BLOG ASSIGNMENTS FOR 9/10 and 9/15

I am posting the blog assignments that will be due on 9/10 and 9/15 early so that you can begin to look at them at your leisure. On Monday, we will talk more about these blog assignments as well as fully define the criteria for you Google Presentation about yourself. I appreciate everyone's patience and thank you for bearing with us this semester.

Here are the blog assignments that will be doing and their due dates.


BLOG ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS

Review the current and emerging state initiatives and programs including, but not limited to, Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) and the Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide (ACCESS) program and their relationship to student achievement.

1. Research on the Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students
Statewide (ACCESS) program

Due by Wednesday September 10 [ATQS (5)(c) 3.(i)]: Search the web for information about the Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide (ACCESS) program. In addition, go to: http://accessdl.state.al.us/
Thoroughly review this entire site.

Download and review the PowerPoint presentation available at: http://accessdl.state.al.us/showaccess.php?lnk=aboutaccess
(The link is called ACCESS Presentation (ppt))

For the blog post due Wednesday September 10th, write two or more paragraphs in which you describe ACCESS and the resources available to teachers well enough so that someone unfamiliar with ACCESS would understand what it is and how it works. Then provide the reader with your thoughts as to the usefulness of ACCESS to you when you begin teaching.

2. Research on the Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX)

Due by Monday September 15 [ATQS (5)(c) 3.(i)]:
Start by doing a search in Google. Examine the material that is available at http://alex.state.al.us Read the materials provided.

For the blog post due Monday September 15th, write two or more paragraphs in which you describe ALEX and the resources available to teachers well enough so that someone unfamiliar with ALEX would understand what it is and how it works. Then provide the reader with your thoughts as to the usefulness of ALEX to you when you begin teaching.