Skpe

Isn't life about conversations? We converse, we learn... We converse, we grow... We converse, we connect.

I can image the delight people enjoyed when they first used the telephone. Hearing the voice of a loved one far away likely made them feel immediately connected. I feel like I was able to part take in that same feeling of delight just last night when my mother, who lives in California, and I used Skype for free last night. We chatted about our day, plans for Christmas, work....everything we normally talk about except I could see her. My daughter was amazed to see her "Grammy." We even got the chance to see my mom's dog, Chaco, taking a snooze!

Web video conferencing uses technology as a way to converse and connect to the community. I learned that my mom really benefited from seeing me and my daughter as she lives alone in California.

There's really potential for using products like Skype in education, the workplace and personal lives! At work, it would be cool if a learner could use Skype to call me instead of a phone. We could discuss the problem and find a solution f2f in a convenient and efficient way. If this happens, maybe people would begin to see technology as problem solver!