ACCESS

One of Alabama's recent technology initiatives is called ACCESS, which stands for Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide. According to the website, http://accessdl.state.al.us/, the program offers opportunities and options for public high school students in the areas of Advance Placement, electives, and other courses in which they might not otherwise have access to.
ACCESS is a free tool for students. It is offered at school during regular school hours. ACCESS also offers distance learning programs to students as well. The program allows students to take classes online and through video-conferencing. So a student can take an AP class from another high school that without ACCESS he would not be able to do.
I think that ACCESS is an awesome program. This offers students from smaller schools the opportunities to take the AP classes that they want and would otherwise not be able to take. It gives every student every opportunity to take the classes they want to via video-conference if another school offers that class.

ALEX

"ALEX" is an acronym for Alabama Learning Exchange. It is a web site designed and run by the Alabama Department of Education. It is a program created as a part of the states technology initiatives to aid teachers. According to ALEX's official website, http://alex.state.al.us, "Quality for Every Facet of Learning" is the slogan and commitment of the website.

The ALEX website offers teachers an opportunity to search other teachers and gain ideas. Teachers can create an account and have a person work space where teachers lesson plans and also save their own. The data base offers traditional subject areas and it also offers areas such as technology and driver education among other things. The website also has links to a countless number of links for not only teachers, but students and administrators as well. ALEX also offers professional learning and distance learning programs too.

I personally think that website is an excellent asset to teachers, administrators, and students. I think overall the ability for teachers to store their own lesson plans and also look through their peers lesson plans as well makes a greater asset to them than any one else. This website is a great idea by the Alabama Dept. of Education. I think technology is a tool that teachers should be able to greatly utilize and ALEX gives them one way to use modern technology for the benefit of them and their students.

An Intro To ME

My name is Brett Kittrell. I am 19 years old. I was born and raised in Phenix City, Alabama. I graduated from Glenwood High School in 2007. I lettered in varsity football for four years. Football was pretty much the only thing about high school I enjoyed. My life has changed a lot since I graduated high school. My brother was at South for 2 years before I got here. He is the one that exposed me to South and i fell in love with South. I am a Sophomore majoring in Physical Education with teacher certification. God has done a lot in my life since I have been here. Living every day to be more like Christ is what I strive to do. It is a daily struggle, but I try. I am the president of the OUTLAWS here at South. OUTLAWS is a organization that supports all the athletics here at the University of South Alabama. I am also actively involved with Campus Outreach. I LOVE watching and playing football. I am an Auburn Tigers football fan, although the Jaguars here at South come first.

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