Discover 30 fun and simple ideas for using built-in apps and features of iPad. Designed for teachers, these tips can help you save time on many tasks you do daily. Use Safari to easily eliminate distractions from web pages, and quickly create a PDF of any web page to share with students. Use Notes to digitize a printed handout you already have, or create engaging interactive handouts in Pages. You’ll find a wealth of ideas to help you stay organized, manage tasks, gather instructional resources, and more.

In this eMedia update, Katie Blunt walks us through the different accessibility tools offered on the eMedia site. We learn how to access resources with accessibility features and how to customize the site for easier navigating.

The Adobe Creative Suite of tools (available to all Utah public school educators) includes several powerful and practical educational tools. Most teachers, though, primarily use Adobe Spark. In this session, we'll go beyond Spark and learn how Character Animator, Aero, and Rush can help infuse more creativity and wonder into your classroom.

Museum archaeologists and educators lead students through this phenomenon-based investigation to identify and explain the difference between natural materials and synthetic materials. Students use early ceramics as a case study to evaluate how this early synthetic material impacted the lives of people who used them.

Dani and Jared are pleased to welcome Bri DeLeon and Richard Thomas, from Latinos in Action, into the Homeroom this week. During this powerful episode we discuss topics such as: How do we talk to students about racism? What does systemic racism look like in the education system? How do we encourage schools to celebrate diversity? How do we include parents and families into conversations about racism? And what are some strategies that can help create a more inclusive environment for faculty and students?

In this episode of UEN Homeroom,Dani and Matt are joined by ULEAD program director McKell Withers and the 6th grade teachers at Greenwood Elementary. Listen to learn more about the ULEAD education initiative and how these successful educators and their students have become "Bright Spots" in their school district.

Students will learn how to make a personal educational portfolio with Google Sites.

On this episode of UEN Homeroom,Dani and Matt are joined by Alfonso Mendoza, an EdTech professional, podcast host and educator. The three of them discuss using EdTech to build community and inclusivity.

Each student has emotions as complex and real as their supporting adults Ð but they donÕt always have the words to express and address those emotions. To support the entire student, educators must build a safe place and appropriate scaffolding to help students learn to talk about and take action for social and emotional wellbeing in the classroom.

In this episode, Matt and Dani talk with two groups of teachers about their experiences with burnout. They first talk with teachers from Ben Lomond High School in Ogden and then discuss the same topics with educators from the rural Piute School District. Listen to hear how burnout affects the educators in similar ways and how they are combatting it.

In this eMedia Update, explore Open Educational Practice (OEP) with Katie Blunt. We learn how eMedia tools and the OER Collective hub can help you contribute to the eMedia community and participate in building a library of quality Open Educational Resources (OER) for Utah’s educators and learners.

In this eMedia Update, Katie Blunt introduces us to the 5-star-rating system, comments, and evaluations. These tools can help educators easily find high-quality resources that other educators have found valuable.

In this eMedia Update, Katie Blunt teaches us how to use eMedia Groups and collaborate with educators all over the state. eMedia Groups make it easy to have discussions about resources and ask questions!

In this episode of UEN Homeroom, Dani and Matt are joined by Matheson Junior High Assistant Principal, Kamaal Ahmad. We learn how his sports and coaching background has shaped his leadership style and find out what he enjoys about being involved in his community.

This checklist will guide you when you import a previously used Canvas course into a new course.

Help students create more connections between classroom topics by creating a Google Drawing mind map.

In this eMedia Update, Katie Blunt will teach us how to create student-facing materials using the open author tool. These resources can range from classroom activities to videos!

Katie Blunt is back to teach us how to create your own Open Educational Resource through eMedia. These resources are easy to create, share and remix. Start building your resource today!