Thursday, January 24, 2008

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

ACCESS

ACCESS provides students with opportunities to participate in advanced courses, certified teachers and current technology through web-based, videoconferencing and blended distance learning methods. This program allows teachers to provide and share instruction with two or more geographically remote areas, assisting students who would have otherwise been without instruction.

ACCESS is a state funded program that has been acknowledged as a pilot program of the classrooms of the future. Students especially in rural areas will be able to take the same classes as their peers.

My Presentation

My powerpoint presentation will cover my son's graduation.

All About Me!

I decided to return to school two years ago to pursue a degree in Education. I am married with children and I value spending time with my family. In my spare time (who has free time these days!) I enjoy travelling, cooking and reading. Although I love fast cars, most times you will find me in the slow lane!

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Searching ALEX!

This website was created to aid teachers in the education of children. There are various web links organized by categories so that teachers are able to assess necessary resources for their classrooms. I also found links to educator resources for enhancing professional growth in the career of teachers and administrators. The graphics are clearly labeled to ensure quick access to information. The links to lesson plans were easy to identify and grouped in a logical order. ALEX was honored with a Best of the Web 2007 Honorable Mention Award. ALEX will be one of my regular websites when I begin to teach.

Friday, January 18, 2008

This life!

In the past, my sons helped me with my regular run-ins with my computer!! You should have seen my son's face when I showed him my blog!! Hurray to me!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Did you know movie

I enjoyed the movie. Who thought of all these stuff? Interesting but pertinent information about our world. It might help everyone begin to take a little more notice plus travel more.

Friday, January 11, 2008

ALEX In My Classroom

When I begin to teach, I intend to use ALEX in my classroom for assignments. ALEX contains a wide array of valuable lesson plans that may be used for this purpose to being some variety and fun into our regular workload. I found two interesting Language Arts assignments where students will be able to choose between creating digital stories in cooperative groups using multimedia tools or studying the myths of nature and creating a graphic representation of these myths. I plan to use this website with my future students in the morning hours, because the site slows to a crawl by midday and may slow down our lecture.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Microcomputing Systems

Welcome to my blog. I have been looking forward to taking this class. See you tomorrow.