Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The ALEX Website

Today I explored the ALEX website. It is the Alabama Learning Exchange. It is a very professional website where students and teachers can improve their teaching skills and exchange ideas. The ALEX website also has neat ideas posted by teachers for fun activities to do in the classroom. The website even contains lesson plans, that could be very helpful if you are ever out of ideas.

When you log onto ALEX there are seven boxes you can click on. The first box, courses of study, has grades K-12's standards for learning. The second box, web links, is organized into categories by subjects. When you click on a subject fun activities appear to help with curriculum. The third box, lesson plans, allows you to pick lesson plans by subject. The fourth box, search personal workspace, is a place where teachers can log on and do work. The fifth box, professional learning, contains websites for professional development opportunities. The sixth box, distance learning, takes you to the ACCESS website. The final box, help, will take you through the process of setting up an ALEX account. Although an account isn't necessary to view the website. I would highly reccomend this this website to anyone in the education field. It is great!

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