Week 5

I googled, "Teacher Blog Community." There was a heading called Teachers Lingo. It is based on an educational community to connect teachers from every level. Teachers write blogs on titles such as Why? Why Not I? and Students Thoughts on upcoming Field Trips. Another title which caught my attention was titled Light at the End of the Tunnel. It was in reference to a teacher expressing her feelings. She was excited about the school week being a short week.
She was also excited about having an assistant teacher. There were other topics about Student Empowerment and Halloween Theme Unit. In the Halloween theme Unit the teacher was planning to use the holiday of Halloween as a creative tool for Learning. The website mention creative ideas with the alphabets, spelling, and writing just to name a few.


I suggest you look at a website where teachers can keep up with their lesson plans online. You can create notes for homework assignments as well as many other school related matters. Parents and students can also view notes and assignments. The teacher uses this sit to enhance their student teacher contact. this particular site can also keep parents updated on what their kids are doing or not doing in class.

Week 4

The Fischbowl is a creative web site for teachers. The movie that was shown on this site shock me. The movie was about science. There were college students in lab coats rapping about scienific facts. The beat to the music in the song sounded familiar. It sounded like a song that was popular in the late 80's or early 90's. At that time I was a freshman in high school. I thought it was very interesting. It was somethung fun and exciting for our young people. It can be a great way to make learning fun instead of dull or boring. The beats just need to be more update. Something our youth can relate too.

The fact that the young people in the movie were the ones actually performing was also a great ideal. I believe the more the teachers involve the students, it has better chance of sticking with them. The enthusiasm and excitement the students had in the movie was evident. The students had energy and they seem to really be into the entire aspect of the video. Another thing is that the movie was more like a video rather then a movie. My over all reaction to this video is wow what a great ideal.

Access(Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, and Students Statewide) is an education initiative of the Alabama Department of Education. It provide opportunities and options for Alabama public high school students to engage in Advanced Placement (AP), elective, and other courses to which they may not otherwise have access. Access also better meets the needs of teachers when it comes motivating their students. Access gives the teacher or educators more ideas to expand their teaching knowledge. Educators can also share their expertise state wide. Access welcomes technology for the educator to better instruct.

Access also offer learning support centers for student. Just to name a few, Madison City Schools, The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies, and Troy University. Telephone numbers, and email addresses are posted on Access under studies for any one who is interested. Access also offer brochures for students as while as parents, counselors, and teachers. There are Course offering such as different levels of Math from Algebra to calculus. The site has Guides to better equip students, teachers, and counselors. As you can see Access has so much to offer to many in the educator realm from students to teachers etc.

Alabama Learning Exchange(Alex) is very profound. It consists of courses of studies, web links, lesson plans, searches, personal workspaces, professional learning, distance learning, and help. Courses of studies contain different majors in the education realm. English, Social Studies, Science are just a few. Alex also has diverse web links, such as teacher, administration, and student sites. Lesson plans are also available on Alex. The lesson plans can be accessed by author, title, and school. There are also activitives available to better inform or educate the teachers, such as professional learning. Alabama Leadership Development Purpose was established to increase the achievement of all students in Alabama by supporting the growth and development of superintendents, principals, and teachers as instructional leaders.

All the different tools Alex has to offer will also help new teachers like myself. One of the courses listed is english, which is my major.The english course starts from k5 to the 12th grade. The web links for english/language arts contains the weekly reader galaxy, New York Times learning network, National Council of Teachers of English, Children's Literature Web Guide,etc. The Enlish lesson plans are also listed by year and letter grade. As you can see Alex is an enlightment, inspiration, and most of all delight for educators.

Hi, my name is Melinda Young. I am a thirty-five year old sophmore. I am pursing a bachlor degree in education at the University of South Alabama. I work for Stokes and Clinton's Law Firm where I am a debt collector. I was born in Mobile, Alabama at USA hospital. My mother's name was Darlene Davis. She passed away when I was eight years old. She died in a house fire from smoke instalation. My grandmother raised my sister and me. She passed away this past October of 2007. I am also a wife and mother. My husband's name is Alonzo. Our children are Algernon and Ashley. Algernon is sixteen and Ashley is thirteen. Algernon attends MGM and Ashley goes to Scarborough.I also go by Rev. Melinda Young. I am a minister in the A.M.E. Zion church. I was ordained by Bishop James E. McCoy of the Alabama/Florida Episcopal Church. I am attending the Course of Studies which educates ministers in biblical and doctrinal knowledge for ministry. Right now by chose I am not pastoring until I finish my studies. I also plan on attending seminary school to receive a degree in divinity.In the midst of all my hard work, I also make time to have fun. I love to read, go to the movies, go skating etc. I love to read inspirational movies, such as "A purpose Driven Life." I also like action movies but I love romantic comedies like "Hitch." I love to go skating with the youth at ny church, especially when the gospel rap groups are performing at Rambo skating