ALEX

In my opinion, the Alabama Learning Exchange is a great resource for not only educators, but also for parents. Each course of study on the website is organized by standard in a table that is easy to understand and includes links to websites and lesson plans relating to each standard. It serves as not only a valuable tool to help teachers enrich the curriculum, but also as a way to ensure that teachers are aware of the Alabama Content Standards.

ALEX has lesson plans for virtually every course of study, which include attachments like PowerPoint presentations. I found a math PowerPoint that was more or less a classroom exercise, good practice for students needing help and parents who wish to help. Not only does ALEX have links to further your education and leadership as a teacher, but it also has a link for educators to make their ALEX account, which would allow them a space to create and share lesson plans and web pages. This tool also has relevant links such as access to library media and links to pages that help teachers educate themselves so that they can better serve their students. It also provides a link of Tips and Tricks that provides tutorials in programs teachers may commonly use like Excel, Word, etc., as well as Google Tools.


As a teacher, ALEX will help me to present extra material to my students so that they can have a clear understanding the material presented. By creating and sharing my lesson plans on ALEX, I will be able to get feedback on what does and does not work in a classroom setting. I am sure, as an educator, I will be referring to ALEX many times.