Presentation on Skype for BCE TeachMeet/ICLT Showcase, Oct 2012

1. Skype in the Classroom:
Bring the world in
Amanda Marrinan
BCE South Centre TeachMeet/ICLT Showcase
Oct 2012

2. Let’s call Grandy
vs
Which is the more powerful?

3. That’s great.
But in the classroom?

4. Yes!!!

5. Why?
Skype is...
✴free
✴easy
✴relationship building
✴powerful tool for
collaboration and learning
✴transformational
✴...and fun!

6. But how could I use it?

7. Skype an expert

8. Invite storytellers in

9. Buddy/Mentor
Image credit: Maria Knee
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=51141&user_id=51141&blog_id=1308179&position2=-1

10. Advocate

11. Team Teaching
Image credit: Maria Knee http://www.flickr.com/photos/86297125@N00/5156550593/

12. Skype Play

13. share about
your culture
and place in
the world.

14. Where can I find connections?

15. https://education.skype.com/

16. http://skypeinschools.pbworks.com/w/page/
11008318/FrontPage

17. http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/

18. https://sites.google.com/site/kinderchatplayproject/
project-leaders/show-n-tell

19. http://projectsbyjen.com/index.htm

20. http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/
https://globalclassroom2012-13.wikispaces.com/

21. http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/all-projects.html

22. What about resources?

23. http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/get-skype/

24. http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.net/
http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.wikispaces.com/

25. Mystery Skypes

26. http://langwitches.wikispaces.com/Around+The
+World+With+Skype

27. 50 Awesome Ways
to use Skype in
the Classroom
http://www.teachingdegree.org/
2009/06/30/50-awesome-ways-to-
use-skype-in-the-classroom/

28. Are you ready?
Get skyping!

29. It can transform your classroom...
and be the start of something special.

30. Contact me:
Amanda Marrinan
St John Vianney’s School, Brisbane, Australia
Twitter: @marragem
Email: amarrinan@bne.catholic.edu.au
Skype: amanda.gem/prepgems
Thankyou to my PLN, especially my posse and dear friends, Maria Knee and Kathy
Cassidy. You inspire and encourage me and are the reason I connect my classroom
to the world.