Quality for every facet of learning…..
Welcome!
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Shannon Parks, ALEX Director
sparks@alsde.edu
Stevie Baird, ALEX Project Manager
sabaird@uab.edu
Misty Comfort, ALEX Coordinator
mcomfort@alsde.edu
Tiffany Davis, Alabama Supercomputer
Center, Systems Engineer
tdavis@asc.edu
Ginny Murray, Technology Coordinator,
Huntsville City Schools
gmurray@hsv.k12.al.us
Jane Jones, Teacher, New Century
Technology HS
jljones@hsv.k12.al.us
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Quality for every facet of learning…..
Who are you?
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Where do you want
to go today?
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Classroom Resources
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ALEX Resources/Links
Thinkfinity.org (ALEX Partner)
Alabama Teachers
Alabama Virtual Library
APT Plus/United Streaming
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Lesson Examples Using
ALEX Website Resources
 Rosa
Parks ~ Montgomery Bus
Boycott (6-8)
 Three Awesome Bears (K-2)
 On the Road with Marco Polo
(3-5)
 Search for High School
Lesson
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World War II ~ Pearl
Harbor
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Reporting on Pearl Harbor
Research, Write, Discuss, Present
 Option to produce video instead of
written article
 United Streaming Video (local)
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Lesson Examples
Rosa Parks
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Lesson Objectives
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What else could be
added?
Written Interview
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Written vs. Video
• Inserted in PPT to
show another use
of downloaded
video
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Lessons
Three Awesome Bears
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Lesson Plan
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The lesson will be implemented during a study of
bears. Books, class discussions, and the Internet will
be used to learn about bears and their characteristics.
Black, brown, and polar bears will be categorized
according to their food and their habitat. As a
culminating activity the students will use "Kidspiration"
software to match bears with their habitat and food.
Video
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Lessons
Marco Polo
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Students will become Marco Polo adventurers,
following his route to and from China in order to learn
about the geography, local products, culture, and
fascinating sites of those regions.
Students will record their "journey" by creating journal
entries, postcards, posters, and maps related to the
sites they explore.
Marco Polo Lesson
Interactive Quiz
 Flash Info (Link from Lesson Plan)
 Map skills example
 Where are the highest mountains
located?
 Post cards
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Lessons
Each student will create a picture postcard that a
medieval traveler might have sent home from Persia.
One side should contain a picture (downloaded or
drawn freehand) of a geographical feature or a local
product.
The other side should contain a brief message
describing some of the highlights of a journey from
Acre to Hormuz.
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Thinkfinity Examples
ArtsEdge (Arts Education)
 Storytime Online (RealPlayer required)
ReadWriteThink (Reading & Language Arts)
 Literary Elements Maps (K-12)
 A Dickens of a Party (6-8)
 Comprehension Strategies for EnglishLanguage Learners (K-2)
EconEdLink (Economics)
 Making Change (3-5)
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Thinkfinity Examples
Illuminations (Math)
Tangram Puzzles (K-2)
 Fraction Game (3-5; 6-8)
 Bobby Bear (PreK-5)
 Cutting Corners (9-12
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EDSITEment (Humanities)
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Voices from the Days of Slavery
• Alice Gaston, Gee, Alabama (Library of
Congress recordings) (partial transcript)
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Alice Gaston: We was talking about in the old war time, the old
slavery time. I can remember when, uh, I can remember when
the Yankees come through and, uh, they carried my father
away and carried away, my si, two sisters and one brother. And,
uh, they left me.
And I can remember when my missus used to run in the
garden, from the Yankees and tell us if they come, don't tell
them where they at. Told, don't tell nobody where they at when
they come and they all come and they told me, don't get scared
now and tell them, where they is, where they is. I told them no,
we told them no.
And uh, when they come and ask for them I told them I didn't
know there they was, and they was in the woods. And this was
at the house. And my father, when my father left, he carried
with the, he went away with the Yankees, and carried two,
carried two, two girls and one son, the oldest one. Carried them
with him. And he with the Yankees. And I can remember that.
And uh, my old missus was named Mrs. M., and the master
was name Mr. F. I. [pause]� Mr. F. I
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Thinkfinity Examples
Science Netlinks Tools
Lunar Cycle (K-2)
 Exploring the Solar System (6-8)
 Heart Transplant (9-12)
 Make a Mission (9-12)
Xpeditions (Geography)
 Atlas (K-12)
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Smithsonian
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Games
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How Can ALEX Help Me???
Administrator
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Specific resources for administrators
Provides a FREE resource for ALL teachers
Teachers
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Provides grade/curricula specific lessons
coordinated with Alabama COS objectives
Great online interactive educational sites –
and the price is right …free!
Parents
Students
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ALEX Overview
ALEX website
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Courses of Study
Aligned Lesson Plans
Web Links
SEARCHABLE
Personal Workspace
Student and Teacher Activities
Web Page for Every Teacher
Free
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Quality resources for every facet of
learning…..
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Shannon Parks, ALEX Director
sparks@alsde.edu
Stevie Baird, ALEX Project Manager
sabaird@uab.edu
Misty Comfort, ALEX Coordinator
mcomfort@alsde.edu
Tiffany Davis, Alabama Supercomputer
Center, Systems Engineer
tdavis@asc.edu
Ginny Murray, Technology Coordinator,
Huntsville City Schools
gmurray@hsv.k12.al.us
Jane Jones, Teacher, New Century
Technology HS
jljones@hsv.k12.al.us
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