ACCESS Granted!

ACCESS is an educational website that allows students to participate in courses that are not taught in their region of the state. ACCESS is specifically for the state of alabama. The website is mainly for students who are enrolled in Advanced Placement and want to take advantage of different areas of study. Through the internet, students and teachers can communicate and learn subjects that may not be in the average school curriculum. It is not only for students in Advanced Placement, but also for students with learning disabilities that may need extra practice or advice from other teachers. Teachers can also share educational opinions or information through video feeds.



ACCESS is a wonderful tool for all students involved. Students can get much more insight to their courses of study and it also broadens their horizons and gets them interested in learning. Teaching is no longer a one room house with one teacher. Technology allows for numerous options for ways of learning and ACCESS clearly defines that.

ALEX-Tools For Many

The Alabama Learning Exchange(ALEX) is a diverse website that provides many resources for teachers, administrators, and students. First, a teacher should sign up for an account on ALEX to take full advantage of its resources. The website offers all grade level courses of study from Language Arts to Foreign Language to Physical Education. There is also education web links for teachers, administrators, and students outside of ALEX. They involve lesson plans, counseling and guidance, and all courses of study. Alabama Learning Exchange offers a wide variety of lesson plans for all courses of study. A teacher can search lesson plans by author, title, or school. Teachers can also create their own lesson plans to submit to ALEX. Last but not least, ALEX offers Professional Learning. This includes many links and tabs for teaching, learning tools, and the best practices for the classroom.

The usefullness of this website is critical to the classroom. It's great to have lesson plans to give a teacher some insight or a plan to build into their own. ALEX's major selling point is the Professional Learning in which there are many links for learning tools in the classroom, and the opinion for the best practices for teaching. This is a website I will be coming to in the future for advice and teaching practices.

Midnight Post

Hello, my name is Brian Stevens. I was born in Mobile, Alabama(how original). Im 21, and this is my 4th year at South. Although, this is my 1st year in the education department. Had a change of heart with majors. Im quite shy so I am wondering how the whole teaching profession will pan out for me. Anyways, my main interests are music and music related funness. I play the bass guitar, go to rock concerts as a hobby. My presentation will probably be something in the music area. I also write lyrics and poetry when I am in the mood. I've grown up around football, so Alabama would be the team I root for. Lastly, I am interested in conserving to help the environment. Save water, recycle. Anything I can do on my own to help the environment. The sacrafice isnt that difficult if one applies themself. So I encourage conserving. Goodnite!

First Postmark!

All i can say is that my life is pretty plain. I like to watch the puddles gather rain.

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