Our team over at UEN are getting ready to share our Spring course offerings! Check back in two weeks to sign up for courses.

In this week's newsletter, you will find:

• UENVideo with Teacher Tips, Utah's Online School Library Shorts, and Students In Focus
• UEN Homeroom Podcast: New episode on What are Networks?
• Course Spotlight on Spring 2024 Courses
• eMedia Hub Spotlight: Mathematics Hub
• Utah's Online School Library Updates
• Upcoming Professional Development opportunities from Adobe, UCET, UELMA, UCTM, and Edcamps
• Resource Share: Edcamp St. George

In this video, Rob Bentley shows us three effective strategies to ensure that all students have the opportunity to actively participate in class discussions and share their insights.

Ever worry about students missing out on key learning or needing extra support? This video shows you high-impact strategies for creating student-generated resource banks using Flip and Wakelet.

This fun activity lets students create their own gratitude ornaments to celebrate the people and things they’re thankful for this year. ➡️ Check it out at onlinelibrary.uen.org!

Meet CJ Stokes, filmmaker and student at Judge Memorial High School. In this episode, CJ is sharing with us his inspiration for pursuing filmmaking and the stories behind two of his pieces, "All State or All Star?" and "Voices for Ukraine."

Welcome back to UEN Homeroom!

Join Dani and Matt as they delve into the complex world of digital equity in Utah's schools. Hear them chat with educators and technology leaders who witnessed the pandemic's impact firsthand and explore what initiatives like Digital Teaching and Learning and one-to-one device programs are doing to bridge the digital divide in Utah's classrooms.

UEN's Spring 2024 courses are opening on Friday, December 1st for all Utah educators! UEN has some great six-week courses open for registration right now! All courses listed below start on January 11th 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!

Mathematics in Utah challenges each student to develop and extend mathematical proficiency and literacy through:

• The Utah Core Standards for Mathematics
• High quality, asset-based mathematics educational experiences, and
• Assessment systems that meet the learning needs of each student and provide educators with data to inform instruction and intervention.

Using the appropriate grade-level Utah Core Standards as a foundation, the secondary mathematics learning experiences provide an emphasis on depth over breadth with a focus on the Major Works for mathematics and the support of the Utah Mathematics Core Guides.

Coming to you from the Utah State Board of Education in collaboration with the Utah Education Network, we are excited to announce the addition/return of four resources to Utah's Online School Library. Accessible now in Utah's Online School Library:

• National Geographic Kids
• Media Literacy: Identifying Media Bias
• Media Literacy: Identifying Fake News
• Media Literacy: Distinguishing Fact from Opinion
• Media Literacy: How Social Media Impacts News
• Media Literacy: Legitimate News Sources
• Gale In Context: High School
  
• Gale In Context: Global Issues

Please join us for any of our three webinar sessions. Links should be coming to you soon.

• Overview for Secondary Teachers: Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at 3 p.m.
• Secondary Registration Link & Description
• Overview for Elementary Teachers: Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 4 p.m.
• Elementary Registration Link & Description
• Train the trainers: Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at 1 p.m.
• Registration Link & Description (coaches & library media specialists)

We encourage you to use these resources and share them with your districts, schools, and teachers. Support materials and classroom activities can be accessed by visiting the online library. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us.

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

UCET has Edcamp St. George coming up on January 6 (it's gonna be here before we know it!). Edcamps leverage the knowledge and experiences of attendees by allowing educators to collaboratively determine topics for discussion the day of the event. The info and registration link is https://ucet.org/sg2024edcamp

It's completely free for teachers, and we'll have a great breakfast and lunch plus loads of swag and prizes to give.

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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