Internationally blogs are also used in education. Teachers and students over seas use them for the same reasons education leaders are wanting teachers in Alabama to use them. Students need a free way to communicate with their teachers outside of class hours and blogs help them to do just that. Some of the international blogs also allow resources for students that they might otherwise not have access to, and allows them to learn about the rest of the world through students of a particular country.
http://www.iteachnet.org/webzine/?q=blog is a blog for teachers around the globe to exchange ideas and post job availabilities for all other teachers to see. The ideas posted on this site help teachers to better their lessons and have fresh ideas for their students. The job listings allow for teachers who would like to experience life and teaching in another country to apply for jobs in the country they would like to live in.
http://www.internationalstudent.com/blogs-forums/ is a blog for students who plan to study internationally. On this blog students are able to talk about their home countries with others, and discuss other countries with student from a particular country. This site also opens up opportunities for students to travel to other countries to study. This site offers resources for students all over the world to use and learn with, and contains study centers for them to participate in.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Blogs in the Classroom
Blogs are great tools for teachers and students to communicate with one another to communicate with one another outside of school hours. They allow teachers to update assignments after school hours are over, and administrators to communicate with their students. They also alow the students to aske questions of their teachers and oter school officials whenever necessary.
http://www.thehighschoolblog.com/ is a blog site for high school students. It is set up to help them choose the right subjects and colleges for the continuous education. Students who visit this site are looking to further their education in the college or university that best fits them.
http://blogs.timesunion.com/albanyhigh/ is a blog for Albany High School in Albany, Georgia. The writers of this blog tell of the different activities and learning opportunities provided by their school. The goal of this blog is for students to see how great a school Albany is and transfer there to graduate with a high school diploma. The students tell of there experiences in the school and what they feel is going on in the school.
http://www.21classes.com/ is a blogging site especially for teachers who want to set up clasroom blogs with their students. Many different schools across teh United States use this site to do blog communication with their students. These blogs allow children to ask questions after school hours and be able to contact their teachers whenever necessary.
http://www.thehighschoolblog.com/ is a blog site for high school students. It is set up to help them choose the right subjects and colleges for the continuous education. Students who visit this site are looking to further their education in the college or university that best fits them.
http://blogs.timesunion.com/albanyhigh/ is a blog for Albany High School in Albany, Georgia. The writers of this blog tell of the different activities and learning opportunities provided by their school. The goal of this blog is for students to see how great a school Albany is and transfer there to graduate with a high school diploma. The students tell of there experiences in the school and what they feel is going on in the school.
http://www.21classes.com/ is a blogging site especially for teachers who want to set up clasroom blogs with their students. Many different schools across teh United States use this site to do blog communication with their students. These blogs allow children to ask questions after school hours and be able to contact their teachers whenever necessary.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
ACCESS
The Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators, and Students (ACCESS) is a program designed to allow students to access advance diploma courses that they may not otherwise have access to. It is supposed to put the students in this state on equal ground to be properly taught what needs to be taught to them before they graduate. ACCESS will also provide duel enrollment courses for students who would like to earn college credits while still in high school. Students will also be provided with access to remediation and supplemental courses to ensure that all students receive a quality education. The use of the multimedia tools provided for this program will ensure that the students are technology ready to enter the workforce. ACCESS will also provide teachers with use of these multimedia tools to enhance a students learning ability.
The goal of the state of Alabama is to ensure that by 2010 all classrooms in the state are 21st century ready. The state will be able to closer monitor teachers in order to ensure that they are doing their jobs through the multimedia resources provided by the ACCESS program. The state will also be able to monitor the progress of the students enrolled in an ACCESS class to ensure that they are making progress and learning on their proper level. This is an excellent program designed to improve the educational opportunities of all students. For more information go to the ACCESS website, http://www.accessdl.state.al.us/.
The goal of the state of Alabama is to ensure that by 2010 all classrooms in the state are 21st century ready. The state will be able to closer monitor teachers in order to ensure that they are doing their jobs through the multimedia resources provided by the ACCESS program. The state will also be able to monitor the progress of the students enrolled in an ACCESS class to ensure that they are making progress and learning on their proper level. This is an excellent program designed to improve the educational opportunities of all students. For more information go to the ACCESS website, http://www.accessdl.state.al.us/.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Alabama Educational Programs
Since the enactment of No Child Left Behind by President George W. Bush, the individual states in America have been enacting several different educational programs for their students and teachers. Alabama has implemented two such programs. They are the Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) and the Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide (ACCESS).
ALEX is a multimedia program where teachers can research every aspect of teaching their field. They can submit lesson plans for others to review, and review other lesson plans provided for ideas as to how to better the plan they already have. The site also contains access to other educational websites for its students, teachers, and administrators.
ACCESS is a multimedia program that allows teachers to teach students not located in their classroom. With ACCESS a wide variety of classes can be taught through the internet and through a television that allows the teacher to communicate with the student much as a news anchor communicates with a reporter who is live on location. This allows students to take advance courses that their high school might not have an on campus teacher for. Though this program is not provided in all schools, one does pray that it one day will be.
Both of these programs are excellent steps in insuring that students are providing that a student receives a quality education regardless of where they live. This is very important because many of Alabama's brightest students are going unnoticed because of the school district they live in.
ALEX is a multimedia program where teachers can research every aspect of teaching their field. They can submit lesson plans for others to review, and review other lesson plans provided for ideas as to how to better the plan they already have. The site also contains access to other educational websites for its students, teachers, and administrators.
ACCESS is a multimedia program that allows teachers to teach students not located in their classroom. With ACCESS a wide variety of classes can be taught through the internet and through a television that allows the teacher to communicate with the student much as a news anchor communicates with a reporter who is live on location. This allows students to take advance courses that their high school might not have an on campus teacher for. Though this program is not provided in all schools, one does pray that it one day will be.
Both of these programs are excellent steps in insuring that students are providing that a student receives a quality education regardless of where they live. This is very important because many of Alabama's brightest students are going unnoticed because of the school district they live in.
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