This season of UEN PDTV we are doing things differently. We will be introducing and exploring the new Education Technology Competencies throughout the season. In this episode, Katie Blunt, the new PDTV host, goes through the Utah Ed Tech Competencies with Rick Gaisford from USBE and then sees the competencies in action at UVU!

In this episode of UEN’s PDTV, host Katie Blunt visits Escalante Elementary in Salt Lake City to meet with the school’s Beverly Taylor Sorensen visual arts specialist, Megan Hallet. First, Megan shows us how she uses Utah’s Ed Tech competencies to create art lessons that teach beyond the classroom. Then, Katie shares insight into how you can incorporate creativity into your classroom to encourage students to connect positively to their society.

In this episode of PDTV, host Katie Blunt travels to Delta, Utah to visit Utah’s 2023 Teacher of the Year - Chad Warnick. First, see real-life examples of how Chad implements Utah’s EdTech competencies in his teaching to create a classroom that supports 21st-century learners. Then, Katie walks you through how you can apply the same competencies to your lessons!

In this episode of PDTV, Host Katie Blunt travels to Park City, Utah, to see the 4Cs of education in action! Kindergarten teacher Amanda Lewing at Trailside Elementary shares how she’s had success using technology tools to develop creative and engaging lessons that encourage the 4Cs in her classroom.

On this episode of UEN PDTV, Katie Blunt travels to Provo to visit with attendees at the annual conference of the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET). She talks to a teacher, an administrator, and a UCET board member about how the UCET conference provides them with opportunities for professional growth.

In this special two-part episode of UEN’s PDTV, host Katie Blunt is visiting the Jean Massieu School of the Deaf in Salt Lake City to see Utah’s EdTech Competencies in action.

This episode will follow Katie as she meets with middle school math teacher Coleen Jennings who is showing us how she integrates UDL (Universal Design for Learning) in her lessons to ensure they are engaging and accessible for all her students.

The Big6 is a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information. Students can use this model to guide them through the research process. This resource is an information literacy lesson plan for young children.

The Big6 is a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information. Students can use this model to guide them through the research process. This page of the Big 6 website is a pdf version of a PowerPoint presentation about note-taking.

The Big6 is a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information. Students can use this model to guide them through the research process. This resource describes a Big6 lesson for secondary students focused on teaching them to participate as U.S. citizens.

The Big6 is a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information. Students can use this model to guide them through the research process. This resource helps students evaluate print resources using the Big6 and the CAARS models.

Production of Educational Videos is an introduction to technical communication that is situated in the production of educational videos; the assignments are all focused on the production of videos that teach some aspect of MIT's first-year core curriculum. The objective of these assignments is improvement in both communication ability and communication habits; these improvements are effected by providing participants with instruction, practice, feedback, and the opportunity for reflection. In addition to improvements in communication skills, improvement is expected in students' attitude towards writing, oral presentations, and collaboration; as the semester progresses, students should feel confident of their ability to write, present, and collaborate.

The Big6 is a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information. Students can use this model to guide them through the research process. This resource is a presentation about digital research and information literacy.

This article explorees reading for information using the "Trash-N-Treasure" method of teaching note-taking.

The Big6 is a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information. Students can use this model to guide them through the research process. This resource is an editable research project organizer for grades 7-12.

The Big6 is a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information. Students can use this model to guide them through the research process. This resource describes a Big6 lesson focused on research questions which call for more than information gathering.

This is a lesson plan created by Copyright & Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens. In this lesson plan, young students learn the importance of attribution—getting credit for the work they do and giving credit to others for their creative work. Included with this resource are the lesson plan (pdf), and links to an accompanying Google Slides presentation and YouTube video.

This video was created to accompany the Respect the Person lesson plan. The purpose of the lesson plan is to promote creave expression and help students realize the importance of attribution—getting credit for the work they do and giving credit to others for their creave work. The accompanying lesson plan and slides can be found on the Copyright & Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens elementary curriculum webpage: https://copyrightandcreativity.org/elementary-school/

This Slides presentation was created to accompany the Respect the Person lesson plan. The purpose of the lesson plan is to promote creave expression and help students realize the importance of attribution—getting credit for the work they do and giving credit to others for their creave work. The accompanying lesson plan and video can be found on the Copyright & Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens elementary curriculum webpage: https://copyrightandcreativity.org/elementary-school/

The purpose of this lesson plan is to promote creave expression and help students realize the importance of attribution—getting credit for the work they do and giving credit to others for their creave work. Slides and a video to accompany this lesson plan can be found on the Copyright & Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens elementary curriculum webpage: https://copyrightandcreativity.org/elementary-school/

The Big6 is a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information. Students can use this model to guide them through the research process. This resource is an assessment tool to meausre student progress in each Big6 skill area.