This August we are highlighting the following back-to-school topics:
In this video from Thirsty for Art, students participate in an art therapy activity for stress management. This easy art project helps students use imagery and intuition to tap into peace and calmness.
In this video from Thirsty for Art, students participate in an art therapy activity for when they are feeling anxious. Using oil pastels, they learn how to draw their emotions and explore the meaning behind their creations.
In this video from Thirsty for Art, students participate in an art therapy activity to help them feel calm and relaxed. This expressive art exercise helps students to let go of trying to control, quiet the brain, and get into a creative flow.
In this Check-Ins: Share Ideas lesson, students practice self-management, and more specifically stress management, by completing a Draw It activity to share words and images that help them feel calm and happy.
In this video from Thirsty for Art, students participate in a nature art therapy activity using natural materials like pebbles, twigs, and leaves.
In this SEL activity, students practice CASEL competency by strengthening their understanding of how counting breaths can help them get calm. This lesson can be used to easily infuse social and emotional learning into classroom schedules.
Help students organize groups and projects within Google Sheets.
Learn how to personalize learning using technology! Utah teachers have a large amount of technology to explore and use in their classrooms. In this episode of the PCBL + Technology webinar series, learn how to utilize Adobe creative tools to support personalized, competency-based learning in your classroom.
Learn about how to connect Google for Edu in your classroom with personalized, competency-based learning!
Learn how to personalize learning using technology! Utah teachers have a large amount of technology to explore and use in their classrooms. In this episode of the PCBL + Technology webinar series, learn how to utilize Microsoft tools to support personalized, competency-based learning in your classroom.
Learn how to personalize learning using technology! Utah teachers have a large amount of technology to explore and use in their classrooms. In this episode of the PCBL + Technology webinar series, learn how to utilize Nearpod to support personalized, competency-based learning in your classroom.
Learn how to personalize learning using technology! Utah teachers have a large amount of technology to explore and use in their classrooms. Learn how to apply key technologies available to Utah teachers in the PCBL + Technology webinar series. This is the first of eight webinars in the PCBL + Technology series.
Learn how to personalize learning using technology! Utah teachers have a large amount of technology to explore and use in their classrooms. In this episode of the PCBL + Technology webinar series, learn how to utilize Utah's Online Library to support personalized, competency-based learning in your classroom.
Learn how to personalize learning using technology! Utah teachers have a large amount of technology to explore and use in their classrooms. In this episode of the PCBL + Technology webinar series, learn how to utilize eMedia to support personalized, competency-based learning in your classroom.
On this episode of UEN PDTV, Katie Blunt travels to Manti Elementary where computer science specialist, Julia Bratton, demonstrates how she incorporates critical thinking, project-based learning, and computational thinking into her classroom.
In this episode of PDTV, Katie Blunt talks to Dr. Camille Cole from Canyons School District about EdTech Competency 1A: essential education technology skills. We see how three 1st grade teachers at Crescent Elementary are mastering this competency by implementing Canvas in the classroom.
On this episode of UEN PDTV, Katie Blunt discusses with Utah State Board of Education curriculum specialists Robert Austin and Naomi Watkins about information literacy in the classroom. We learn from Utah teachers Charlotte Ducos and Williams Shields on how they are preparing students to navigate the vast wealth of information they are presented with every day and how to lead challenging, yet historically accurate, discussions in the classroom.
In this episode of UEN PDTV, host Katie Blunt is in Moab, Utah where she walks us through the importance of researching and strategizing to find the best ways to use educational technology tools in your classroom. Then, we see it in action as 2nd-grade teacher Abbey Martinez at Helen M. Knight Elementary explains how she’s had success using Nearpod as a digital tool to create productive and engaging lessons for her students.
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!
On this episode of UEN PDTV, teachers from Alpine School District share the secrets of their success with mathematics instruction. Host Katie Blunt guides us in understanding how reflective practice and data analysis have contributed to positive changes in their students' attitudes, interactions, and academic achievements.