UEN has some great Teacher Tips videos coming out. Check them out below!

In this week's newsletter, you will find:

• UENVideo with Teacher Tips and UEN Shorts
• UEN Homeroom Podcast: New episode "How Has Learning Changed?"
• Course Spotlight on Utah's Online Library for Secondary
• eMedia Hub Spotlight: Teacher Mentoring Hub
• Civics Learning Week Webinar Series
• Upcoming Professional Development opportunities from UCET, UELMA, and Edcamps
• Resource Share: 2024 Utah Special Education Inclusion Symposium

Want to improve formative assessments in your classroom? In this video, Braxton shares a few tips and tricks on using Nearpod’s Draw It Tool to elevate your assessments by encouraging student creativity and providing valuable insights into their learning progress.

Have them check out Gale In Context on UOSL! Visit www.onlinelibrary.uen.org today.

Welcome back to UEN Homeroom!

Join Dani and Matt on this episode of UEN Homeroom as they delve into three different types of technology: eSports, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). They discuss how these technologies are being incorporated into schools as tools to enhance the classroom experience and positively impact students' lifelong success.

This six-week course is designed to introduce secondary teachers (middle and high school teachers) and library media specialists to effectively use the wealth of information resources in Utah's Online Library to enrich their teaching and students' learning. The course guides participants through using various databases such as newspapers journals, encyclopedias, videos, infographics, music collections, and more. Each week participants add on to an online library resource made just for their students, as well as explore learning activities and effective research strategies that ensure students benefit from the online library resources as well.

This course, along with many others, will run in our Spring B semester starting March 7th.

Register for any course using the links below!

Developing and retaining high-quality educators is essential to student success. Teacher mentoring is a critical component of supporting beginning educators as they acclimate to their local environments and to the teaching profession. The ideal teacher mentor acts as an advocate, colleague, confidant, facilitator, friend, and model for the beginning teacher. The resources available in this hub are intended to support teacher mentors in understanding their role and engaging in ongoing professional growth to better meet the needs of their mentees.

We are kicking off a series of professional learning opportunities for Utah teachers during Civic Learning Week, a national celebration of all things civics. There are some incredibly effective proven practices in civics education, and we will focus on those with four webinars. We will follow with additional webinars celebrating effective social studies teaching.

All webinars will be at 4:00 pm MST via zoom and will be recorded.

March 11: Learning Civics through Academic Service Learning

• Justin Powell, Youthlinc; Georgiana Simpson, San Juan School District, Adam Brickley and Rachel Humphries, Bill of Rights Institute

March 12: Learning Civics through Simulations of Authentic Civic Processes

• Dawn Harvey, We the People; William Shields, Jordan School District

March 14: Learning Civics through Navigating News and Media Literacy (You can register separately for this webinar)

• Erin Olson, News Literacy Project

March 20: Learning Civics through History Case Studies

• Dr. Jeff Nokes, BYU

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

You are invited to the 2024 Utah Special Education Inclusion Symposium. In this summer session school teams will work together to discuss inclusive practices and strategies for students with disabilities in their schools.

There are two dates and locations to choose from:

June 19-20 at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Provo, UT

June 24-25 at the Dixie Convention Center in St. George, UT

Relicensure hours are available for attending. Learn more at the link below!

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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