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Teachers already use Skype to connect with other classrooms around the globe, bring in guest speakers without asking them to travel, and take virtual field trips.

Now, Skype is making it easier for them to do so.

The company launched Skype in the Classroom, a dedicated teacher network, on Tuesday. Using the platform, teachers can create profiles that describe their classes and teaching interests. They can also search a directory of teachers from all over the world by student age range, language and subject.

Skype Blog says: Almost everyday we hear a wonderful story about how our simple software is being put to good use for learning. From international projects on weather, mega-cities, and world populations, to classroom exchanges on earthquakes, culture and language, to helping deaf children communicate, teaching English to Haitian children, connecting students with experts from lawyers and authors, survival experts, paleoanthropologists, and other inspirational guest speakers on global issues such as peace and the importance of intercultural cooperation.

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Skype, this week, has rolled out Skype in the classroom, which it describes as a global community that allows teachers to collaborate on classroom projects using Skype. Launched in Beta in December, the company said Skype in the classroom was created in response to--and in consultation with--the growing number of teachers using Skype to help their students learn. It's designed to help like-minded teachers find each other, collaborate on projects and share inspiration and resources.

The service prompts teachers to create a profile that sets out their interests, specialties and location. Once in the system, teachers can create projects, which allows them to find partner classes, partner teachers or guest speakers for a specific learning activity.

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