Google Voice

Google Voice is a web 2.0 app that gives you a "virtual" phone number. You can hand out that number rather than your real number and then set the software to ring any or all your phones or go directly to voicemail. The product is currently in beta so you have to request to be included. Once you get the response you can apply for a number with a local area code and begin using the service. One nice feature of the product that I thought might be useful for a classroom teacher is that you can record a conversation. It does tell the caller that they are being recorded so they will know up front. You then have a record of exactly what was said by both parties. Might be nice for those phone conferences. Check it out and sign up for your Google Voice account at http://voice.google.com

Any ideas of how else you could use a tool like this in your classroom?