ACCESS program =)

ACCESS is an amazing program dedicated to the promotion of higher education of high school students. It is a program that Governor Bob Riley and State Superintendent of Education, Dr. Joseph B. Morton initiated. The vision of the ACCESS program is for the the State of Alabama to “provide equal access to high quality instruction to improve student achievement through distance learning opportunities.” This is a really great thing for the high school students in Alabama. It really gives them a chance to better themselves. Some of the perks of the program include advanced placement, dual enrollment, and “advanced diploma” courses. The goal of the ACCESS program is to “provide additional educational offerings for all Alabama public high school students.”

Besides this program focusing on the higher education of high school students it is also an amazing program for teachers throughout the state of Alabama. It allows teachers to share lesson plans with each other. If a teacher has a problem coming up with her lesson plan than he or she can just log onto ACCESS and discuss it with another teacher or even see other lesson plans teachers have put on the program. They can also see how well something is working in a classroom. All in all, this program is stellar idea and I really am looking forward to see how well Alabama students do in the future after using the ACCESS program.

Movie!

There were so many things I did not know. It’s amazing that every eight seconds thirty four babies are born around the world. This movie was a real eye opener. I never really thought about a lot of stuff that was discussed in the movie. The comment that I read in the movie that sticks out the most is the fact that in ten years English will be the number one speaking language in China. Another fact that I found so interesting was that Great Britain was the richest country in 1990. I honestly thought that the richest country was China.

I also found that the one in four workers have worked with their current employer for less than a year quite interesting. It really makes a lot of sense. I also found it interesting that by many peoples thirty eighth birthdays they have had ten to fourteen jobs. That is crazy for me to comprehend. Many people go to college and graduate. I wonder how many of those students go on to have ten to fourteen jobs. All I have to say to that is I sure hope that is not me!

ACCESS & Alex!

ACCESS stands for Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students Statewide. This program is particularly designed for high school students. It offers high school students to take advanced classes, electives and other types of courses all from their computer. Alex is a program that helps you, the teacher, with lesson plans and many other things that may be useful in the classroom. It also is a place where teachers can go to learn other tools and programs that may further their learning as well as their students learning. I really like these two programs and think they are great for helping teachers and students! They are offered throughout the state of Alabama. While I do not plan on staying in Mobile after I graduate, I hope that Louisiana has some form of this program!

About Me!

To start off, my name is Jennifer Norton. I am a junior at USA and I am studying to be an Elementary Education teacher. I hope to teach 4th or 5th grade. I graduated from McGill-Toolen in 2006. I have 2 siblings. My brother is 20 years old and attends University of Southern Mississippi and my sister is 13 years old and attends Corpus Christi Catholic School. I live on campus in a house with 23 other girls and I love it! I am a proud member of Kappa Delta sorority and hold the position of Sisterhood chair. I am enthusiastic and friendly. I love to hangout with my friends and do not know where I would be without them. My favorite subject is Science and my weakest subject is usually a computer class. ;-) So, I think that is all I can really say about myself. If you have any questions just ask.