Skype is a popular videoconferencing tool. It's free and more and more educators are seeing the value of making connections locally, regionally, and globally.

Silvia Rosenthal Tolisana, a 21st Century Learning Specialist in Jacksonville, Florida, has plenty of experience using Skype in classrooms. Silvia created a video for the 2009 K12 Online Conference titled "Around the World with Skype" where she shares step-by-step instructions on getting started. More impressively, she gives advice from real teachers on how to prepare a class for successful Skype connections.

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