UEN Reflection

    

     I have really enjoyed getting to know my way around the UEN website. There are so many fun, easy, useful resources that are provided for free on this website. I know that I will use my public page for the students and the parents of the students in my classroom. This could be very helpful for them to locate different links, assignments, announcements, etc. I think that this will be a great tool in case a student loses an assignment or even tells their parents, "No I don't have homework" when they really do. The parents will be able to pull up my UEN website and see what we completed in class and if there is any homework/announcements for that day.

        I would have my students use UEN in multiple ways. One way that I would have them use it is by playing some of the informational, fun interactives that UEN provides. Not only are they fun games but it

teaches the children valuable lessons while playing these games. This would be an easy way for children to complete a lesson, because children love doing "fun" things! Another way I would have them use UEN is by looking up information through Pioneer Library. There are many different subtopics that are located throughout Pioneer Library. Some being: World Book, eMedia, Deseret News, Counties Of Utah, etc. They would be able to complete many reports/research projects through these helpful tools. One of my favorite things that we learned about was the eMedia and Soundzabound. I think it is awesome that I/the Students can get free videos and MP3 clips to watch and listen to!

        Another one that I thought was very interesting was the Counties of Utah. This could be very handy when the children are required to do a county report. The students can locate fun, interesting facts about their county through Pioneer Library. Another one that I found very interesting was the CultureGrams. I think this one would be very useful when teachers are discussing different cultures with thier children. They could pull up CultureGrams and actually find out facts about that country, and also see what it is like to be a student in that country.

        Some of the ways that I would use UEN for my benefit is looking up all the different lesson plans for each subject that UEN offers for free. I am allowed to take and use as many lesson plans as I want. I think it is really handy when you are trying to learn new, fun ways to teach the children. I can access these lesson plans and edit them so that they will work best for me. Another thing that is very helpful is that it states the grade's curriculum right on the UEN site. If I ever had a question about what needed to be taught, or if the parent's had a question of what is going to be taught throughout the year I could have them look at the curriculum. This is a VERY helpful tool that I know I will use all the time as a teacher!