Tool # 9: Sharing Information Through Jing and Skype

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Jing is a great and simple tool. It has multiple applications. It may be used to develop training instructions for parents of pre-K students or to send instructions to colleagues and friends. It may be used also to develop instructional materials “on the fly” thus making it a valuable and effective tool.

Jing may be used by pre-K students for cut and paste activities. It may be used, for instance for math training. Some examples include picking the largest/smallest item from a set, choosing a number from a collection, selecting colors from a palette or to identify and extract geometric shapes (squares, circles, triangles, etc) from a group.

The list of uses is only limited by the imagination.

Skype may be used as a videophone to communicate with parents and teachers across the world. It is simple and free in its basic mode. It is, therefore, affordable to parents and relatives living in other countries. Live information may be shared with parents, relatives and other groups of kids across the world. It can be used to motivate and acknowledge good performance or to alert about a situation that will require personal attention when a face-to-face meeting is not possible or expensive.

I have used Skype multiple times with friends and relatives overseas with excellent results.

As simple examples of Jing I have included below an screenshot confirming that I am now a user of Skype. Other uses of Jing are included in several posts of this blog.