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Blogs In Classrooms Around the U.S.

In my search for blogs in other schools, I stumbled upon Mrs. Fudge's Kindergarten Class Blog. This class is at Chalker Elementary in Cobb County, Georgia. Mrs. Fudge uses her blog in many different ways. She has some links for her students, where they can look at the virtual library and also a few links for fun Math activities. Another way Mrs. Fudge uses her blog is to keep parents informed. She lets the parents know what the class did during the day, and also tips for how the parents can help the child at home. She also uses the blog to keep parents informed about school activities. Since she is a kindergarten teacher a blog for her is greats because not every kindergartner is going to remember to tell mom and dad of they get out of school early.
Source: http://chalker.blogs.com/fudge/

Another blog I found is for the Senior Class of 2009 at Pickens High School. Pickens High School is located in Jasper, Georgia. This senior class uses their blog to keep all of their classmates informed of their activities. The class has really picked up on the fact that not everyone will get a slip of paper or hear an announcement. The blog includes facts about their school that not all students may know, and also fundraisers the class is planning on having.
Source: http://pickensseniorclass.com/

Did You Know?- Video

The "Did You Know" video we watched was very mind blowing. I had no idea of all the information that it gave us. The fact that one day China will be the largest English speaking country is just mind boggling. I couldn't believe the differences in college graduates in the USA, India, and China. I guess I never really realized that the United States was not number one in everything.
I suddenly feel like I need to be asking the questions that were proposed at the end of the video. What is going to be done about all of the stats. that we were presented with? When is something going to be done?

ACCESS- Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide

The Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide program that offers high schools students more electives in the high school curriculum. The program specifically helps high school students that are in the Advanced Placement(AP) program. It opens a wide variety of web-based and video-interacting courses.
I think that ACCESS program is a great program for high school students. The program can open their eyes to many more courses and better prepare them for the college and degree that they hope to pursue in the future. It would be great if this program, like ALEX, would expand to further high schools so that when our students graduate they will be a little more prepared for what they will encounter.

ALEX- Alabama Learning Exchange

The Alabama Learning Exchange is something that is still fairly new. I know when I graduated in 2006, and we did not have it then. ALEX is a way that many more courses can be offered at public schools. It offers web-based courses and also video conferencing. Also you can take courses that blend both web-based and video conferencing.
The ALEX program opens up a whole new world to Alabama students. They can take courses not usually offered in the curriculum. I think it is a wonderful idea because sometimes some students are not challenged by the courses offered. I think this program should grow and be offered in many more schools.