Thing 3-- Like Skype--free, zip,zero, nada

I have known about skype for awhile. We researched it because some friends of ours take groups of people to Israel every year and they were complaining about the high cost of calling over there to talk to their guide. My husband showed them how to use it.

The best thing about it is it is FREE. My son and his wife live in Kentucky and we are going to have a first grandbaby in July, so the web cam feature is a must for us to be able to keep up with the baby every day.

I think it would be agreat idea for student who are out of school for a long period to be able to join their class using skype. Also classes from all over the world would be able to communicate with each other.

I looke at a few of the other services and found the EVA phone but it limits the use to 5 minutes per call. Gizmo is a free service that can create a conference room but you would have to have the connecting phone number handy.