This page has been set up to help you make connections with classes in other countries who are interesting in having Skype conversations with other classes. You can contact each person by clicking on their name.
I’ve embedded a Google Calendar here to help you work out important school dates.
If you would like your class added to this list please add your details to this post. Also make sure you take the time to check out Kevin Hodgson’s comic below!
Click on a link below to find classrooms from each country:
- Algeria
- Australia
- Canada
- ESL/EFL classes
- Ecuador
- Thailand
- Languages
- Movie Making
- New Zealand
- USA
- a href=”#Uni”>University
- Venezuela
- Miss Maliha: mimitlemcen[at]gmail[dot]com, 3rd Year university students, ALgeria GMT+1
- Alisha Cunningham – Year 3 Sydney, Australia GMT +10 Your Thoughts! Your Voice! blog
- Jane Lowe – Year 4 (9/10 year olds) Perth, Western Australia, GMT +8 Mrs Lowe’s Area 11 Bloggers
- Penny Ryder – Grade 4, Twitter – pennyryder Grade 4 in 2009, All subject areas, Canberra, Australia, UTC/GMT +10 Teaching Challenges blog
- Sue Wyatt – grade 6/7 (ages 11-13) all subjects, grade 8 (ages 13-14) history and ICT, Tasmania, Australia, GMT +10, Technology in our classroom blog and Miss W. and her Smartboard blog (personal blog)
- Jo McLeay: Year 7 to 9, English class, Melbourne, Australia, UTC/GMT +10 The Open Classroom blog
- Russel Montgomery: twitter.com/montgorp, Grades 7-8, Maths, Western Australia, Australia
GMT +8 (WST), GMT + 9 (WDST) - Anne Mirtschin: mirtschin[dot]anne[dot]a[at]edumail[dot]vic[dot]gov[dot]au Grade 7-11 infomation and communications technology (computer studies), Victoria Australia On an e-journey with generation Y
- Jeff Whipple: K-8, all subject areas; languages: English / French, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, GMT-4 Whip Blog
- Mary Ellen Lynch – Grade 1, Canada GMT -5 Look What’s Happening in Room 102! blog
- Michelle Morley - mmorley[at]mail[dot]gssd[dot]ca, Ed Tech Coordinator, Grade 1, 2 and 4, Saskatachewan Canada, GMT+6 Backroom Educational Technology Blogger
- Anita Hamilton Professional Masters Degree, Occupational Therapy, Alberta Canada GMT-7 TechnOT
- Clarence Fisher – Grade 7/8 (12/13 years old) Skype: glassbeed, glassbeed[at]gmail[dot]com, All subject areas, Snow Lake, Manitoba Canada, GMT -6 Upload blog
- Larry Ferlazzo – interested in hearing from other ESL/EFL classes with students between the ages of 12 and 20, Have an International Sister Classes Project with classes from around the world.
- Doris Molero – University Level EFL English as a Foreign Language Venezuela, Maracaibo-Zulia GMT- 4:30
- Jody Zambrano: jzambrano[at]interamerican[dot]edu[dot]ec 1st grade – 11th grade, ELL, Ecuador UTC/GMT: ECT, GALT (UTC-5, -6)
- Chrissy Hellyer – teaching.sagittarian[at]gmail [dot] com, Grade 5, Bangkok, Thailand, GMT + 7 Teaching Sagittarian blog
- Susana Cappellari Bukowski – 9-12/Spanish III and IV, Catonsville/Maryland/USA, GMT -5, Castellano blog
- Stephen Baker: Grade 4/5, North Island, New Zealand GMT+12 Room 5@work blog
- Shaun Wood – shaunwoodnz[at]gmail[dot]com Year 6 (Age 9/10), all subject areas, New Zealand GMT +13
- Lynne Crowe – Year 7 – 8 ( 10 – 13 year olds), accelerate class or gifted and would like any kind of correspondence / collaboration especially with classes outside of NZ or Australia. rural intermediate school in Te Awamutu, North Island, New Zealand GMT+12 Room 3’s blog
- Natalie Cowie: Years 9-13, English, GMT+12 english@kkc blog
- Kevin Hodgson – dogtrax(at)gmail(dot)com ollaborative StopMotion site up and running, in which students create short movies around literary themes (math in the spring, perhaps?). I can help mentor anyone wanting to give it a try, too. Longfellow 10 blog
Spain
- Ines Lobato – English as a second language in Galicia, Spain. Grade 11 to 16 GMT+1, Inés workshop of English blog
USA
- Gail Poulin – Kindergarten children, Western Massachusetts, USA, GMT -5, interested in some brief Skype interactions to spread understanding about the power in the internet, and making the world more accessible, Mrs Poulin’s blog
