Thing 15

Skype

I Skyped with Troi.

We talked about how our students could use this for their studies since a lot already use it to keep up with family and friends back home.

The discussion was about how the students could listen to a guest lecturer on Skype. They could also use it as a way to talk to native speakers.  They could also use it to keep in touch with people they met while abroad and practice their English skills. They could even introduce someone from their home country.

On a personal note, Skype was an easy way to stay in touch with people back home while I lived in Korea.  There were weekends were I'd spend a good couple of hours just keeping up with friends and family.  Never really thought of the applications outside of that until this though.