UEN Reflection

UEN... If you asked me 1 week ago, I would have told you that it is a channel on the TV. After this long assignment, I really have a good feel of what it it. UEN is such a great tool that I could use now and later on when I start my career. I think that when I create a public profile for my class, I can put so many things on it. I think that the most useful thing for me as a beginning teacher would be the Lesson Plans and the Core Curriculum. I will have lesson plans, but if one is unsuccessful, I can get on to the page and see a different way of teaching that particular core curriculum to my students. I especially love how easy it is to use.
When I have my students do work where they need to find information I will have them only be able to use what is on Pioneer Library. I think that Searchasaurus will be the best resource for them. Since I am planning on being a Kindergarten teacher, I think that the interactive activities will be the most useful of all. I think anyway a child can interact with what is being taught is great.
When I teach my students, I think that a really good thing to teach is diversity. To teach it, I think the Culturegrams would be a great tool to use. We could use it to decide which country we want to know more about. I am a huge fan of writing letters and communicating with webcams. I absolutely loved this tool. I may just use it on my own for a lot of other things.
Overall, the assignment was frustrating because it took so long, but I think that it is a good way to teach all the interesting things that UEN has to offer. I am excited to keep looking at the website and seeing what other great tools it has, and how I can better my web page. I feel that this is not just a great site for teachers, but also students. I want to spread the word out about what a great resource tool this is.
This week my video is about letting students blog. I like this video because it has young children using blogs to learn. I can understand how you can incorporate blogging into a high school curriculum, but it is kind of hard for an elementary teacher to do it. Simple easy assignments can be done and then the parents will be able to see the great work the students are doing.