Skype in the Classroom: The Social Network For Teachers

Skype technology comes to the classroom with “Skype in the classroom”, a social network for teachers that already connects more than 4,000 thousand teachers in 99 countries. Teachers can share tools and discussions on educational methods in the “resources” section. Through this network, users can collaborate, create or join projects already established, they can also get connected with teachers in close areas by searching by location, age or topics of interest and find new inspiration for teaching through the published resources (videos, links, tips).

Searches for project ideas and topics and make presentations in classrooms using the technology of Skype for video conference.

At the moment, the website project is only available in English, it is an open community for teachers to get interconnected together to share experiences, tools and join educational projects. All they have to do is enter the page and create a teacher profile.