Week 6

Wikipedia was never intended to be a one site stop for all the worlds accurate information. it is a community of input given by anyone who feels like leaving it. Wikipedia is incredibly helpful when you need some simple answer like the capitol of some country or when a movie came out but not for the ethics of a politician or the wrong doings of a company. The fact that it can be manipulated it what makes Wikipedia both great and unreliable, though the site itself does regulate itself and deletes obvious ruthless editing.

The idea of showing who edited the site should just prove that there is something there to be found but is being covered up by that company. If everything looks perfect chances are that something is being covered up and with this we can tell by who. However the company should also be able to monitor what is being said about them and should protect both themselves and their employees from ruthless editors.

week 3

Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide thankfully shortened to ACCESS intends to use better technology to provide a better learning capability. Students alone do not benefit but also teachers. The program will allow for greater potential for both.ACCESS intends to give provide schools with the technology they need to excel.It allows all students to experience the potential of computers to better themselves. It provides better courses, growth mentally and socially and aids in scheduling. Allowing students and teachers to be able to grow online.The availability of course material to teachers that would otherwise be missed to the students allows for a spreading knowledge to those before unable. Students who before might have felt underprivileged now have more doors open to then than ever before. I believe that everyone should have an equal shot at life and and education to fuel that life, ACCESS helps that happen.

week 2

The Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) is an online tool that helps teachers to review and share their lesson plans with others. This tool allows educational intitutes to compare their own resources with those of other teachers and helps inspire new ideas and helps the system grow productively.by allowing schools access to the usefulness of the internest abilities such as blogs this forms a web of comunication between educators. Teachers is more out of touch areas can see how their own lesson plans compare to teachers in more urban environments. this allows for a bouncing of ideas from people of all parts of the state, and hopefully the country.

week 5

Marisa L. Dudiak's second-grade class from Frederick County, Md. were told to sign on to their classroom Web log to write about their field trip to a Native American farm.They wrote about what they learned from using the bow and arrow,playing in a tepee and seeing a buffalo. Though the quality of the writings were still of a second grade level, there was a greater responce from the whole class. even the quiet children wrote out their take on the trip coming alive more so on the blog than in calss.

http://tech2.nytimes.com/mem/technology/techreview.html?res=9C04E5D7113FF93AA2575BC0A9629C8B63

Mr. C's class at Noel Elementry school in Missouri. Mr. C posts numerious videos up on the site andhas the students make comments on them. The site brings parents into the lives of students more by allowing them to see what is going on in their childrens lives. The site has links to other items such as writing assignments, class itenerary.

http://mrcsclassblog.blogspot.com/

ALEX

The Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) is an online tool that helps teachers to review and share their lesson plans with others. This tool allows educational intitutes to compare their own resources with those of other teachers and helps inspire new ideas and helps the system grow productively.

by allowing schools access to the usefulness of the internest abilities such as blogs this forms a web of comunication between educators. Teachers is more out of touch areas can see how their own lesson plans compare to teachers in more urban environments. this allows for a bouncing of ideas from people of all parts of the state, and hopefully the country.

access

Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide thankfully shortened to ACCESS intends to use better technology to provide a better learning capability. Students alone do not benefit but also teachers. The program will allow for greater potential for both.

ACCESS intends to give provide schools with the technology they need to excel.It allows all students to experience the potential of computers to better themselves. It provides better courses, growth mentally and socially and aids in scheduling. Allowing students and teachers to be able to grow online.

The availability of course material to teachers that would otherwise be missed to the students allows for a spreading knowledge to those before unable. Students who before might have felt underprivileged now have more doors open to then than ever before. I believe that everyone should have an equal shot at life and and education to fuel that life, ACCESS helps that happen.

All About Me Day 1

My name is Phillip Howell AKA: Jimmy Knife fight, Double L, Worros, The Hand of Karma, The Brewer, The Flip-Cup Master, and once as the Infamous Mr. Howell. I have lived in Mobile my whole life though I have traveled quite a lot. Most of the states and large parts of Europe now worry of my dropping by for a pint. Yes a pint, I am Irish through all of my mothers side and a chunk of my fathers.
I am a history and education major and plan to get my masters and PhD as soon as physically and mentally possible. I have wanted to teach history ever since the 9th grade, quite a while since I am 25. I also spent 2.5 years in the navy though was sadly discharged due to migraine headaches.
I have a little brother who turns 21 this Sunday which means that I will either kill him for making me feel too old or just admit that I am old.
I have recently taken up a job with AT&T but sadly disappointed in the pay. I had to quit my job at Best Buy of 2 years due to schedule complications with school and as I have said I am 25 I WANT OUT!
I plan to teach at high schools, possibly Cottage Hill Christian Academy where i graduated from just to irk the staff there until I am able to teach at a university. I have an unhealthy addiction to military history and plan to focus on WWI and WWII for the most part. I know just what the world needs. But who knows maybe I will be able to get a job with the history channel.