Using Skype in the classroom isn't just fun and engaging for students, it can also cover a wide range of VELS curriculum areas.
Lets look at the obvious one first: English (Physical, Personal and Social Learning). Classroom use of Skype involves speaking and listening, but it can also involve reading and writing too. For example, if the person the class is skyping is in a different country you could plan a previous lesson around researching that country and writing questions for the class to ask the speaker. Even the act of navigating and loading Skype can be a reading lesson, if the class is allowed to do this themselves (with assistance and supervision) rather than having the teacher do it for them.
Clearly Communication and ICT (Interdisciplinary Learning) are covered as well. But a Skype lesson can also be a Civics lesson (Civic Knowledge and Understanding and Community Engagement), involves Interpersonal Development (Building social relationships) and can integrate any number of other areas.
To take the example we used earlier, if you are skyping with a resident of another country this easily could include aspects of Humanities, Geography, Languages Other Than English and even History.
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