ACCESS stands for Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators, and Students Statewide. By August 2009 all Alabama high schools will have ACCESS Distance Learning. ACCESS uses online and interactive video conferencing technology to provide advanced diploma courses, additional course offerings, advanced placement or dual enrollment courses, remediation and supplemental resources. With the addition of ACCESS in our school system, a schools location (rural or metropolitan) has nothing to do with what courses are available to our students. If the subject is taught on the ACCESS system, our students can take the course no matter what Alabama high school they attend or what courses their high school offers.
I think that this system will greatly enhance the education that each of our high school students receive. For example, students can learn Mandarin Chinese I, French, Latin, Psychology, various Advanced Placement courses, and Marine Science. These are just a few of the many options available. I have never heard of ACCESS before now, and look forward to seeing one of these labs firsthand. I think that this is a wonderful technological step forward for the State of Alabama and the future of our high school students.
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