Skype, a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls through the internet, is a free and easy way to connect students with the world beyond their classroom. According to Teachingdegree.com, "students can learn from other students, connect with other cultures, and expand their knowledge in amazing ways." Read below for a list of ways to use Skype in the classroom.

• Teachingdegree.com provides 50 Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom. Categories of this list feature ways to use Skype to promote education, promote community, ideas for parents to use Skype, resources for learning Skype, and more. Some of the most interesting resources include Using Skype in the Foreign Language Classroom and Using Skype in School: Some Tips.
• The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) provides resources on The Many Roles of Skype in the Classroom. Ideas include Video Recorded Self-Assessments and Peer Feedback through Google Docs.
  
• Skype Play is one of Skype's company blogs that features the "innovative ways people are using Skype." The Big Blog, which highlights Skype's new features, called attention to Skype in classroom in the post, "Inclusion — helping a classmate join the classroom from home."
  
• Cool Cat Teacher Blog featured a post on Using Skype in the Classroom (Or Just Learning How To Use It). The post features a video tutorial and a retelling, "How I Taught Skype to My Classes."