ACCESS = Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators, and Students Statewide. You can find ACCESS by clicking here. The vision of the program is to provide equal access to high quality instruction to improve student achievement through distance learning opportunities. ACCESS was started because many rural and low-income schools can only offer limited courses to their students. ACCESS allows students who wouldn't have otherwise been able to take Advanced Placement (AP) classes, and allows them the ability to take advanced diploma courses. The program uses current technology to provide courses to students via the internet and video conferencing.
From all of the information that I read about ACCESS, I think that the program is very ambitious, but at the same time it has the potential to be very beneficial to many students throughout the state. It is definitely a step away from traditional teaching, but I think that isn't always a bad thing. Students these days are so much more inclined to lose attention in class, and I think using current technology in this way may help keep their attention.
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