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What is Skype?

Skype is a little piece of software that you can donwload for free, that lets you make free calls to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world. And even though the calls are free, they are really excellent quality. If you and your friends, family or business contacts are using webcams, you can also make free video calls. You can even call or sms landlines and mobile phones at really cheap per minute rates. You can also stay in touch without the need to call. When you cannot talk, simply start a text chat - try group chats when you want a lot of friends to be involved. You can share files, photos while you chat. It is a great collaboration tool The lastest version of Skype have got free add-ons which makes it possibloe to record and forward calls. It has a very user  friendly, quick installation process. To read more about the features go to http://www.skype.com/download/

To download a "How to do the Skype thing" Printout, click here.

Why don't we extend this group learning to a Skype community as well? If you are "in" add your Skype username here (or leave a comment with your skype username. Mine is maggieverster (send me a request- which means that you click on "contacts" and "add new contact" and put my username in....