the computer

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Student Benefits
Hello, Im from Georgia

• Virtual Pen pals
• Students can connect with other students from
  other schools states and countries
• learn about geography outside of a textbook from
  other students

Hi! I live in Alaska.
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Teacher Benefits

• Teachers can communicate with other teachers from
  other schools states and countries
• share teaching techniques and lesson plans

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Teacher Benefits

• Staff meetings over the computer

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Teacher Benefits

• Teachers can post weekly agendas
• Increase student preparedness

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Teacher/Parent Benefits

• Live parent teacher conferences
• for parents can not make it to the classroom
• Teachers can share lesson plans and homework
  assignments with parents
• Parents can monitor their childs progress

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Equipment Requirements

• Computer
• Internet access
• Web camera

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• Created by
• Joseph Radigan