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Name	Geographic Location	Student Type	Desired Class type	Email Address	Class Website	Matched with
Trish	Netherlands	12-13 year olds in Math and English	They would like to make contact with classes of 12-13 year olds or 14-15 year olds consisting of native speakers (either an international school OR an American/British/Canadian/Irish/ Australian school).	T.Diamond@schoter.nl
Douglas Lutz	New Mexico USA		Hello, My name is Douglas Lutz and i am a math teacher in the state of New Mexico, USA. I teach Geometry, Trigonometry, and Statistics. Let's stay in contact with each other and try to develop a lesson that could be shared between us and our students. I wish you a comforting and relaxing holiday. Be well,	dlutz@lcps.k12.nm.us
Rose Buser	Wisconisn, USA	I teach high school ESL clases. Students are from Laos, Thailaland (Hmong) Mexico, Sudan, India, Germany, poland, Iraq I have forty seven students all to toether. Smaller group sizes of about 8	any	rose.buser@oshkosh.k12.wi.us		Harold Smith
Vicki Debolt	Georgia USA	N/A	My name is Vicki DeBolt I teach 4th grade. My class is made up mostly of students from Mexico and Brazil. I also have students who are African American. I have one student from India and one from Africa. We live outside Atlanta, Georgia. Our town is Marietta. We would love to learn about another city or country. I look forward to working with another class.	Victoria.Debolt@cobbk12.org		Dave Wilson
Cindy Mei.	Guyana, South America	I act as a health promoter, work in a health centre, but I also promote/teach health in the local school. The level of my class is grade 5 (primaryschool)they are around 10-11 years olds.	The school structure and system is very different compared to the ones where I was schooled in the United States. Yet, I enjoy teaching small children, hence I prefer students are not in high school or teaching adult literacy.However, I am flexible and I willing to try new experience as well.
Sandra Worrell	Philadelphia, PA USA	Adult Education	I am a ABE/GED teacher at the Center for Literacy in Philadelphia, PA. (USA) My class is a multi-level ABE class. The ages of the students range from 22 to 60. We would like to be matched with an adult ESL class.	Worrell@centerforliteracy.org
but still looking Barry Burkett	Frankfort, Ky USA	Adult Education	Hello! I am Barry Burkett. I am an instructor in Frankfort, Kentucky. I am currently working with a class of six single mothers, from the ages of 16-25. We are currently reading Life is so Good, by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0141001682/ref=sr_11_1/102-8462466-9986530?ie=UTF8). The students were floored by the first seven pages, and will be reading to page 17 for Wednesday. I am teamed up with Jennifer Lynch and her ESOL class, from New York. We were wondering if there might be a class overseas who would like to team up with us. A ring'o'three maybe?The general idea is for the classes to discuss the previously mentioned book and other media. My class will rotate bodies once every six weeks, some students will remain in the class others will progress into a different one. Jennifer runs a fluid program which continually shifts. If there are any takers, let us know!	Barry.Burkett@Franklin.kyschools.us	http://winksite.com/bsquared/litholler	Jennifer Lynch looking for one more partner
Johanna Salfrank	Washington, DC	Adult Education	My class is meeting in downtown Washington DC and it is a book club beginning on September 13th. We will be reading Sour Land the sequel to Sounder by William H. Armstrong. The Club is made up of adult learnersstudying for their GEDs. I would like to partner with another adult learner group who is reading Sounder or who has read Sounder. If there is no group that fits this criteria at this time, I would appreciate if I could be linked to a similar adult book club in order to possibly set up a reading project in the future.	jsalfrank@webstars.org
Julia Medina	Shanghai China	EFL	My students are from Japan, Korea and Taiwan. They primarily high school age, although I will be teaching both basic and intermediate level classes in reading and in writing. I am very interested in having my students do a weekly e mail exchange to promote their interest in studying ESL. In addition, exchanging reviews of DVDs they have watched would be a great activity for them. Whenever possible, real paper snail mail exchanges will be pretty cool for them and make the experience of having a penpal more "real" . I am also teaching an ESL version of US History and Science.... if anyone else finds themselves teaching these courses also, perhaps something can be done there as well. So I am looking to find e mail/snail mail penpals for 4 classes minimum this year. They do not all need to come from the same school. 4 classes in totally different areas of the world will be fine. :) Is anyone interested??	jsmedina@hotmail.com		Gretchen Rudham
