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I have had the chance to connect with a few educators & Military personal around the globe using Skype.  The one class I taught had the opportunity to Skype a class from Brazil and learn about their society, culture, and how a student spends and ‘average’ day in Brazil.  Another class had the chance to Skype into and interact with students at a architectural dig.  My class was asking, posting questions using Skype the students at the dug were answering the questions, blogging and had a back channel during the entire process.  Another chance my class had was to Skype an active Military personal (which was a parent in the class – to his surprise) that was stationed over in Afghanistan.  He would answer ‘some’ questions, however was limited in his answers because of security. 

I plan on continuing to use Skype in the classroom because those experiences are what the students remember and have a lasting affect of them.  I found most of the contacts in Skype using: https://education.skype.com/ This is a site were teachers can create account, look for teachers are have common interests and set up a Skype session.  Thanks to this site my previous students have had memorable experiences.