ALEX

ALEX


Alabama Learning Exchange Website


ALEX or the Alabama Learning Exchange is a program created by the Alabama Department of Education, in which, educational information and materials are being shared with teachers, parents, and students. ALEX is a quick easy source for teachers to find lesson plans, curriculum's, web links, podcasts, and even ways to keep up to date with the best and newest ways of teaching. Teachers are able to add their own lesson plans, tips, and ideas to this website so ALEX provides a very wide range of educational information coming from some of Alabama's best teachers. One helpful tool that ALEX provides is called course of study which lists according to the subject and grade chosen the skills that should be mastered by students in that course. For example, you could choose 5th grade mathematics and it will list all of the skills that should be covered in that particular grade and course. The next helpful tool ALEX offers is called web links. When clicked on web links will give teachers, administrators, and students helpful websites for more information on their selected topic. The third tool available on ALEX is actually being able to access a wide variety of lesson plans by subject or grade level. Also, teachers are able to submit their own lesson plans that they think may be helpful to others. Podcasts are also available on ALEX. Again, through choosing a topic ALEX provides several educational podcasts including interviews that can enhance children's learning and understanding greatly.

ALEX Lesson Plans


ALEX, in my opinion, is an invaluable learning resource for teachers, students, and parents and can be extremely useful. ALEX provides a way for teachers, students, and parents to learn from the best educators Alabama has to offer. By founding a website that allows other professionals to share their ideas, tips, and educational information through their own experiences can greatly enhance the quality of teaching and learning in our classrooms today. In my future classroom I will use ALEX to find the best lesson plans for a specific topic I am teaching in my classroom. I will also use it to make sure I am covering the correct skills and educational outline for the course I am teaching. ALEXA will also be a great way, for me as a teacher, to introduce technology to my classroom. Through using helpful websites provided through ALEX I can expose my students to online researching, and with available podcasting I can show an entire new way of learning to my classroom. Podcasts on ALEX will be of tremendous use so students can not only listen to a lecture, but they can experience it first hand by watching it for themselves. In conclusion, I think ALEX is an invaluable project that has been created and in the future I will absolutely use its tools and educational information to enhance learning in my future classroom.