Sophie Cholewka	Melbourne, Australia	ESL	I teach both English & CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) at AMES (Adult Multicultural Education Services). Currently I am teaching an intermediate ESL class of 22 young 19 to 35 adult learners who are new arrivals to Australia. The focus of the program is further study (preparation for entry into tertiary institutions viz colleges & universities). CALL is integrated into the course. My students are all computer literate and have got email accounts. They are interested in discussing various topics, exchanging views via images, sound & text. They are particularly interested in having partners in an English speaking country ie England or the US.	cholewka@ames.net.au		Ola Steenhagen
Katrina Hinson	Kinston, North Carolina, USA.	Adult Education	I teach in a lab setting and I have "Basic Skills" students who are working either on their Adult High School Diploma or on their GED. My students range in age from 17-60,single parents, retired persons, dislocated workers etc. I have a unique mix. I have a few students who are also Advanced ESL students who are working on improving their writing and speaking in addition to attaining their GED. My Adult High School students are taking classes on everything from Earth Science to British Literature. I am interested in the virtual class project because I think it's a great way to bring the world into my classroom and to take my students out into the world. I participated in this project last year and I've learned a lot from that adventure. I am looking to be able to exchange emails with a class to help my students work on their communication skills. I would like to be able to discuss every day topics that our students face - to help them realize they are not alone. I would also like to be able to discuss books and or movies that we've read/watched in class. Last year was my first year participating and we had our ups and downs. I've learned a lot about howt o make this work best I think ( I hope). I'd like to see the students really dialogue back and forth as well as myself and the other instructor. I'd like to learn about another culture even if it's internal to the US - although, having a pen pal from another country would be very nice too. Some of my students will never be able to travel outside the US....and a virtual class exchange might be their onlyinvitation/exposure to other cultures/peoples outside their own neighborhoods.	Khinson@future-gate.com
Nellie Deutsch	Israel	EFL	My name is Nellie Deutsch. I am an English teacher to speakers of Hebrew. Last year I collaborated with a school in Montreal on an international collaborative project that the Israeli Ministry of Education organized. Here is a web page I developed on what we did: http://www.nelliemuller.com/IOC.htm	admin@nelliemuller.com
Kay Peralta	Georgetown, Kentucky, USA	Adult Education	I will be teaching a low-level reading class in adult education this year. I have taught in an ESL classroom setting and a GED classroom setting. I have several years of working in adult education with low socio-economic individuals. I would like to communicate with teachers/students/classrooms such as ours. We are located in Georgetown, Kentucky. The town is a small residential area outside of Lexington, Kentucky. We are most noted for our Toyota Manufacturing plant. However, the town, itself, has stayed small and our growth population is small. Our adult education classrooms are very small from 5-10 at the most. Please let me know if I can be of help with other individuals across the world.	kay.peralta@scott.kyschools.us
Ethelrie M. Brown	Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA	General Education Diploma (GED)	Our learning center is designed to prepare students for GED testing,ABE-Adult Basic Education and Pre-vocational training.The center uses and individualized, computer assisted, self-paced,open/ exit instructional system.Our classes begin on September 5,2006.The students are adults and diverse in race,age and educational levels.	philaloc@yahoo.com
Scott Young	Nevada City, California, USA	6th Grade	I have 32 students, and would love to participate in a project of some sort with kids of roughly the same age (10-12) in Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Iran, China, Mexico, Argentina or, frankly, just about anywhere. Those areas are ones we spend a certain amount of time studying, though. I can see this being an exchange of writing, art, photos, letters, or anything else. My school has just begun (August 22nd) and will end in early June 2007.	scotty@tresd.k12.ca.us
