Thursday, August 28, 2008

ACCESS

ALABAMA CONNECTING CLASSROOMS, EDUCATORS, AND STUDENTS STATEWIDE IS GROWING AND HELPING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO GET COLLEGE CREDITS BY TAKING COURSES THROUGH ACCESS. MOST OF THE TEACHERS THAT ARE ON ACCESS ARE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. THE GOVERNOR IS INTERESTED IN MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO ALL HIGH SCHOOLS IN ALABAMA. STUDENTS HAVE FORMS AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO SIGN UP FOR THE ONLINE COURSES AND A DETAILED LOOK AT THE COURSES THEY CAN REGISTER FOR.
THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS THAT TAKE IT. THIS IS A BRAND NEW RESOURCE THAT WILL HELP THEM UNDERSTAND, PREPARE FOR, AND SPEED UP THEIR COLLEGE CAREER. I WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE USED ACCESS IF IT HAD BEEN AVAILABLE TO ME DURING MY HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. HOPEFULLY IT GROWS FAST AND ALL STUDENTS IN ALABAMA CAN HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The Alabama Learning Exchange is a tool for both teachers and students. When you come to the website it will have eight choices to click into. One choice is Courses of Study. This has ready-made lesson plans for all subjects and grades. The second choice is Web Links. It has three different options for teachers, administrators, and students. The next choice is Lesson Plans. This provides teachers a way to create a lesson plan for any subject and any grade. The fourth choice is Search where you are able to search the whole database for information or you may narrow your search. Another choice is Personal Workplace where you can hold an account with ALEX. The sixth choice is Professional Learning. It has links to different websites that have been found helpful for teaching. The seventh choice is Distance Learning that helps students through e-learning.
This site is great for teachers, administrators, and students equally. It provides quite a bit of help and information to one who needs it. I would definitely use ALEX for lesson plans or start my search their for other things when I become a teacher. ALEX seems extremely useful, so much so that poeple that do not know about it probably suffer.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

About Me

My name is Allison Michelle Midgette. I have a twin sister that also goes to South Alabama so if i don't wave to you then it probably is not me. I've lived here all my life and don't want to live anywhere else so I decided to go to South Alabama. I want to be a teacher and am going for a double major in Secondary Education and English. Here are some general things I can tell you to give you an idea about who I am. I am an animal-lover, I play tennis, my favorite food is sushi, my favorite color is pink, I collect elephant things, and want to be a mom more than anything in the world. I hope that helps you understand what I'm about.