UTAH EDUCATION NETWORK
Professional Development Newsletter April 17-21
UEN Summer PD
This year you can find UEN trainers at local conferences like URSA, CTE, district PD days and national conferences like ISTE. If you want to have UEN come to your school and share best practices, we would love to join you!
In this week's newsletter, you will find:
- The newest videos from Canvas Corner and Utah's Online School Library shorts
- Course Spotlight on Research Ready with Scrible
- Changes to the Educational Technology Endorsement Program
- Summer 2023 Courses Registration
- Upcoming Professional Development opportunities from UEN, Utah State Board of Education, Utah Rural Schools Association, Instructure, Show Up for Teachers, ISTE and the Smithsonian Institute
- Resource Spotlight: Utah State Board of Education Meaningful Inclusion of Students with Disabilities Conference
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The Immersive Reader in Canvas
Discover how to increase the readability of your Canvas pages and assignments through our latest Canvas Corner tutorial.
Summer 2023 Courses
Summer course registration is now open. Classes are filling fast! If a class is full please join our waitlist. Browse Our Catalog
UEN Professional Development classes are designed for educators. All classes include instruction on using technology for effective teaching and learning strategies. Participants are expected to have some background in teaching and learning and classes require the development of education-related projects.
Time is running out to claim your Nearpod Creator Badge! To earn the April/May Nearpod Badge Challenge, create your own Nearpod lesson and launch it with 3+ students by the end of May.
Create your own Nearpod lesson:
- Start fresh within the Nearpod platform
- Import a Google Slides or PowerPoint presentation
- Use the Google Slides add-on
Questions? Contact Jami Gardner, UEN Nearpod Product Manager, at jgardner@uen.org.
Check out recent professional development events around Utah
PCBL at Quest Academy
C-Forum in Nebo School District
UEN Litflix Program at Hurricane Library
UEN Leading Schools - June 20th-23rd
UETN Tech Summit - June 11th-12th
Utah Rural Schools Association Conference - July 12th-14th
Utah State Board of Education Meaningful Inclusion of Students with Disabilities Conference
Discover ways to achieve meaningful inclusion through intentional collaboration at this conference for school administrators, general and special education teachers, instructional coaches, related service providers, educator preparation program staff and student teachers.
Show Up for Teachers - July 19th
Utah Instructure Learning Event
Learn how to accomplish your goals using Instructure products such as Canvas. Instructure is hosting a user's event on May 19th. It's NO COST to join.
ISTELive 2023 - June 25th-28th
Smithsonian National Education Summit
Resource Spotlight
Meaningful inclusion requires intentional collaboration across the education system. School administrators, general and special education teachers, instructional coaches, related services providers, educator preparation program staff and student teachers are encouraged to attend.
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