Skype

Wow...I really wish I had known about this tool earlier. I am not as impressed with the phone aspect of the program but more of the videoconferencing capabilities. For years Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals have been paying money for video conferencing set-ups and what a waste of money now since Skype has come along.

This program would allow me to videoconference anybody that had the program. For example, the Director for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Programs that works at DPI. She is deaf and cannot communicate over the phone. It often takes her weeks to respond to emails if she responds at all. Now with Skype I could ease communication by calling her and we could sign through the videoconferencing aspects. Not to mention all of this is FREE.

I can't wait to let some people I know in the Deaf community know about this product and its abilities. This has a lot of potential for my classroom as well. I can now connect my students to other deaf students across the state, country, even world. Talk about global awareness, this is definitely a tool to support global awareness. There is no better way to learn about other cultures if you can't live upon them than to talk to them.