- SilviaTolisano: Pre-K- 6 Grade All subject areas (Technology Integrationist), Florida/USA, GMT -5 (-4 during Daylight Savings Time) Langwitches blog
- JoNelle Gardner: twitter- jonelleg , school email gardnerj[at]fort-mill[dot]k12[dot]sc[dot]us K- 5 Grade, All subject areas (Technology Integration), South Carolina/USA GMT -5 (EST for the US) and -4 (during Daylight Savings Time)
- Kevin Jarrett: K-5 (ages 5-10) All (technology) New Jersey, USA GMT-5 Welcome to NCS-Tech! blog
- Maddy Shapiro – m_shapiro[at]sharon[dot]k12[dot]ma[dot]us, K-5 (ages 5-10), Instructional Technology Specialist, Sharon, Massachusetts GMT -5 Height’s Technology Blog
- Cathy Wolinsky – Grades 2, 3, 4 All subjects, Maine, US, GMT-5 Learning, Teaching & Technology blog
- Cindy Bode – cindy[dot]bode[at]woodward[dot]edu, Grades 4-6, Atlanta, USA, GMT-5
- Tim Pfluger: 6th Grade, Pennsylvania, USA Mr. Pfluger’s Discussion Corner blog
- Jim Alvaro – Grade 5 (10/11 year olds) Michigan, USA GMT-5 The Skinny’s
- Brian Licata – Twitter: BLicata, Grade 6 to8 (10 -13yr olds), all subject areas, NY, USA
- Relton McBurrows – notler2[at]yahoo[dot]com, 6th Grade (11-12 year olds), Social Studies, Georgia, USA, GMT-5 EST
- Tim Madden – 6th grade/11-12 year old kids English/Reading Grand Ledge, Michigan (midwestern United States) UTC -5 MadWords Now blog and MadWords Then blog
- Amy Cobb – acobb7[at]gmail[dot]com Seventh Grade English (12-13 years old), Florida USA GMT – 5hrs
- Sharon Williams – Grades 6-8, Language Arts, NC, USA GMT-5 Gifted Tech Ed blog
- Mike Kaechele: Grade 6-8 technology, Concrete Classroom blog
- Kevin Hodgson – dogtrax(at)gmail(dot)com, Grades 6 (11/12 year olds), Language Arts, Massachusetts, USA, GMT-5 The Electronic Pencil blog and Kevin’s Mindering Mind Blog (personal)
- Louise Maine – Grades 9/10, Biology/environment, PA, USA GMT-5 Hurricane Maine blog
- Jerry Swiatek – tech specialist at a high school (Grades 9-12, ages 14-18) in Florida. I have teachers from several different subjects interested in Skype collaboration. Inverness, FL, USA
Eastern USA, GMT-5, Thoughts from a Technology Specialist blog - Charlie MacFadyen – Grades 9-12, tech integrationist at Champlain Valley Union HS in Vermont, USA GMT-5
- Russ Goerend – K-5 Talented and Gifted, Iowa, USA, GMT -6 (CST) Tag Mirror blog
- Patrick Black – Grades 1/2 ( Self-Contained students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities) Mount Prospect, IL USA, GMT – 6 Teaching All Students blog
- Melanie Corn – Grade 1, Illinois, USA, GMT – 6 Mrs Corn’s First Grade School web page, First Grade Fun blog
- Carla Clanin: cclanin[at][linnmar[dot]k12[dot]ia[dot]us 4th grade Iowa, USA GMT – 6
- Lisa Dick – Grades 10 – 12/ages around 16 – 18 Computer Education (Multimedia, Computer Science, Web Design)But can align our activities to most subjects, Minden, Louisiana/USA
UTC-6, TIDERTECHIE blog
- Jackie Gerstein – twitter jackiegerstein, Gifted Grade 4/5 Interdisciplinary/reference; emerging technologies. Arizona, USA Creative Web Tools For and By Kids wiki
- Ken Pendergrass – kenpendergrass [at] me [dot] com, Grades 6/7/8, Music, Washington, USA GMT- 8
- Justin Talmadge – 7th grade world history Seattle USA GMT- 8
- Colette Cassinelli – ccassinelli [at] vcstudent [dot] org, Gr 7/8 (ages 13/4) HS Computer Applications,HS Journalism,HS Digital Video Production,HS Graphic Design (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash) USA GMT- 8 VS Classes blog
- Ginny Hoke – 10th grade, 15-16 years old, Literature and Composition, Oregon – U.S, GMT- 8
- Terry Parent – tparent831[at]gmail[dot]com Grade 8 Social Studies, North Hollywood, Ca, USA, The Spiders Web
- Bill Graziadei: email, SUNY Professor Emeritus & (e)Learning Consutlant e, State University of New York, In Vitro Cell Biology & Biotechnology / Information Technology / (e)Learnin, MA USA GMT -5
- Doris Molero – University Level EFL English as a Foreign Language Venezuela, Maracaibo-Zulia GMT- 4:30
Here’s a comic by Kevin Hodgson which he has shared with us which relates to the Flat Classroom concept
