Weekly Post - UEN

This week we learned about UEN - Utah Education Network. Our assignment is to create our own page on the Utah Education Network.

This is something entirely new to me, I've never heard of the Utah Education Network. What a valuable resource it is. There are so many free resources through this site which is so important for underpaid educators. I'm excited to learn more about this as I explore through UEN's extensive site. I'm sure it will come in handy as I am planning my preschool lesson plans for my student teaching this semester.

I really enjoy the Preschool Pioneer through Pioneer Online Library because I want to teach preschool and pretty much nothing else. This is a great resource to keep in the loop through blogs, current news, and research. Because I will most likely open a preschool in my house, it is up to me to keep up to date on everything. If I had access to the resources on UEN it would be very beneficial for me and my career as a preschool teacher.

If I don't end up teaching in my home I hope to teach at a school that has access to UEN. There are many resources that would be helpful in developing a class like clip art, movie clips, activities, etc. Because teachers don't have a large budget it is important to use as many free resources as possible. Especially in preschool, classrooms have a lot of visuals. Clip art subscriptions can be expensive at times so if you had access to free clip art, like through UEN, it would help a ton.

Another major benefit would be having a web page for the class. Parents could access it and have the links to things we did in class, or movies to watch at home, or books of the month. There are so many tools and services like calendars and bookmarks and messages - everything you needed parents to know could be easily communicated through a UEN web page - that is if they would continually check it. I think the parents would find it very helpful and convenient.

Video Post

Obama makes a good point - you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. So it is with education. It can be placed right in front of you but only you can reach out and take it. It is important for students to be proactive in their education. Everyone has their own trials and adversities but they work past them and so can you.