Saturday, January 31, 2009

The website also offers teachers the opportunity to work as instructors for the site at http://www.accessdl.state.al.us/showaccess.php?lnk=educators#online_instructor.com which is an excellent opportunity for teachers to earn extra money and expand their teaching experience. To become an instructor also has benefits for teachers in the form of networking with other teachers and expanding their knowledge of technology.
For parents, the website allows them to take a look at the different courses that they may want their children to take. It also gives criteria of what a good candidate should posses to succeed at distance learning. Parents could use the information to inform their child’s school if it is something that they feel will benefit their learning.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Technology Movie Post


The movie on technology was very informative. It went into detail on just how often the Internet is accessed and how using computers has become an almost must have. The age at which kids are learning about computers and accessing the Internet is unbelievable. The expansion of the Internet will be no problem in the future due to proper planning. As a future educator technology will become absolutely necessary in order for me to succeed. According to the movie the the world is moving to a more international makeup and one of the main countries for such is right here in the U.S. If techology and computers you choose to do without, I'll be the first to tell you good luck.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Alex Assignment



The Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) is an excellent resource for teachers. It offers teachers the option to lookup lesson plans, websites, and online learning resources. The exchange is broken down by grades as well as subjects. Underneath the courses of study a teacher can access web-links, videos and lesson plans associated with the courses. The lesson plans correlate with the standards set by the state in the various subjects. The website is constantly changing so some material that isn’t found immediately may emerge at a later time.
The Learning Exchange also offers teacher’s personal workspace which they can sign up for to create and store lesson plans and professional development materials. The professional development web-sites offered are very diverse to teachers of all subjects. The exchange also offers teachers the opportunity to teach online courses offered to students. This particular web-site is very beneficial to any teacher in grades K thru 12.
As a teacher I would certainly utilize some of the lesson plans offered as well as videos. The lesson plans I would utilize to add more variety to my classes when I’ve exhausted all of my own lesson plans. I would make use of videos when I don’t have videos from the library or other teachers available. I also would suggest courses for students to take on the web-site if what they aren’t interested in isn’t offered.
I certainly would sign up for the free personal space offered on the exchange. It is important to me as well as my students that I continue my professional development, and have a place to store lesson plans and web-sites online. Finally I would utilize the exchange to find professional organizations and conferences to help me become the best teacher possible.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The website is Sports News that will give you final rankings.
To all my college football sports fan check out this website Final Rankings for final rankings.

First Host

I am James Hutchins the first. I am a senior majoring in Physical Education K-12. I plan to teach physical education in a middle school setting first, and then eventually in a high school setting. My ultimate goal would be to become the head basketball coach at my high school Alma mater, Northview high school in Dothan, Alabama. That position is one that I could retire from. In the meantime I will seek out any valuable experience that will land me that coaching job in the future.
The first step in securing a future job is for me to finish the seven courses that I have remaining in order to graduate. The most difficult of the seven is this EDM 310 course, which emerges me in technology a little reluctantly. The doubt that I have now eventually will turn into motivation which hopefully will lead me to an A in this course.
I now will tell you a little about myself. I am from Dothan, AL, graduated from Northview high school in 199...., have lived in Mobile off and on for the last 14 years, and I am a Florida State football fan for life... Go Noles.
I wish everyone the best of luck in this course.