3. What is Skype?
What is
Skype?
“Software that enables the world’s conversations”
Millions of individuals and businesses are members
Free video and voice calls, instant messages, and file sharing
Low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles
4. What Does Skype Offer?
What does Skype
offer?
Features
Skype-to-Skype Calls
SMS (Text Messaging)
Free Video Calls
Online Number
Call Landlines and Mobiles
Voicemail
Conference Calls
Voicemail to Text
Skype To Go Number
Call Forwarding
Instant Messaging
Call Transfer
Group Instant Messaging
Caller ID
Send Files
Skype Access
Screen Sharing
Can Not Be Use To Call 911
5. Where Can You Use you use
Where can Skype?
Skype?
Skype on Your Computer
Free Skype-toSkype Calls
Free Instant
Messaging
Free Video Calls
Call Phones and
Mobiles
Voicemail
Forward Calls to a
Phone when your
Offline
6. Where Can You Use Skype?
Where can you use Skype?
Skype Mobile
Allows you to access
your Skype account on a
mobile device (iPhone,
iPad, Blackberry, Android)
Free Skype-to-Skype
calls and IM with Verizon
Wireless
Skype-to-Skype, IM
and global calls from
Skype mobile™ don’t use
your wireless plan
minutes
Skype is ‘always on’ to
receive calls anytime
7. Where Can You Use Skype?
Where can you use Skype?
Skype To Go Number
Buy Skype Credit or a
Subscription to activate your
number
Get a number that’s local to
your area code
Use any phone to call your
Skype To Go number and
reach your international
contacts at regular Skype rates
9. Where Can You Use Skype?
Where can you use Skype?
Skype at Work
Free Skype-toSkype calls
anywhere in the
world
Face-to-Face
meetings with out
ever leaving your
desk
Video conferencing
for multi-person
meetings
Safely chat and
send large files easily
10. Skype in The Classrooms
Where Can You Use Skype?
A Few of the Many Ways To Use Skype in the Classroom
Author Visits & Guest Lectures
(Have author's & guest lecturers come to your classroom via Skype.)
Pen Pal Projects with Students All
Over The World
(No longer just pen and paper communication, you can Skype with partner
classrooms across the country or across the world. You can also arrange book
discussions that demonstrate the different perspectives of readers from
different places and cultures.)
Parent / Teacher Conferences
(Whether a parent has to miss a regular conference or a concern comes up that
requires speaking with a parent, Skype can provide an opportunity to connect
with a parent that may not otherwise be available for a conference.)
Professional Development
(Reach out to national education experts whose travel would typically blow out
your budget or set up inter-district conferences to compare notes with schools
and districts who have found success facing similar challenges.)
11. Skype in The Classrooms
Where Can You Use Skype?
A Few of the Many Ways To Use Skype in the Classroom
Connect Special Needs Students
(Students who may have to be out of the classroom due to special needs or IEP
requirements don’t have to miss any special events in the classroom with
Skype.)
Foreign Culture Lessons.
(Skype allows students to see first hand what people’s homes, schools, clothing,
weather, and more looks like. If a festival takes place, Skype can bring it to your
classroom too.)
Field Trips
(If students aren’t able to participate in a field trip due to factors such as
budgetary or distance constraints, use Skype to bring the field trip into the
classroom.)
Share Students’ Work With Parents
(Let parents get a first-hand look at what their children are doing with Skype.)
14. Starting Up Your Skype Account
Starting Up Your Skype Account
Once you have a Skype Name and Password,
you can sign in immediately and be connected to millions!
19. Skype Wrap-Up
Skype Wrap-Up
Free Skype-to-Skype Calls, Video Calls, Instant Messaging, File Sharing,
and Screen Sharing
Skype-To-Go number, Calling Abroad, and Text Messages
Communicate with almost anyone anywhere in the world
