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This resource is provided via the This resource is provided via the internet, free of charge, from the internet, free of charge, from the Alabama Department of Education.Alabama Department of Education.

What’s Available?What’s Available?

A personal workspace to find or create A personal workspace to find or create your own lesson plans.your own lesson plans.

ALCOS content standards for K-12 ALCOS content standards for K-12 subject areas including physical/health subject areas including physical/health education, art, and career/technical. education, art, and career/technical.

Web links related to ALCOS standards.Web links related to ALCOS standards. Teacher Zone (professional Teacher Zone (professional

development/resources)development/resources) Teacher to Teacher (listserv and Teacher to Teacher (listserv and

forums)forums)

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The Alabama The Alabama Learning Learning Exchange has a Exchange has a Teacher ZoneTeacher Zone that provides that provides numerous numerous opportunities to opportunities to expand your expand your knowledge.knowledge.

Teacher Zone ContentsTeacher Zone Contents

Professional Professional Development Development CalendarCalendar

Technology tips Technology tips and How-tosand How-tos

Lesson PlansLesson Plans Links to resourcesLinks to resources Professional Professional

Organization linksOrganization links

Free newslettersFree newsletters Grant Grant

opportunitiesopportunities Teachers’ Help Teachers’ Help

DeskDesk ResearchResearch

Professional Professional Development CalendarDevelopment Calendar

Research Research professional professional development development opportunities in opportunities in our area by date, our area by date, grade, or topic.grade, or topic.

Technology Tips and Technology Tips and How-TosHow-Tos

Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Office InternetInternet Web Page Development Web Page Development E-mailE-mail Desktop PublishingDesktop Publishing PeripheralsPeripherals MiscellaneousMiscellaneous Maintenance & TroubleshootingMaintenance & Troubleshooting Other Web SitesOther Web Sites

Lesson PlansLesson Plans

Created by peers Created by peers across the state.across the state.

Links to Marco Links to Marco Polo lesson plans.Polo lesson plans.

Links to resources Links to resources to assist with to assist with lesson planning.lesson planning.

Create your own Create your own lesson plan to lesson plan to share!share!

Professional Professional OrganizationsOrganizations AEAAEA ALAALA ARAARA IRAIRA NEANEA NSTANSTA AASAAASA

NewslettersNewsletters

ED ReviewED Review K-12 E-ResourcesK-12 E-Resources TechLearning TechLearning

NewsNews MarcoGram: MarcoGram:

produced by produced by MarcoPolo: MarcoPolo: Internet Content Internet Content for the Classroom for the Classroom

EdNewsEdNews

Grant OpportunitiesGrant Opportunities

Technology in Technology in Education Education Essay ContestEssay Contest

Computers for Computers for LearningLearning

Coca-Cola Coca-Cola Foundation Foundation GrantsGrants

Toshiba's Toshiba's Grade 7-12 Grade 7-12 Grant ProgramGrant Program

Federal Federal Resources for Resources for Educational Educational Excellence Excellence (FREE)(FREE)

Federal Grants Federal Grants Web SiteWeb Site

Teachers’ Help DeskTeachers’ Help Desk

Helpful Hints for Helpful Hints for Beginning Beginning TeachersTeachers

11 Techniques 11 Techniques for Better for Better Classroom Classroom DisciplineDiscipline

TeachNet -- New TeachNet -- New Teachers On-Teachers On-LineLine

ResearchResearch

What does What does RESEARCH RESEARCH have to do with have to do with my classroom?my classroom?

P-E-D-A-G-O-G-P-E-D-A-G-O-G-Y matters!Y matters!

Explore ALEX!Explore ALEX!

Let’s visit the site and explore the Let’s visit the site and explore the resources to help us develop resources to help us develop professionally!professionally!

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Alabama Department of Alabama Department of Education. Education. Alabama Learning Alabama Learning ExchangeExchange. Retrieved November . Retrieved November 16, 2006 from the World Wide 16, 2006 from the World Wide Web http://alex.state.al.us/Web http://alex.state.al.us/