I love Skype! It’s such a fun way to make connections with family, friends and other educators. I connected with Linda on Skype and I feel that when you see someone, it’s easier to picture them as you are working with and communicating with them online. It allows you to put a face to the name. Besides getting to know one another, connecting with Linda allowed us the chance to talk about our coursework and with that, opened up some questions that we had that we going to look into.
In the future, I might use Skype to connect with teachers from other districts. We could share ideas and even have our students connect. It would be fun to connect with another teacher and have our students be pen pals. We could Skype so that our students could meet each other and then they could picture who they are writing to.
With this technology, I hope to make connections with other people from other districts. I think it would be neat to do virtual interviews for my students using Skype as well.
A virtual interview is an interesting concept with skype. I am envisioning a formal interview, perhaps reviewing an end-of-year portfolio. Would you kindly elaborate? I am wondering how I too can conduct a virtual interview.
ReplyDeleteAs part of the graduation requirement, my institution requires a mock interview. Students often have trouble securing a willing site. Skype could be advantageous with the aforementioned requirement.