Mary Kiyoko Ohno	Washington DC USA	ESL Intermediate to Advanced	I am a computer lab teacher at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School in Washington, DC. We have classes for adult (mostly immigrants) from age 16 and above in ESL from literacy to advanced level and ABE (including GED in English and Spanish, culinary arts, computer literacy, and computer support specialist). Most of the classes visit the lab for approximately an hour about every week and a half, and we also have occasional open lab times. I focus mostly on the intermediate and advanced classes in the evening. Our classes will start next week (on Mon., Aug. 28th), but lab sessions won't begin immediately. Please let me know if you are interested in setting up a project with us. Thank you!	mohno@carlosrosario.org		Norma Herbold
Manle Daniel	Aurora, Colorado, USA	Eight Grade ESL	Hello. My name is Manley Daniel in Aurora, Colorado, USA. I teach an eighth grade class of English language learners who are at anintermediate level of English. We would like to match up with a similiarclass. Thank you.	MANLEYD@east.aps.k12.co.us
Jennifer Lynch	New York, USA	ESL	to connect with students to do interactions, that would be great. Our students are at a national laboratory in New York. They are scientists and spouses of scientists. An interesting, group of adults-mostly highly educated.	lynch@bnl.gov		Barry Burkett
Gretchen Rudham	The South Baltimore Learning Center,Maryland USA	Adult Basic Education-General Education Diploma	. We have 16 classes that run, with levels that range from A.B.E., Pre-G.E.D. to G.E.D. level. I would love to set up an exchange for four or more of our classes (at least one from each level). We have one young class (ages 16-21), but our other classes range in ages from 25-65 years old. We serve Baltimore's urban population. I have no preference as to region/country in the world we prefer an exchange with - what is available? I lived in South Africa for a few years, and am very invested in the benefits of and necessity for global awareness and cultural exchange.	grudhamsblc@gmail.com		Julia Medina
Norma Herbold	Sequim, WA, USA	Intermediate ESL	This quarter I will be teaching a Tuesday evening class , starting September 12, through the end of November. This is a new class for level 3 and above in writing students who want to make the bridge to college. Writing is perhaps the most difficult skill for all of my students. Up until this point, I have taught a multi level class three nights a week. I am looking for something to give them an opportunity to write. I am new to online classes and to photoblogs. However, my short experience has convinced me this gives students a reason to write and I would like to give it a try. My students: I have adult students. In the past their ages have ranged from 16 to 76. I suspect most that enroll for this class will be in their late 20 and 30’s. The majority are Hispanic, but not all come from Mexico. The rest of the students are primarily Asian, with a small percent South Pacific Islanders. Yes, I would like to have the ability to upload pictures of Sequim and my students, giving them the opportunity to write about our town and themselves. This is my first year and I am sure I will make some mistakes, but if I can make this fly, I would love to them implement it with the GED class I will be job sharing in November and December.	normah@olypen.com		Mary Kiyoko Ohno
Bob Fittin	Chicago, Ill	Shipping. Receiving, Woodworking	We are a non-profit vocational training school located in Chicago, Il., USA. We offer training to adults 18 and over in Shipping & Receiving and Woodworking respectively. Part of training involves language and math instruction that is contextualized for each career. We are interested in partnering with a program that offers similar training. We offer 3 trainings a year in each career. Hope yo hear from you soon.	bfittin@gwtp.org
Barbara Gottschalk	Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA	Grades 4-5 ESL	I teach a self-contained class of English language learners, grades 4-5. Their English ability ranges from very low to intermediate, depending on how long they've been in the U.S. I'd like my students to exchange letters with ELL students in the U.S. or another part of the world.	barbgottschalkbg@netscape.net
Harold Smith	Wichita,Kansas	Beginning ESL	I am coordinating the ICVV effort for a low-level ESL class taught by Lygaya Vopata. Once we have a match, she and her class will do the acutal participation. The class she has is mostly Hispanic and Southeast Asian, with a sprinkling of others. She and I both think ICVV is a good way for her students to practice their language. We may have other classes participate, in which case, I will send another e-mail with the information on that class.	harsmi@hotmail.com	Rose Buser
