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UTAH EDUCATION NETWORK

Professional Development Newsletter October 16th - 20th

UTAH EDUCATIONNETWORKProfessional Development Newsletter October 16th -20th
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Welcome!

Celebrate Digital Citizenship Week this week with UEN!


In this week's newsletter, you will find:


  • UENVideo with Teacher Tips and PDTV
  • Course Spotlight on Fall Six Week Courses Starting November 2nd
  • Upcoming Professional Development opportunities from Adobe, UCET, UELMA, UCTM, and Edcamps
  • Resource Share: Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship Week Resources

PDTV: Personalized Learning through Canvas Mastery Paths

In this episode of UEN's PDTV, we travel to Bingham High School in South Jordan to learn from high school English Language Arts teacher Braxton Thornley.


Mr. Thornely shares how he uses Canvas Mastery Paths and various other tools and strategies to personalize learning for his students. Whether you're new to personalized learning or looking for new ideas, this video is for you! Learn from Mr. Thornley's experience and get inspired to create a personalized learning environment for your own students.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVcIW38PSM

Text To Image In Adobe Express | UEN Teacher Tips

Want to make your lessons more engaging and visually appealing? Check out the new Adobe Express feature Text to Image! In this episode of UEN Teacher Tips, Rob Bentley shows you how to create unique images using the built-in generative AI tools in Adobe Express and shares ideas for incorporating them into your presentations, language arts and world language classes.
Text To Image In Adobe Express | UEN Teacher Tips

UEN has some great six-week courses open for registration right now! All courses listed below start on November 2nd and run for six-weeks. These courses are paced with a UEN instructor that will be there with you to answer questions and engage with your ideas every step of the way. Like all UEN courses, you can receive USBE or SUU credit for any of these courses.


Courses are quickly filling up, make sure to register today!


Register for any course using the links below!

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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

Check out recent professional development events around Utah

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UEN at MassCUE

UEN Trainer Matthew Winters joined Massachusetts' ISTE affiliate conference MassCUE for their Fall event. He shared a pair of presentations over two days in Boston.
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UEN at #UTedchat

Last Wednesday UEN Trainer Dani Sloan led #UTedchat to discuss Digital Wellness. Dozens of educators joined a great chat and you can as well every Wednesday from 8-9 PM on Twitter.
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UEN at EdcampWASO

UEN trainer Matthew Winters joined the Utah educator community on Saturday for EdcampWASO in Nebo School District! Their keynote was from ISTE / ASCD CEO Richard Culatta where he discussed AI and his book Digital for Good.


Photo courtesy of Emma Moss.

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Edcamp Four Corners - November 4th

Join UCET for a new Edcamp supporting educators in the Southeast region of Utah. Edcamp Four Corners will take place on November 4th at San Juan High School in Blanding, Utah with a keynote from CSTA Educator Ramsey Seweingyawma. Registration is open!
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Edcamp St. George - January 6th

Join UCET for Edcamp St. George with educators from across the Southwest region of Utah. Keynote Machelle Maxwell will share her expertise at Desert Hills Middle School in St. George. Registration will be on UCET.org in the coming weeks.
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Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics - January 30th-31st

Join UCTM for their annual conference on January 30th - 31st at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo, Utah. The conference will have a great pair of keynotes with Jennifer Bay Wiliams and Kevin Dykema. Learn more and register here.
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EdcampUtah - February 3rd

Join UCET for EdcampUtah on February 3rd in the Salt Lake City area. The location and keynote are TBD. Registration will be on UCET.org in the coming weeks.
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UCET / UELMA 2024 - March 19th-20th

Your eyes do not deceive you. UCET and UELMA are combining forces for their 2024 conference. This year join both conferences in downtown Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace for two days of amazing learning. Check out the call for proposals below.
Common Sense Media - Digital Citizenship Week
UEN is joining many other educators this week celebrating Digital Citizenship Week! During this week educators all over the country are exploring what it means to be a digital citizen, how to build good relationships with the technology we use every day, and how students can build lifelong skills for positive technology use.


Common Sense Media, a leader in digital citizenship, has a great set of lessons that any educator can use in their classroom. Teachers can use their digital calendar of lessons on digital citizenship, a new group of lessons on digital wellness, and some great new resources for our elementary level learners.


Check out all the lessons and calendar here.


UEN also offers some great resources for Digital Citizenship at this link.

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