SKYPE

Just recently we were asked to have a meet and greet with our instructor via Skype. This is a really great piece of technology. The program allows you to get connected with people that are all over the world. This program makes business meetings so much easier. Rather than flying people across the country and across the wold, people can meet via Skype. This reminds me of a movie called "Up in the Air". In this film, a company asks a young professional to fire people over a program like Skype instead of face to face. She absolutely hates it because it is so impersonal. Now that I have touched on a business perspective, I wonder what a classroom could do with Skype? Maybe talk with pen pals in another country? Or meet with their teacher if they have any homework questions? I think this is a really great and easy to use program that connects people on an even more personal basis.