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Gmail Call Gives Every Teacher a Classroom Phone–Or Does It?

by Jeffrey Thomas on August 27, 2010

I then began to think about classroom applications.  I’ve worked mostly in private schools and it seems like it is very difficult to make a call to a parent because either someone else is on the phone or you would rather not make the call when the room is filled with other teachers.  How great is it that now you’ve got your own phone in your own classroom.  Or do you?  Here are some problems that should never happen but do:

Is Gmail blocked in your school/district?

Does your computer have a webcam/microphone so that you can actually talk?

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