SKYPE

Face-Man · 27-03-2006, 12:19 PM

My boss wants to get his class using Skype and I'm a bit nervous about letting year 10 lose with it. Has anybody used it in their organisations and are there any things I should be aware of....

webman · 27-03-2006, 12:21 PM

Whole class using skype = lot of bandwidth. Also they are able to talk to others on their own contact lists (outside of the school).

russdev · 27-03-2006, 12:34 PM

look at http://www.skype.com/business/ as this might be of some help

also look at http://www.gizmoproject.com/ as might be bale to hack the client so that can limit what students have access to etc

russ

StewartKnight · 27-03-2006, 12:57 PM

kids + skype = disaster
(imho)

CyberNerd · 27-03-2006, 01:00 PM

Could run an internal telephone exchange using asterisk:
http://www.asterisk.org/about

It can use SIP so will intergrate better with business VoIP than skype does, also you can set it up so its internal only.

bit more work than deploying skype, though

plexer · 27-03-2006, 01:06 PM

I think what you need to find out is what he wants to acheive and where this fits in with the curriculum so that you could offer some alternatives to acheive the result as I see this combination being a disaster.

If he just wants to do it because it's nice and shiny then you need to persuade him that it's not a good idea and to have some responses to throw at him.

Ben

ZeroHour · 27-03-2006, 01:09 PM

Faceman your boss is a n00b Computing Teacher aint he

I would stay away from skype unless you can disable alot of it. Secure file transfers mean kids can send anything out through a secure tunnel. You cant disable it either as thats how the Voip data is transfered

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27-03-2006, 12:19 PM	#1
Face-Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London Posts: 315 Thanks: 3 Thanked 18 Times in 11 Posts Rep Power: 12	SKYPE My boss wants to get his class using Skype and I'm a bit nervous about letting year 10 lose with it. Has anybody used it in their organisations and are there any things I should be aware of....

27-03-2006, 12:21 PM	#2
webman Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: County Durham Posts: 5,676 Thanks: 106 Thanked 87 Times in 71 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 38	Re: SKYPE Whole class using skype = lot of bandwidth. Also they are able to talk to others on their own contact lists (outside of the school).

27-03-2006, 12:34 PM	#3
russdev Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 5,222 Thanks: 34 Thanked 85 Times in 60 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 33	Re: SKYPE look at http://www.skype.com/business/ as this might be of some help also look at http://www.gizmoproject.com/ as might be bale to hack the client so that can limit what students have access to etc russ

27-03-2006, 12:57 PM	#4
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27-03-2006, 01:00 PM	#5
CyberNerd Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,451 Thanks: 49 Thanked 151 Times in 124 Posts Rep Power: 39	Re: SKYPE Could run an internal telephone exchange using asterisk: http://www.asterisk.org/about It can use SIP so will intergrate better with business VoIP than skype does, also you can set it up so its internal only. bit more work than deploying skype, though

27-03-2006, 01:06 PM	#6
plexer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norfolk Posts: 4,274 Thanks: 30 Thanked 102 Times in 101 Posts Rep Power: 33	Re: SKYPE I think what you need to find out is what he wants to acheive and where this fits in with the curriculum so that you could offer some alternatives to acheive the result as I see this combination being a disaster. If he just wants to do it because it's nice and shiny then you need to persuade him that it's not a good idea and to have some responses to throw at him. Ben

27-03-2006, 01:09 PM	#7
ZeroHour Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,020 Thanks: 106 Thanked 204 Times in 92 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 48	Re: SKYPE Faceman your boss is a n00b Computing Teacher aint he I would stay away from skype unless you can disable alot of it. Secure file transfers mean kids can send anything out through a secure tunnel. You cant disable it either as thats how the Voip data is transfered

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