Skype

Using Skype

How other schools in Kansas are Using Skype:

“One of our students went to China with his parents. The teacher used Skype to keep him up with the class, and also to share his trip live. He now has a new little sister!! And stayed up with lessons.” - Jane Burton, Norton Schools “We have used Skype with students who were very ill and had to be home for an extended amount of time. We tried iChat first and that didn't work well. Skype worked for us. The students were able to take part in class when they felt able to and communicate with students and teachers.” - Gwen Bartlett, Prairie Hills MS, Butler “We connected with a classroom in France as we were both doing some work with GLOBE (Global Learning Observations to Benefit the Environment) in which we took daily weather measurements and entered the data into the GLOBE website. The class in France also took some of these observations and recorded data, so that is how we originally connected. We probably did 3 or 4 skype sessions with the class throughout the year, not only allowing the students to discuss the weather phenomena in both countries, as it was entirely different (and that is when we had the Greensburg tornado, so they were fascinated to hear about a tornado) but they also enjoyed just asking and discussing “kid” questions and learning a little more about the cultures.” - Kathy Rome, Hays “I was not part of this, but I know a jr. high teacher here in Sterling had her speech class practice reading children's books aloud and they were partnered with a classroom of younger students in another state (I believe North Carolina) and our students read aloud to the younger students via Skype. Our technology coordinator set this up. I have seen that some authors are willing to do short Skype visits with students for free, or some big authors will do it for a reduced cost which is much more economical than having them come to your school.” - Amy Brownlee, Sterling “Our third grade teacher has skyped with another 3rd grade class in the Carolina's this year. They had a math contest over skype and also started off with clues to where each school was located. Lots of fun.” - Kay Good, Tescott “We had a sub in a Spanish class one day who has a son studying in South America. She Skyped him and had the students ask him questions and he told them of his experiences there.” - Mona Hankins, USD 105 “Hi Brenda! We used Skype to talk to an author last year (he was in New York). It worked great!! This year we used it for 5 days with our poet that happened to be in Hawaii getting her doctorate. It worked super. She had a Mac and we used a mini camera on our dells and then just put it all on the big screen through the projector. It is really easy to use and awesome for your staff and kids to see. Plus it's free!” -- Ronda Hassig, Blue Valley