After reading the articles on "Changing the way we think" and "Google plans to make PCs history", I have concerned feelings about both. In the article the way we think by Bill Thompson he describes this day in age and generations to come as the more we depend on the web for our everyday info. Our brains aren’t being used to their full ability. He also says we have become so dependent on them that we don't realize it, is somewhat the truth. In my opinion technogly is always going to be evolving with daily changes. And the way I see it, it's not going to stop because not just Americans but the world craves it. We always want things to be faster more assemble and in reach, with this being said we have either got to ship up or ship out. As for the Google site this is a prime example of technology coastally moving in the next step. With Google wanting to create the "Gdrive" to hold the worlds personal file in there "Cloud Computing" is little too much for me. I mean I'm glad that there trying to advance into a whole nother direction with saving documents, but letting someone else be incontrole of all the files to be accessed at anytime is to bizarre. This is my view on subject of technology, what the worlds view?

From what I observed off the Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide (ACCESS) program cite is that it gives students ability to reach out to instructors as well as those who may have issues during the regular class semester. It also goes in detail on how it provides high-quality classroom courses & teachers, via technology, which is a great asset to today’s society being that this is more of a high -tech age.
Furthermore, after observing the site some schools cannot offer the Advanced Diploma, which is required by state law .Some of the problems that could happen is that low –income families living in rural areas might not have perfect access to internet. While few many rural and low-income schools have limited course offerings for students. On the other hand some schools cannot offer the Advanced Diploma, which is required by state law, and is must in the state of Alabama. Over all the site is a very useful tool and in future this may be the new classroom setting.

The ALEX website, also known as the Alabama Learning Exchange, is a website that was created for educators in the state of Alabama. This website contains all the Alabama Course of Study (ALCOS) standards that should be taught in the state of Alabama for each content area and grade level. Teachers in the state are not allowed to teach anything else to students other than what is listed in the course of study. These standards are mainly used by teachers when writing a lesson plan. The lesson must be one that is appropriate for the specific subject area and grade level.
The home page of the website has the acronomym “ALEX” at the top along with the complete title directly underneath. Also on the homepage, the are the various subject areas, such as mathematics, literature, and science listed in colorful blocks. Once the user clicks on the subject area, the user is directed to the grade level page. There are two sets of grade level standards, the 1999 version and the recently updated 2007 standards. Once the user selects the grade level, the website then directs them to a page that lists the numbered standards. In front of each standard, there is a small, blue highlighted number in front. If the user clicks on this number, they would be linked to a page that gives lesson plans from other teachers who have used that standard in a lesson. The plans are downloadable for use by anyone.