ALEX

The Alabama Learning Exchange is something that is new to me, but I am very glad that I am learning about it now. It is a very useful resource for everyone involved in education. There is information that is beneficial to teachers, students, and parents available on the ALEX website. While ALEX is a work in progress, there are already so many helpful resources available. There are lesson plans for any subject at any grade level, links to helpful websites for teachers and students, a variety of podcasts to access, a personal workspace for teachers, and an educational search engine. The ALEX Thinkfinity project gives teachers a search engine that will access lesson plans and students activities that are discipline specific and very helpful. Also, teachers can receive Thinkfinity training that will teach them all about ALEX and Thinkfinity so that they have a strong knowledge of the program that they can share with others near them. This allows better use of ALEX.

I think that ALEX is an excellent idea for Alabama teachers and students. I like it because it allows quick and easy access to material that will benefit me as the teacher, such as lesson plans and activities that pertain to the subjects I will be teaching. Also, there are materials, like podcasts and web links, available for students and parents, so it benefits everyone. I like the Thinkfinity search engine because it produces useful, educational material that I can use. The personal workspace for teachers is also a good idea for teachers to be able to save their lesson plans and web pages to this site. The main thing that I like about ALEX is that it is a collaborative project so teachers are working together and sharing information through this program, and it has potential for a lot of growth.