UEN in the Future

UEN has a good number of useful features that easily translate into classroom application. The first one is the most important for all of us and that is the core curriculum. As teachers there are things we have to teach to our students. These are the standards that have been set for each student in the state to know. If we are doing our jobs properly, then they will know each and every thing in the core curriculum when they leave our classrooms. Ideally.

The lesson plans on the UEN site are great. I've used them for lesson plans and unit plans in other classes and they've come in great for getting ideas when I'm stuck for how to teach a particular subject. Granted, they don't all use the models of instruction that we learn here in the classroom, but not all of the lesson plans we use in the future will work with those. Sometime we just have to make our own model of instruction!

Next up would be the interactives and Pioneer Library. These two items allow you to assign exploratory work to students. Allowing them to discover while they learn. These can be done at home or in class and will generally be much more enjoyable than the usual kind of reading assignments that are assigned in a social studies class. They will also help the student and me know what the student doesn't know so that we can focus on those things and get those gaps filled.

Among the other things I found interesting on the UEN site was the ability to find about teacher workshops and improvement opportunities all over the state. I also found the UEN-TV option to be interesting and when I actually have spare time again, may actually take a bit to take a closer look at it.