Ola Steenhagen	San Diego CA USA	ESL Computer Class	Hi, my name is . I teach for the San Diego Community CollegeContinuing Education division. I have a ESL computer lab with students fromSomalia, the Sudan, Vietnam, China, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Iran, Mexico,Guatamala, Cambodia, Laos, Korea just to name a few. The students are usingthe computer to improve their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. They are also learning computer and internet skills. We are veryinterested in participating in your project, first to have a class projectand second to learn about other classes and meet new people. We are veryexcited to be part of this project.	osteenha@sdccd.edu	Sophie Cholewka
Toni Estep	Charleston, West Virginia, USA	Youth Literacy Agent with WV State University Extension Services	I am primarily interested in family literacy programs as well as afterschool programs addressing K-6, I work primarily with families who reside in subsidized community housing and have been afforded limited opportunities to engage in literacy programs. I am looking forward to interacting with everyone for some innovative ideas!	mestep2@wvstateu.edu
Dave Wilson	Simcoe, Ontario, Canada	Elementary School	I teach in a small community near the shores of Lake Erie. This year the class is grade 4 and 5 students and we are very interested in finding out about other communities. We have very diverse interests in our class, and we would like to develop some sort of online space with other classes. This could include some writings, drawings, or even some share work, where students at each site contribute to a common piece of work. This area of Canada is very much dominated by the Great Lakes. They moderate the extreme temperatures that could happen, and bring a lot more precipitation and humidity than we would have otherwise. This makes for interesting weather and generally a fun place to live. We hope you would like to work with us on a great cross-cultural collaboration.	davwilso@fc.gedsb.net	Victoria Debolt
Lane Lewis	Frankfort Kentucky	Adult Basic Educantion and parenting	Hi my name is Lane Lewis, I am a family literacy coordinator for FLIP (Families Learning through Interaction Program), in Frankfort Kentucky. I am involved with 16-24 year old parents who want to earn their GED and learn about parenting and child development. The children are on-site and the parents are right down the hallway, our classes run 4 days a week with morning and afternoon sessions. I learn so much from my students on a daily basis, it’s amazing. I am interested in sharing ideas!	Lane.Lewis@Franklin.kyschools.us
Colin Lightfoot	Simi Valley CA	Adult ESL	I am a teacher for Simi Valley Adult School in Simi Valley, CA USA. Students are adult ESL learners age from 18 - 60. Most are Spanish speakers, some are Japanese and Chinese. We are interested in chatting or e mailing with another ESL class or English or any classroom that speaks English. We are in California Pacific Time Zone and classes are in seesion from 8:30 AM to 1 PM.	colinl22@yahoo.com
Alicia Artusi	Buenos Aries, Argentina	EFL	My name is Alicia and I'm coordinating the teaching of English as a foreign language at a primary and secondary school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Our students' ages range from 6 to 17 years old. I'm sure students would love to make contanct with foreign students and also with other schools. I'm also a materials writer, so it'd be nice to exchange ideas with other colleagues and discuss some issues that I'm sure we share all around the world. With best regards, Alicia	alicia_colegiodelsol@yahoo.com.ar
Catlin Hanna Looking for a match for Spring 2007	Morioka, Japan	Community College EFL	I teach EFL to 25 first year and 25 second year students in the International Cultural Studies department at a junior college in Morioka, Japan.Morioka is located approximately 500 kilometers north of Tokyo in the rural Tohoku region. My students are at the low intermediate level and interested in sharing their culture in English and learning about people in other countries. I have not taken part in this kind of project before, but would love to exchange photos and cultural information about our local area with students at a similar level in any non-English speaking country. Our students have access to computers, and I would like them to get practice with e-mail as well as possibly creating a website with photos etc.	hanna@iwate-pu.ac.jp

Updated December 20, 2006