I had a teacher message me on Monday saying that he was having a guest talk to his class from Bogotá, Colombia and what would be the best way to web-conference with her and record it? The absolute easiest way for anybody to do that is with Skype4Business, a business-level version of Skype -- it's surprising robust with weak internet connections and provides almost any option you'd expect for web-conferencing. We have used it each summer to teach French and now Math to students around the world. The result today ... he runs up and says "Geez, it's so easy!" Office365 -- the Microsoft productivity infrastructure -- is free to schools, and Skype4Business (Skype4B) is included in that, Don't worry about the "business" nomenclature... it's got the teaching add-ins you'd expect like screensharing, attachments, colalborative Word/OneNotes, quizzes/surveys all built-in. Here's the guide I gave him: 1) Head on over to Office365 --...
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