Skype Part 1 Recording Audio
This is the first in what is going to be a series of postings looking at Skype and the range of plugins freely available for it and how these can be used for teaching languages and creating ELT materials. As most people know, Skype is a freely available VOIP program which allows users to make computer to computer 'telephone calls' for free. What many people don't know is that there is also a huge range of 'plugins' available for Skype which expand and enhance its functionality and turn it into an even more useful tool for teaching and learning. This first video shows how you find and install these extra plugins and focuses on one in particular (Pamela) which helps you to record your Skype calls. Click the play button and turn up your sound I hope you can see how easy it is to start installing and expanding the functionality of Skype. Having this ability to record calls really helps as us language teachers and as materials creators to get a lot more out of this f...