Let's Use Skype!

Classroom Context

Purpose                                  :

1. to assist students on understanding the learning material more.  
2. to inform student about the forthcoming project. 
3. to give students references of learning material.

School                                     : Senior High School

Grade                                     : XI

The number of students       : 30

Classroom setting                  :
Learning material will be taught in classroom by using one laptop and a projector. Some occasion, class activity can be done in multimedia laboratory. Nevertheless, students who are involved will use networked computer at home to access the forthcoming assignment or project. The project can be done in classroom or online.

Intended Learning Material             :

1.      Recount text

2.      Descriptive text

3.      Report text

4.      Narrative text

(the material will be shared randomly)

Integrated teaching to Skype:

This tool is for particular situation. For example, a teacher is not able to attend the class for some reasons, but she or he has time to do that and the target of lesson plan must be done. So, the teacher can use skype to have an online class.

An example of situation needed Skype:

A teacher cannot attend a class to teach because she has been out of town but still able reaching network. So, the teacher start to implement online class.

How to teach via Skype:

1.  Ask students to gather in multimedia rooms
2. Get online for every student
3.  Ask to open skype or other synchronous communication tools.
4. Start the class activity.

Some disadvantages also may be appeared, such as uncontrolled classroom, unstable networking, etc.