This week UEN Homeroom is pleased to rebroadcast our interview with Rushton Hurley, the founder and executive director of Next Vista for Learning, to the podcast. In our conversation we focus on how teachers can effectively develop opportunities for students to create videos in class. Topics included in the discussion are: How teachers can use student video projects to engage kids in learning. How film festivals promote student work. How much technical know-how teachers need to help with student video projects and the basic essentials teachers need to get started. How video projects are particularly effective during blended or online learning and more...

This lesson is to help students to understand and use the scientific method by producing a short film.

This lesson is to help students to understand and use the scientific method by producing a short film.

In this student-facing activity, students will explore various TED videos as examples of digital short stories. After watching a video, students will complete a questionnaire and participate in a class discussion.  (Public speaking image - free to reuse - from Pixabay.com)  Resource Author: Matthew Winters, adapted by Katie Blunt

This is a video where I briefly explain what shutter speed is and show students how to calculate shutter speed on a timeline.

This article for elementary teachers focuses on three tools that allow educators to publish to the web for free - Instructional Architect, Filamentality, and TeacherTube. Design hotlists, webquests, scrapbooks, and upload video.

Learn more about the 2023 Tumbleweeds Kids Film Competition and get tips from the Utah Education Network and the Utah Film Center about where you can find resources to support your students through the filmmaking process!

The presentation will allow you to click on shared resources to help you start using in your classroom right away.

In this lesson students will be learning about 3-D shapes. They watch a video about 3-D shape and how to describe those shapes by identifying the number of faces those shapes have. Students will then find examples of 3-D shapes in the classroom and photograph them. They will then create a book using the Pages app on the iPad to show what they have learned about 3-D shapes in their environment.Image Citation: Picture taken by Amanda Lawing

This is a video read-aloud of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. In the internationally acclaimed The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a tiny caterpillar eats and eats…and eats his way through the week. Taken from The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories collection. Based on Eric Carle's picture book.

Media specialist Victor Darrigrandi explains the process for teaching students how to safely operate video drones. Darrigrandi believes that as drones become more popular in video production, operating them is a valuable skill for students to learn.

This article provides an overview of the free online tool VoiceThread and discusses how elementary teachers might use it in language arts and science classes. Resources provided.

What exactly is online multimedia? We'll look at some examples related to earthquakes and volcanoes.

A walk through Utah's Online Library focusing on the tools available for preschool and elementary students in the state of Utah.

Recording of Day 1 of the Three Branches Institute, featuring a condensed version of WHHA's "White House 101" lecture, exploration of WHHA's 360 Virtual Tour of the White House, and some discussion.

Please note that there will be "dead air" during the mid program break as well as the second half breakout rooms.

A brief overview of the tools available in WorldBook Kids offered through Utah's Online Library.