I am amazed at what's out there in technology for us to use. I checked out Jing and Skype. I chose to subscribe to Jing. Jing will be great to use for science. It's a great resource for video taping a lesson in which students can explain to other children from other parts of the states or world what the experiment is about. They could always come back and see it once more and maybe catch something they had missed the first time.
I had some idea what Skype was about, mainly that it was mostly an inexpensive form of communicating with friends and relatives from other parts of the country or from other parts of the world. Students would be able to converse with other students and gain new knowledge about different cultures, ask questions about what others are learning or how they are learning and also about their celebrations. Students could do projects with another class. Parents could also learn how to help their child at home by watching a video of a teacher modeling how they could do it. I was most impressed with the idea of Read-Alouds. It'd be great if parents could use it at home since there are some parents who do not know how to read. Students would be building listening and comprehension skills both at school and at home.
Skype can provide a different way of approaching professional development. I see it as a fantastic way of providing video conferencing with other teachers and learning about the different ways to improve lessons, learn new techniques, new ideas, and new resources.
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