Teaching students empathy and understanding with Skype in the Classroom
In today’s post, Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts and Skype Master Teachers Koen Timmers (Belgium) and Tammy Dunbar (USA) share how they’ve developed a global...
In today’s post, Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts and Skype Master Teachers Koen Timmers (Belgium) and Tammy Dunbar (USA) share how they’ve developed a global...
For the third consecutive year, Skype and Microsoft Estonia have organized a Skype University Hackathon (Unihack)—a Hackathon aimed especially at university students. This year’s...
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One friend is taking a job transfer to Australia while another is on sabbatical traveling through Asia. You yourself might be considering a jaunt...
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We are partnering with Waffsicle Productions YouTube stars Julien Solomita and Collin Duddy on a series of exclusive group chats ahead of and during...
Today’s post was written by Regina Schwartz, an 8th grade Amish student from Indiana, USA. Regina shares her experience with Skype in the Classroom...
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Since launching our last set of Skype music Mojis in collaboration with Rogue Octopus, an independent licensing agency, we’ve been hard at work to...
The power of technology has given us the ability to stay connected to people despite the physical distance that may come with significant life...
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At last year’s Microsoft Build conference, Satya Nadella announced Skype’s leap into the world of conversational computing, officially opening up the Skype platform with...
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For Mother’s Day one year, one of our colleagues, who lives 6,000 miles away from her family, decided to give her mom a tablet....
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One of the best parts of surfing the internet is finding great content—whether it’s an interesting story, crazy fact, or funny video—to share with...
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This might sound like a funny question… but do you have what it takes to save the universe? If by some twist of fate...
Andrea Friend is a Science Teacher, a Microsoft Innovative Educator Teacher and a Skype Master Teacher from Andover, Kansas. She has created a Skype...
Today’s guest blogger is Matt Swierzynski, Personal Trainer from West Yorkshire, England. With a passion for helping others get more active and live healthier lifestyles, Matt recently turned to Skype video calling to expand his training services to clients throughout the UK and internationally. How I got into sports and fitness I have always played sport and enjoyed exercising and fitness. I value both the physical and ...
This post is brought to you by our PR intern Emma Ryan. Emma recently left her hometown of Dublin, Ireland, to join our team in London—leaving behind her human and canine families. Nobody told me moving away would be easy, but I didn’t think the family members I would miss most would have four legs and a fluffy tail. Skype has helped me stay connected to ...
Skype was developed in 2003 to help people stay together, no matter where in the world they happen to be. Since launch, we’ve discovered many weird, wonderful and original ways that people use video calling. From pet sitting to interior design. From working out to personal stylist advice—people really do use Skype in the most creative ways. Recently, we came across the The David Nott Foundation, ...