Lots of great upcoming Summer and Fall events coming up. Check them out down below in our PD opportunities calendar!

In this week's newsletter, you will find:

• UENVideo Rewind with PDTV, Canvas Corner, and Get Googley
• UEN Homeroom Rewind with Utah Education Writers with Steve Capone
• Course Spotlight on Fall Course Catalog
• Upcoming Professional Development opportunities from Adobe, UCET, UELMA, UtSTA, UCTM, and Edcamps
• Resource Spotlight: Utah STEM Action Center STEM Fest 23

Join UENVideo this summer for a review of videos from throughout our 2022-23 season!

In this episode of PDTV, host Katie Blunt travels to Delta, Utah to visit Utah’s 2023 Teacher of the Year - Chad Warnick. First, see real-life examples of how Chad implements Utah’s EdTech competencies in his teaching to create a classroom that supports 21st-century learners. Then, Katie walks you through how you can apply the same competencies to your lessons!

Explore our Teacher Toolkit for resources to help you apply the competencies mentioned in this video: https://www.uen.org/pdtv/

In this episode of Canvas Corner, host Val shares tips for embedding your favorite tech tools in Canvas and gives insight into how this could help make your courses more engaging.

Access free Canvas resources here: https://www.uen.org/canvas/

Get three tips to revamp the content in your Google Forms in just three minutes! Teachers can use Google Forms beyond quizzes, so let’s “Get Googley” and find new ways to add creativity to our lessons.

Discover daily Google resource shares with GEGUtah at: https://bit.ly/3LloQXy

In this episode of UEN Homeroom, Dani and Matt are joined by YA historical fiction writer Steve Capone. Listen to learn what inspired Steve to be a writer and how he helps students see the joy in creative writing.

UEN's Professional Development Team is excited to share their Fall 2023 courses. If you want to learn more about filmmaking, podcasting, Google, creativity, Minecraft, animations, design thinking, and more, come join UEN's PD Team. Each course is a six-week synchronous course that works through specific tools and ideas to support your classroom. All courses are free for all Utah educators and educators who complete their course will be eligible for USBE re-licensure hours or Southern Utah University credit. Registration is limited per class and classes fill up quickly. Registration opens on August 1st. Hope to see you there!

Registration is open now!

The Utah Teacher Fellows recently completed their third cohort and UEN Product Manager Kayla Towner was among those who completed their capstone. Check out her reflection below:

The final convening of Teacher Fellows Cohort 3 was an exciting yet bittersweet event. After two years of learning and growing alongside so many incredible educators, I had a new perspective on leadership in education. I learned that teachers don't have to become administrators to be leaders. There are many different ways to lead in education, and I'm living proof of that.

After leaving the classroom, I became a senior technology trainer and product manager for Utah Education Network. In this role, I'm able to use my experience as a teacher to support all K-12 teachers in Utah. I create videos and reels on Utah's Online School Library to showcase how teachers can use these resources in their classrooms. I also worked with ULEAD to promote the work of other teachers in the state so that any teacher could learn, use, and adapt their brilliant ideas.

Even though my time with Cohort 3 has ended, the networks I've built, the discussions I've started, and the future projects I've initiated will continue. The work of a fellow never ends. As they always say, "Once a fellow, always a fellow."

As part of her work through the Utah Teacher Fellows, Kayla received an Honors In Education award from First Lady Abby Cox's Show Up for Teachers program.

Educators are increasingly expected to exhibit skills and knowledge of using technology to enhance student learning. The UEN Educational Technology Endorsement Program is grounded in the USBE EdTech Competencies and the Utah Effective Teaching Standards. The Competency-Based Educational Technology Endorsement is divided into four courses. Participants will come away with a portfolio of work that aligns with each competency.

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The UEN Professional Development Team is excited to come to your school and work with your teachers on a variety of topics ranging from podcasting to Minecraft, digital literacy, or a variety of technology tools (Adobe, Nearpod, Google, Canvas, Canva, Utah's Online Library, and eMedia) and more. Request Free Professional Development

It's time to register for STEM Fest 2023, happening September 19 - 20, 2023, at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy. We are excited to host another great year, offering two action-packed days for field trips. We have made some changes to reflect the feedback we received from past events, including:

You and your students can attend STEM Fest for up to THREE hours (instead of two previously)

Each session will have fewer people and we will have more volunteers to support crowd control

STEM Fest 2023 is limited to grades 5-10 only. (We hope our younger students will attend with their families on our FREE Family Night, September 19, between 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.)

Learn more about Utah Education Network including our free professional development courses, media productions, professional development at your school, and more at UEN's website.

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