UCET Podcast with Kiera Beddes

Welcome back to episode 7 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we take advantage of the opportunity of being together in person at the UCET conference to talk to a bunch of attendees as well as interview the UCET president, Clint Stephens. You can follow Clint on Twitter @sedcclint and check out his website https://sedcclint.com/ for more of his work with the Southwest Educational Development Center (SEDC).

Over of the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions to attendees at this year’s conference:

• Why are you here at UCET this year?
• What are you presenting? Or what session are you most excited for?
• As it’s the theme this year, how do you connect with others at UCET?

At the end of the episode, we take a minute to spotlight the upcoming EdcampUT events happening in April and June. Check out www.ucet.org/edcamp for more info about when and how to register!

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UCET Newsletter: https://ucet.org/newsletter/

UCET Edcamps: https://ucet.org/edcamp/

#utedchat Weds at 9 p.m. on Twitter: https://ucet.org/utedchat/

Special thanks to Matt Winters for the sound editing and Kiera Beddes for hosting.

Welcome back to episode 5 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we are focusing on how to plan and provide professional learning experiences for a grade-level team, department, school, or professional conference, and how teachers can find the best professional learning for themselves. We have two guests on this episode, Daron Kennett, the Professional Learning Supervisor for Davis School District, and Rob Bentley, a UEN instructor.

Over the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions:

• How can teachers use professional learning to rejuvenate their love of the profession?
• Why do teachers engage in professional learning? Why do you?
• What makes for excellent and/or effective professional learning for teachers?
• What are some challenges to designing good professional learning for teachers?

At the end of the episode, we discussed the future of professional learning and how teachers can take ownership of their own professional development. If you want more, you can read Daron’s book The Game Plan: A Multi-Year Blueprint to Create a School Culture of Literacy and Data Analysis and you can follow Rob at @robobent on Twitter.

Special thanks to Matt Winters for the sound editing and Kiera Beddes for hosting.

Welcome back to episode 6 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we are focusing on how to provide opportunities for students to engage virtually with experts, teams, and students, locally and globally. We not only want to discuss how to bring the world into our classrooms but how we can take our classrooms out into the world. We have two wonderful guests on this episode, Dany Macías, a teacher in Alpine School District, and Matt Winters, a UEN instructor.

Over the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions:

• Why is it important to learn about the world beyond our city/state/country?
• What are some tech tools that can help educators engage virtually with people outside of the classroom?
• What are some challenges teaching a globalized perspective?

At the end of the episode, we discussed some of the best ways to develop global citizens, for our students and for ourselves as educators. If you want more, you can follow Dany on Instagram @Book_Talk_Lady and Matt can be found on Twitter @TeacherWinters or https://www.teacherwinters.net/

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Nearpod
• Newsela
• KisstheBook Blog
• Flipgrid Pals
• National Endowment for the Humanities Professional Development Programs
• UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Newslit.org Newsroom to Classroom feature
• UCET Grant Wakelet
• #Globaledchat every 3rd Thursday on Twitter

Special thanks to Matt Winters for the sound editing and Kiera Beddes for hosting.

Welcome back to episode 4 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we are focusing on modeling and facilitating the responsible repurposing and remixing of digital resources by students by discussing innovation in education and how teachers and students can best adapt to the ever-changing educational landscape. We have two guests on this episode, Quinn Rollins, a social studies teacher with Granite district and Kayla Towner, a UEN instructor, former elementary teacher with Davis district.

Over of the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions:

1. What is the biggest challenge facing the education sector?
2. What is your favorite example of student innovation? Favorite example of teacher innovation?
3. Why does innovation in education matter?
4. What are the most critical skills for innovation?

At the end of the episode, we discussed why some educators are reluctant to change and how we can encourage innovation for all of our students. As was mentioned in the episode, we can’t just teach how we were taught, we can and should innovate to be better. You can follow Quinn at @jedikermit on Twitter and you can follow Kayla at @mrstowner9 on Twitter.

Special thanks to Matt Winters for the sound editing and Kiera Beddes for hosting.

Join our host, Matthew Winters, for a conversation about avoiding teacher burnout with Kiera Beddes, Cory Henwood, Sally James, and Taunya James. If you would like to be on a future episode of UCET Podcast, please email [email protected]

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