EDM 310 Class for Today 1/21

Class,

Today we will do the following:

1. Make sure that everyone has signed up for a gmail account and setup their blogs.

2. Take a Word Processing Diagnostic Exam (The last diagnostic exam)

3. The first blog assignment is due Monday Jan. 26th

Review the current and emerging state initiatives and programs including, but not limited to,Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) and the Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide (ACCESS) program and their relationship to student achievement. ATQS(5)(c) 3.(i)

Start by doing a search in Google. Examine the material that is available at http://alex.state.al.us Read the materials provided.

For the blog post due Jan 26th, write two or more paragraphs in which you describe ALEX and the resources available to teachers well enough so that someone unfamiliar with ALEX would understand what it is and how it works. Then provide the reader
with your thoughts as to the usefulness of ALEX to you when you begin teaching.

Next week, we will start learning about Google documents.