Skype_ a doorway into Authentic Language

							 Technology   authentically connects students
  to the world.
 Powerful tool to activate and encourage
  interpersonal communication promoting
  global understanding and a sense of
  community without geographical
  limitations.
 Impacts and enhances the way students
  learn. (both ends)
 Opportunity for  the student to interact and
  communicate meaningfully with a real
  person in the target language. (Spontaneity
  and authenticity)
 It empowers the student with the ownership
  of a friend.
 Opportunity to implement other
  technological tools. (email, social networks,
  blogs, telephone, texting, etc)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXwU82nfcG0
Provide skills to handle a   Teach the culture of their
conversation.                Skype-pals.
 Download   Skype from www.skype.com.
 Set up a teacher account or a student account.
 Protect privacy settings.
 Find a partner to collaborate:
  • Epals a global community http://www.epals.com/
  • People to people
    http://www.ptpi.org/programs/SchoolClass.aspx
  • Search Google : colegios privados (place of your choice)
 Skype as a group
 Skype individually
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1HtPAN-A_Q
 Need  collaboration and commitment on the
  other end.
 Matching pen pals.
 Keep up with the letters.
 Additional class time required to coach the
  writing.
 To speed the process of the writing
  (correspondence gets deep over time)
  www.tradukka.com
 The problem of students moving away.
 Promote independence to develop a long-
  lasting friendship.