Week 2

Alabama Learning Exchange, commonly know as ALEX, is Alabama’s course of study. This website is a teacher’s best friend. It gives you everything one would need to know about the material one is required to teach each school year. Besides giving requirements, it also gives links for resources, sample lesson plans, and examples for everyday teaching. This website can be accessed at anytime. I think myself along with every future teacher will use this database every day.

 I think I would use this database for everyday use and for following the requirements of the state of Alabama. I know there are several topics for each course that a teacher is required to teach, and when using this database it will help one to not skip over any topic. I can be very forgetful, but this database will be there to keep me on track for each course topic.

 When using this database it will also give one ideas for resources that have information about the topic one will teach about. I know when I was a younger student I loved to hear fun facts about a topic, for the most part those fun facts are what kept me interested in the different topics. This database also gives lesson plans for each topic a teacher might have for each subject. For example if I had to teach 10^th grade social studies I could just follow the links and the database would give several topics with several different lesson plans I could follow by or use. 

First Post

Hey, My name is Kristen Stringfellow. I have lived in Mobile all of my life. I graduated from Faith Academy in 2007. I'm majoring in Secondary Education and History at the University of South Alabama. When I was little I wanted to be a nurse, but after my first semester of college I decided that nursing wasn't for me. I always loved history and I want to share my passion with other students. So maybe one day they can love and appreciate it as much as I do.

I'm also a member of Alpha Omicron Pi. I absolutely love my sororiety and all of my sisters. I pledged AOII in the Fall of 2007. I was elected onto our Leadership Council shortly after I was initiated. Being a new girl in a sororiety is a great experience,but I'm so glad to be a "old girl." We had a very successful rush this year, and I am proud to say we have 27 new ladies. Being a big sister to a Kelsey is going to be a blast !

Outside of college I'm a typical 19 year old. I love to go to the beach, go shopping, and go out with my friends. I spend most of my free time, which I don't have a lot of, at the beach ! I love any type of water sport and going out on the boat. I recently started playing golf, disc golf, and tennis. They have became my new favorite sports. I'm not very athletic, but I love to play sports for fun ! I have a Jack Russell Terrier. His name is Ranger. I also love to take him to the park and running with me.

I have taken a lot of extra classes because I would like to finish college early, so i can go to grad school. As of right now I will be a junior in the spring, and I should finish a year early. I haven't decided where I want to go to grad school, but I'm looking into Ole Miss and Alabama. I am glad to be in this class, and I can't wait to get to know everyone !