The screencast offers a great way to grab information off news articles or videos that relate to math. This gives students a way to see practical real life applications of what we have been studying. I have found that transparencies of news articles are hard to read and streaming videos frequently don't work in the classroom. I'm looking forward to trying this in class.
A student use of screencast would be similar to how I would use it. This could be extended to searching for specific types of problems and their solutions.
Skype holds out the opportunity for a class to interact with other algebra students on other campuses in the district as well as out of the district, perhaps even out of the country. When I taught elementary school my classes frequently had pen pals in other states. I think Skype would offer the class a chance to have an algebra Skype pal class outside of Texas. It would be interesting to share studies outside of our campus.
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