Adding a picture

This is a picture I took while I was in the Grand Caymans. I think the Caymans have really pretty water.

Week 2 - ALEX Post # 2

I think that this website is possibly going to be the most important internet resource I will have as a teacher. Everything is right there, in one spot, and I can save my work on their website too. There are so many different ways a teacher could use this website. I would defiantly use it to help with the Alabama Course of Study requirements. I could also use some of ALEX’s lesson plans, by either teaching one of their plans, or using their plans to create my own. If I ever wanted my students to do an assignment that required them to use the internet, I would have them use the websites listed in the student version, because you never know what will pop out of a search browser. But, what I find most interesting and worth learning more about is the “Distance Learning.” The way I understand the “Distance Learning” program to be, I think it could really help fill the void that is in our education system.

Week 2 - ALEX Post # 1

The Alabama Learning Exchange, ALEX, website is set up for not only teachers to use, but also students. It is very well designed and easy to use. It has your four main subjects at the top. When you click one, it gives you subjects or grades. All you have to do to get the Alabama Course of Study is click. Then, on the left hand side you have all these other resources available, like, lesson plans. I really like this feature, because you can find a lesson to teach or use one to build your own lesson, and then turn around and find the ALCOS to go with it. This would make lesson planning a whole lot easier.
There are a couple other features I like about the ALEX. I like that there are tons of websites listed for teachers and students. I also like ALEX’s ability to set up your own “Personal Workspace.” That would also be a big help, because you could keep all your information stored in one place. But, besides the ALCOS and lesson plans, what I like most about ALEX is the “Distance Learning.” I think this “Distance Learning” thing is a great idea. This could be the answer for those extremely gifted children with really high IQ levels. The “Distance Learning” could work really well for children who want a little more than what they can get in an average classroom setting.

Reflection on the Fischbowl Movie

I found this short movie to be very informative and at some points shocking. Some of the facts the Fischbowl movie gives show very strong points, if, they are taken at face value. For example, the Fischbowl movie said that both China and India have over three million college graduates to the United States college graduates of one million. When I first saw that fact, I was shocked. But after it was over, I really started thinking about it. Here is what I cam up with; most anybody you talk to about China and India will tell you that they are extremely overpopulated. So, after thinking about it, I would think should have more college graduates than the United States. But getting to what the Fischbowl movie is saying, I think they have a very good point. The Fischbowl movie says we need to be up on the technology, and I completely agree. But I will say that I do not think computers can be smarter than humans. You can’t play catch with a computer.

Source: The Fischbowl: Did You Know? 2006. The Fischbow Blog. January, 11, 2008 http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2007/06/did-you-know-20.html

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