Communication+Tools

**SKYP****E**
Skype is a service allows users to communicate with peers by voice, video, and instant messaging over the Internet.

I signed up for a skype account (super easy by the way!) and was finally given the opportunity to skype with my sister who has had a skype account for about a year now. This was a very cool experience for me being the first time I have ever used Skype. I was able to see her apartment that she moved into in August and I have yet been able to go to her hometown to see it. Skype allowed me to finally see it!!

Team Viewer is a computer software package for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer between computers.
 * TEAM VIEWER **

I used Team Viewer with a friend who was sitting next to me. We did this just to see how it worked and we both thought it was very cool. Neither of us have ever used Team Viewer before, but I can see how it can be very useful if you are not in the same room as someone and you need to show them how to do a certain task on the computer. Or if you would like them to read something or see something that you have pulled up on your computer screen! Very neat feature!

Team Viewer is such a cool feature, that I had to share it with my parents while I was home on spring break. I installed Team Viewer on my parents' laptop at home. This was perfect because my mom was interested in setting up a Pinterest and a Facebook at this time. She has wanted to do this for a long time but never did because she knew she wouldn't be able to figure it out. This was a great opportunity for me to help her with creating her account using Team Viewer. To this day, we use it because there are times that she wants to do something with either her Facebook, Pinterest, or another webiste but can't figure it out. Using Team Viewer, we can solve this issue!! LOVE this communication tool!


 * Student Activity Using Skype **

Because my sister is a teacher in Brookfield I could set my students up with a "pen pal" with a student from her school. I could then have my students use skype to skype their "pen pal" Once they got to know their "pen pal" a little bit through their short interview with them, I could have my students write a letter to their "pen pal." I like this idea because it is always fun to send and receive letters! It is also a great idea for introducing Skype to my students.