motivate and energize with skype

~ an EV Fair (Electronic Village) presentation by Holly Dilatush, holly@dilatush.com

(TESOL Convention, New Orleans, March 2011)

Motivate and Energizewith SKYPE!

~ a bit about me ~

Holly Dilatush

• Has facilitated 575++ Skype chats• Currently working as a Consultant and

Online Facilitator/Instructor for EnglishCafe.com• Masters in Adult Education and Training (2009)• Certificate: TESOL Principles & Practices of Online Teaching

(2007)• Taught EFL, Catholic University of Korea (2004-2005)• 11+ years (and counting!) in Adult ESOL / EFL • Mother, storyteller, poet, wife, community volunteer, more!• Prior work in clerical, retail, insurance, newspaper office,

sole-proprietorship (floral shop owner & designer), more!

Access

Comfort level

Progress/Success

Approaching any (new) technology

Orientation / Objective(s)

Learning/Reinforcement

Opportunities to demonstrate competence

Best Practices Include:

*Awareness, monitoring and documentation of your own and learners’ access, comfort level, progress, success

Internet / Computer / Skype use

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What is Skype? (What do you know about Skype already?)

Know Want to Know Learned

How many people use Skype?

• 100 million users as of October 2010• Between 4 and 6 million “live” users

(average) at any given moment!• 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. EST = peak usage time• http://www.voip-news.com/news/skype-100million-042806/

• Skype http://skype.com

Skype http://skype.com

Easy-Breezy Download!

Skype http://skype.com

Easy-Breezy Download! http://skype.com

(sample Skype Transcript)

Standard emoticons • May be “unanimated” • (go to Tools / Options / IMS & SMS / IM Appearance)

• Have YOU used Skype?

• How often?

• With whom / for what purpose?

Skype and YOU

feel like I know "almost nothing"/never used SkypeHave used at least once in the past two weeks / use at least once a

month

Possible uses for Skype?

• family• friends

Personal

PD in PJs?! (Professional Development in your pajamas?)

Lessons Learned / Tips to share:

Oops! Camera needs adjustment!

Lessons Learned / Tips to share:

Oops! They can see everything you do!!

Lessons Learned / Tips to share:

Learn your options and when to use them, and CHECK your settings before you start a class chat!

Adjust your settings!(BEFORE your Skype chat!)

Skype / Tools / Options / Video Settings / …

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Ready to try Skype?

Today’s Live Chat from New Orleans!

• Class scheduled and booked from EnglishCafe.com

• Students logging in from Sri Lanka, Egypt, India, Israel, Italy, and Vietnam, reserved their space in the class (and others may join us!)

• Are you ready to speak with them?

Want Ideas / help / tutorials for Skype?Check these links:

• http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/skype_in_the_classroom_launches_to_connect_teacher.php

• http://education.skype.com/about• http://

www.maximumpc.com/article/features/20_essential_tricks_and_skills_every_skype_user_should_know

• http://www.teachingdegree.org/2009/06/30/50-awesome-ways-to-use-skype-in-the-classroom/

• http://thelovacute.blogspot.com/2011/01/jurnal-how-to-use-skype-in-eslefl.html

• https://support.skype.com/

Groups on EnglishCafe where presenter has used Skype effectively:

• Transcription• Open Conversation Topics• Travel • Job Interview practice• Describing Photos• Retelling Fables (and other stories)• Book Clubs • Spelling practice• Many, many more!http://www.englishcafe.com/groups/transcription-practice-and-related-pronunciation-practice-21723http://www.englishcafe.com/groups/z-open-topic-skype-voice-chats-21645http://www.englishcafe.com/groups/i-love-travel-2257http://www.englishcafe.com/groups/job-interviews-23134http://www.englishcafe.com/groups/description-english-20317http://www.englishcafe.com/groups/learn-english-with-aesops-fables-retelling-well-known-stories-114688http://www.englishcafe.com/groups/wwydi-what-would-you-do-if-23036http://www.englishcafe.com/groups/book-club-kite-runner-21634http://www.englishcafe.com/chatcafe/group-forum/recap-spelling-chat-august-28-2010-90472

*click on “Discussion” to see recap posts from Skype chats & classes

Motivate and Energize, with Skype !

Holly’s Skype ID = Smilin7

Holly Dilatush

holly@dilatush.com

Skype = smilin7

Twitter: hollydilatush

http://englishcafe.com/smiling7

more about Holly

Topics I’m especially interested in, links you may find helpful:• Anything related to Adult ESOL / EFL• Online Learning • Hybrid / Blended Learning• Process Drama / Using Drama techniques to enhance ESOL learning• [Drama EVO moderator: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EVO_Drama_2011,

http://tesoldrama.wordpress.com]• EnglishCafe.com [my profile page on EnglishCafe]• Skype and web-conferencing tools• Twitter [hollydilatush]• Diigo [my diigo links collection]• Portaportals [one of my portaportal collections]• Webheads [Webheads!/]• Flickr [my Flickr collection]• Andragogy ~ Storytelling ~ Poetry • Moodles ~ VoiceThread ~ PhotoPeach

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Thank you!