In this episode we talk with Dr. Darren Draper, Director of Innovative Learning in Alpine School District. Our topics include: what does innovation look like, what are the reasons why schools are slow to change, what is PIC RAT, and Dani shares an amazing tech tip.

This week UEN Homeroom is pleased to rebroadcast our interview with Dr. Janice Bradley, Assistant Director with the Utah Education Policy Center. During the conversation we cover topics like how to deal with a teacher who's a "downer", what role does a school leader play in changing a toxic culture, and how can a teacher make a difference in a negative school culture.

In this episode of Homeroom,Jared and Dani are joined by Dr. Janice Bradley, Assistant Director with the Utah Education Policy Center. We cover topics such as: how to deal with a teacher who's a "downer", what role does a school leader play in changing a toxic culture, and how can a teacher make a difference in a negative school culture.

Students will listen to a brief biography, view photographs of the March on Washington, hear a portion of King's "I Have a Dream" speech, and discuss what King's words mean to them.

As part of our special, Learn @ Home series, UEN Homeroom connects with Dr. Laura Rogers, Assistant Profession in the College of Education at the University of Utah. During our distance conversation we talk about how she is managing her classes as they transition from in-person to online, the importance of compassion in dealing with this stressful situation and why you need to be prepared with Girl Scout Cookies.

This week we talk with Dr. Pablo Riboldi, Assistant Director of Instructional Design at Brigham Young University, about how and why technologies fail to get adopted. During our discussion we explore the four elements of diffusion in technology, the role that politics play in educational technology, and how social capital is just as important as technical skills with successful technology rollouts.

Jared and Dani are thrilled to talk with Dr. Ray Timothy, CEO of the Utah Education and Telehealth Network, this week in UEN Homeroom. Our conversation focuses on building relationships with community leaders and we discuss the following topics: how UETN plays a role in procuring funding for education in Utah, the role UETN will play in the future of technology needs in schools, how school or district leaders can build relationships with their local communities, and how UETN makes a difference for students and families in Utah.

UEN Homeroom is excited to welcome the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. Syndee Dickson, to be the final guest in our Learn @ Home series. As part of her role in guiding K-12 schools we talk with Dr. Dickson about the decisions leading up to the soft close of schools and the eventual decision to close in-person instruction for the rest of the school year. We also cover topics like preparing the state for distance learning for the past several years through the DTL program, how to help families and communities through services provided at the schools, and how to help schools return, recover, and reimagine education for the future.

Draft letters ask students to think critically about their writing on a specific assignment before submitting their work to a reader. This lesson explains and provides models for the strategy.

Gemini is your AI-powered assistant for education. Leverage your existing content to quickly create new material using Gemini in Docs. Here, an educator transforms a bulleted list of notes about one of their students into a first draft of a recommendation letter in seconds. It’s important to remember the educator should always be in the loop.

This document is an order to show cause in the Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court case. An order to show cause explains that a defendant is expected to appear before the judge and defend his or her actions. The document shows damage from the 1898 fire in the Capitol Building.

This video segment from Kentucky Life explains the differences between dragonflies and damselflies and explores their habitats.

Dragons Love TacosNarrative/Story Grammar Lesson Plan Could be added to any Narrative Retell Unit

Students will investigate a series of maps depicting a voyage by Sir Francis Drake which involved attacks on the Spanish settlements off the coast of Africa (Santiago), Caribbean (Santo Domingo), South America (Cartagena), and North America (St. Augustine). Students will then examine a map of the entire voyage. Students will look closely at the details of each of these depictions and draw conclusions about the individual events as well as the entire voyage.

Children will act out the story by copying the actions the little girl has done while wearing different shoes  to help demonstrate the beginning, middle, and end of the story. 

Children will act out the story with a beginning, middle, and end. Children will be able to identify body parts, review and label several color words, and use rhyming to predict what will be painted next.  

Children will be assigned a main character in a story they have recently read.  They will act out the story with a beginning, middle, and end.

Children will be assigned a main character in a story they have recently read.  They will act out the story with a beginning, middle, and end. Mel is learning to fly and perseveres until she is successful.

Children will be assigned a main character in a story they have recently read.  They will act out the story with a beginning, middle, and end. 

Children will be assigned a main character in a story they have recently read.  They will act out the story with a beginning, middle, and end.