Class Reflection

This semester, in my EDM 310 class, i have learn numerous tools to help me learn as well as teach. I enjoyed this class a lot. It was different from all of my other classes because it was a laid back atmosphere, and it seemed easier to learn in that environment. I think all students should take this class, it teaches you things that would help you in any career.

Twitter

Twitter is similar to facebook or myspace in the sense that you can follow your friends and see what they are interested in. Twitter also allows you to answer questions that your friends have if you know the answer. You can customize your profile to whatever suits you. Twitter is set up to allow you to "tweet" on articles that you read and discuss topics. this could be very helpful in the classroom. If a teacher set up a class on twitter, they could have discussions everyday about different articles and anyting pertaining to the class.

Google's GDrive Could Kill the PC

The Rumored GDrive will let people connect to their PC's from any Internet connection. With the Google Drive everything will be saved in data centers. Users will not have to rely on hard drives to store all their information. All data will be saved to the web and PC's would act like a portal to the web. All we can wonder is when it will be available to the public.

Changing the way we think

This article considers the effects, to the brain, of receiving information off of a computer screen. Nick Carr, a US-Based Atlantic magazine reporter, says "over the past few years I've had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry, reprogramming the memory. My mind isn't going - so far as I can tell - but it's changing. I'm not thinking the way I used to think". Maybe google is changing the way we think.

ACCESS

The Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students Statewide, ACCESS, is a state owned and approved distance learning program that allows students to take classes and learn via technology. ACCESS offers video conferencing, which is a real time, two way video and audio feed.

Twenty four high schools throughout the state offer ACCESS Distance Learning. Each one of these school can link up and share teachers and different courses all over Alabama. With the State's support and some well used time we can link up all the schools in Alabama, and every course can be offered for students to extend there knowledge and have a better youth.

ALEX

ALEX is the Alabama Learning Exchange. The Alabama Learning Exchange helps teachers all over the state. This program offers something for every course. ALEX has lesson plans set up for anything you would need as a teacher. This program has web links for teachers, administration, and students to use. ALEX can be a huge help to teachers.

As a teacher of any course, ALEX has set up where you can narrow searches down to your subject and grade level. ALEX has also set up opportunities for teachers to expand there minds through leadership development and even tips and tricks to help you succeed in the classroom. ALEX is an incredible help to teachers, not only in their teaching skills but in learning of the teachers.

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