This is the website of a fifth grade class from Noel Elementary. Http://www.mrcclassblog.blogspot.com/ This is a blog I believe meant for others to see what this particular teacher is doing with the students. There are post as to what they did in class. Important topics they cover. Off to the side it has the teachers full porfile information, other interesting articles that pertain to what is being taught in the classroom, and many ways the teacher can be contacted. This teacher also communicates with other student from other countries such as New Zealand. This was very interesting.

This classroom blog page is through Pendleton Public School in Oregon. The teacher of a fourth grade classroom has this blog. She uses this site so that she can post information to her students parents. I read some of the post and it were items such as homework, project notices, and parent teacher conferences. You can also access the schools homepage through the class blog. Along the side of the page you can acess months worth of old blog postings. Http://www.garybriggs.umesd.net/journal.php

Alabama connecting classroom is a service that is meant to allow schools to help one another out. When rural schools cannot offer students core classes, advanced level classes, or electives, this gives students an opportunity to achieve these class credits for their diploma. Many are able to experience this through videoconferencing. The school receives money to set up a lab with the capabilities. This allows the students to have web based courses at their finger tips. With the Connecting Classroom this would not only enhance students learning capabilities socially and educationally but also in technology.
I think this is a really great idea but I have some concerns. If a rural school student is taking a core class online through the Connecting Classroom, I feel there is a strong possibility that the schools student, will be unfamiliar with the technology needed to access this program. I also have questions as to the concern of, if the money is available for these labs to be set up for the students to use, then why can the money not be used for teachers to be brought in that are qualified to teach this material. The money could also be used to buy basic materials that might be needed to supply the students with. Although I realize there are benefits to both online and in the classroom courses, I believe this might hinder some experiences such as biology experiments. How does one do these online besides through videos or simulations. Sometimes doing is better than just watching.

ALEX is a website that was created as a tool so that teachers, students, or parents can access it and find links, resource ideas, or lesson plans that will benefit the searcher. ALEX means Alabama Learning Exchange. ALEX is also made available for those students who wish to possibly take AP classes but their school cannot accommodate them. The student can go through the distance learning and access them online.The website is always changing to better serve those who need it. ALEX is made possible by the generous resources of many people and companies.

When you enter ALEX you can choose your subject, then choose the specific field of that subject. For example if you click on Science it will then give you a list to chose from with biology, chemistry, and botany. Once you select one of those you can then see which grades it is meant for, objective ideas, how many links there are to accompany the lesson and how many lesson plans also come with it.

I personally really enjoyed the video. I wholly believe in what Albert Einstein said, "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." I think this is the cause of so many of our problems we face today. We strive to constantly out do what was before yet, cannot seem to fix the problems we created by expanding. For example, building new homes to house families yet, we are having problems supplying the energy to these homes.

The ideas we seem to come up with such as the wind machines, these are helping our ecosystem problems, but would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to build some that would only supply a small neighborhood. In order to do this we would have to clear lands and cut down trees. The more we try to push forward the deeper we sink. In the video I picked up on the message that maybe we are becoming to distracted by the technology we have created and are letting our knowledge intake fall dramatically. When it showed the statistics of the YouTube videos, MySpace, and Google, the numbers were on steep uphill drives.

Hello my name is Rachel Bradford. I have been a student here at south Alabama for three years. I am a Elementary Ed major. I am a Mcgill Toolen Alumni, class of 05'. I have a three year old son, his name is Christian. I hope to teach for enough years to achieve retirement and then open my own bakery shop. I love to bake and decorate cakes. I do wedding, anniversary, and birthday cakes. I have a chocolate lab. His name is Duke.

Lasagna Recipe

Lasagna Noodles
1 container of ricotta cheese
1 bag of mozzarella cheese
2lbs of ground turkey
1lb of ground Italian sausage
1 slightly beaten egg
2 tablespoons of sour cream
1 container of Parmesan cheese
1 lg container of marinara sauce

Bake at 375 covered for 1 hr, then uncovered for 15 minutes
Boil your noodles until tender. Layer pan with noodles, meat sauce, and ricotta spread. Then sprinkle two cheeses. Begin next layer. Finish with cheeses.