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/.

1 comment:

Ms. Bridget said...

Hey chick, we're doing the same podcast assignment, about ACCESS. Angela Minish is also in our group, she did an ACCESS lab visit to Gulf Shores High School, so that should be helpful. Looking forward to podcasting with you. Do I sound like a geek or what!!!