Reflection #7

UEN is an amazing resource! There are so many different things you can do using UEN, and it is all there for you in one place. I will definitely use UEN in my future classroom. I couldn’t see myself not using it.
Pioneer Library has so much information on so many different topics all in one place. I will have my students do a lot of their assignments using Pioneer Library. They can use CultureGrams to learn about any country in the world. They can find out food, language, dress, education, and so many other things about any country all in one place. They can also use Searchasaurus to find out information on any subject. SIRS is also a very helpful tool. My students can use this to learn about current events, past history, important dates, and so many other things! My students can also use Pioneer to read articles from the Utah newspapers. I will have them research an article I write a response to it. Pioneer Library is amazing!
I loved learning about interactive. There are so many different things I can use to help my students learn. They can learn in a fun way through interactive. This helps my students to not get bored easily, and it gives them something fun and exciting.
I could not believe all of the lesson plans and curriculum on UEN! I thought I would have to make up every single lesson plan for my whole teaching career, but that is definitely not true! I can go to UEN and get ideas from other people. I can also always know exactly what I need to teach my students by looking up curriculum. If parents, students, or anyone else ever wonders what I am teaching, all I have to do is pull up the page on curriculum, and show them. UEN will be my best friend when I start teaching! It is amazing!

The video for this week. Surface Computing, was very interesting. I think it is amazing how far technology has come. Not even one hundred years ago we couldn't communicate with anyone rather than face to face, but now we have computers that are basically a table! Surface computers are amazing. You can do things on a computer that we are used to doing on paper. We can now sort, organize, etc. items a lot faster and easier.