Fall is in full swing! Join us below for some great information about UEN Professional Development!

In this week's newsletter, you will find:

• UENVideo with Teacher Tips and PDTV
• UEN Homeroom Rewind with STEM in the Classroom & Beyond
• Course Spotlight on Animations in the Creative Classroom
• Upcoming Professional Development opportunities from Adobe, UCET, UELMA, UCTM, and Edcamps
• Resource Spotlight: UCET / UELMA Call for Proposals

Are you looking for new ideas and tips to help you in the classroom? Look no further!

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new series, UEN Teacher Tips. Each week we’ll share a new tip that you can use in your classroom. Whether you’re a new teacher or a seasoned veteran, we’re confident that you’ll find something valuable.

Watch for our first tip next Tuesday where Matt Winters, aka Teacher Winters, will share a few tools to help teachers when they're feeling overwhelmed.

Need ideas for talking about digital citizenship in your classroom? UEN Product Manager, Dani Sloan, suggests making it a daily practice. In this episode, learn five ways you can model digital citizenship every day.

Share your thinking out loud: As you write kind emails to others, walk your students through your thinking. This is a great time to talk about email etiquette; having a subject line, salutation, important details and a nice sign off.

Use class examples: Point out the times you see students being respectful in online discussions. This is a great way to talk about how being positive and respectful online benefits all of us.

Share the SafeUT app: Licensed counselors are available 24/7 and ready to listen to any sized crisis or concern. Make sure students know the web address and how to download the app.

Cite your sources: Model citing sources by adding citations to the images you use in your presentations. In Utah’s Online School Library you can scroll to the bottom of most pages to find a citation.

Talk about screen time: If you have screen time goals, share them! Talk about tips and tricks you use to stay focused and the importance of managing your device usage.

For more helpful tips, register for a digital citizenship course through UEN at: https://uen.catalog.instructure.com/

Join Matt Winters as he shares tips and essential tools to give you extra support in your classroom. In this episode, we explore three adaptable resources that can be applied to your teaching:

eMedia: A wide variety of free educational resources for all K-12 grade levels and subject areas, including interactive lessons, activities, and videos specifically created for Utah learners.

Google Applied Digital Skills: Free, interactive lessons that teach students the digital skills they need to succeed in school and the workforce. The lessons align with state and national standards and can be used in any subject area.

Nearpod: A state-licensed presentation tool that allows you to incorporate videos, quizzes, polls, and other activities into your lesson. Nearpod also has a library of over 20,000 ready-made lessons that you can use in your classroom.

Whether you're a seasoned educator or just starting your teaching journey, these resources are sure to be helpful even on the toughest of days.

Join us as we kick off a new season of UEN's PDTV! Host Katie Blunt travels to Midvale to meet Maxwell Eddington, an 8th-grade math teacher and Canyons School District's Teacher of the Year. Explore effective classroom management through Mr. Eddington's approach, centered on creating a supportive classroom culture for student success.

In this episode of UEN Homeroom, Matt and Dani are joined by Shannon Rupert from the Mars Society and Jen Carver Hunter. They share great ways teachers can take advantage of learning opportunities involving the Mars Desert Research Station, right here in Utah!

Educational animations can be an effective tool for both enhancing student understanding and demonstrating student learning. In this course, participants will learn how to integrate educational animations in the classroom. The course provides a series of readings, resources, links, and video tutorials that explain what educational animations are, why they are worth considering, and how to create and use them effectively. Animation tools that will be touched on in this course include: Adobe Express, Canva, Google Slides, PowerPoint, Adobe Animate, and Adobe Character Animator. This course requires access to two animation tools (Adobe Animate and Adobe Character Animator) that are not free for the general public. Many teachers who are currently teaching in Utah have access to a pre-paid Adobe account through their school district or charter school. It is highly recommended that current teachers contact their school district or charter school to find out if that is the case, and to find out how to access it. If you are not currently a public school teacher, you could pay for an Adobe Creative Cloud account or download free trials of Adobe Animate and Character Animator.

Registration is open now!

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

This year UCET is combining with our state librarian conference, UELMA, and we are looking for presentations from our local community. There are many strands and presentation types. Come share your innovative classroom work with the larger Utah community at UCET / UELMA 24.

UCET / UELMA is March 19th-20th at the Salt Palace in Downtown Salt Lake City. You can learn more about the conference at this link.

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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