Blog Assignment #9

Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX)

This website on ALEX is very helpful for teachers and future teachers. There are many options for you to look at. There are topics on Podcast Treasury, Lesson Plans, Personal Workspace, Web Links, Search options. If you want to look at sample lesson plans, all you have to do is check the box on what subject and what grade. It then pulls up sample lesson plans for you to look at. That is very helpful for future teachers or teachers who are just starting. It gives you an idea so you know if you’re going in the right directions. With the podcast treasury, there are several different options for you to listen too. You can listen to podcasts created by students or other teachers. You can use these podcasts in the classroom to help with your lesson plans.
This website is very helpful to new and future teachers. The experienced teacher can also log in too look at anything they are working on. This website is a very helpful tool that teachers should use in developing their lesson plans and teaching students.

Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide (ACCESS)

This website on ACCESS could be very helpful for teachers and high school students. I personally never knew about this website until now. I think that if I had access to it in high school, I might have done things different. This website is directed towards teachers and high school students. It gives you information on AP Exams, tests prep, high school graduation exams. For the teachers, it gives you several options to look at counseling, administrators, resources, policy manuals and brochures.
I think that using this website in the classroom would help students to prepare for testing. They can do the test prep to see if they are ready for the exams. There is also a section for parents, so they can know when and where tests are. They can make sure their child is ready to take these exams. There is also technical support with support centers, computer access, computer requirements, computer software, plug ins, specialized downloads and troubling shooting tips just to name a few. This website would be very helpful to new teachers entering their career and for students in high school to know what they need to be studying for these exams.