Open with demonstration mini- lesson for first grade:

use poster and talk about where Alaska is on the map. Talk about what we know and make a list.

  Then make a Skype call  students will use white boards to ask questions about the location we are calling.

Summarize

Switch gears using power point presentation:

Standards used

other uses in classrooms at different levels

a brief history

teach the how to use skype for video calls via short movie

http://www.skype.com