Skype
7-C-2 Skype Ideas I can see several uses for Skype. In the past, I have used the phone in my room to conduct remote interviews with government officials and local college professors. I would put the phone on speaker, and my students and the guest would be able to interact. There was a limitation though, it could not be recorded. I like Skype as a podcasting generator and the conferencing function would facilitate the interaction of multiple students. Another idea, would be to have some kind of Skype office hours. Tell students you will be available and online for a certain time. If there were questions, students could be ask me, or, ask each other. A group conversation could take place with the members and teacher of the class. On a more personal level, my wife plans to use Skype to contact her brother while he is in India and England in May. Why not? It’s free!
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Great ideas, Jim, both web 2.0 and the 1.0 idea of the speaker phone. Skype really is the next generation of audio contact. What I find interesting is that, directly relating to the title of your blog, nobody knows yet where we will be with audio communication even 5 years out, let alone 50!
Sarah