Jan+9+-+UEN

= ** Host: ** **Utah Education Network** =

**Location:** University Guest House & Conference Center City Creek Conference Room 110 South Fort Douglas Salt Lake City, UT 84113

Park on the west side of the building and use the Conference Center Entrance. A parking permit is not required even though the signs in the parking lot say it is. We have a moratorium on the lot so you do not n eed a parking pass.

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**AGENDA**
Contact Lisa Cohne for more information, handouts, etc. lcohne@uen.org || Notes: **Timeline for UEN history located here -**
 * 8:30 AM || Breakfast ||
 * 9:00 AM || Introductions - New UEN instructors - Dani Sloan, Michael H. and Jared Fawson - Pat Lambrose - EdReady.org - NROC group - College readiness ||
 * 9:10 AM || 5 things you didn’t know about UEN and a couple you forgot - Rich Finlinson ||
 * 9:40 AM || Gale Reference Collection (Using Kahoot ) - Justin Brooksby ||
 * 10:20 AM || NetSafe Utah App - Katie Garrett ||
 * 10:35 AM || UEN Announcements (NetSafe Grant) - Laura Hunter ||
 * 10:40 AM || FNX and Preschool Pioneer - Lisa Cohne
 * 10:50 AM || Break ||
 * 11:00 AM || Tiny Tap - Rob Bentley; Examples: A Game About Opposites, Kitchen Arithmetic, Multiplication Practice ||
 * 12:00 PM || Lunch ||
 * 12:45 PM || UCET, UELMA Announcements ||
 * 1:00 PM || Blended Learning - Michael Hakkarinen with Jared Ward “B.L.A.C.K. Training Series” and Canvas Course sharing ||
 * 2:00 PM || USOE Announcements ||

**Rich Finlinson** - Rich brought several artifacts to help us understand where and how UEN was born. UEN Genesis - 1956 - Dr. Ray Olpin put together research about using Closed Circuit TV for education. He got $100,000.00. KUED was built with used equipment from local TV stations. KUED started out in 1958. KUER Radio came on in 1961. //SETOC// - State Educational Telecommunications Operation Central - SETOC, the first name for UEN, was doing experiments with microwave. Steve Hess - First director of UEN. Other Names EDNet, Utah Education Network - 1991 & 1992 - Started using UEN as their name. 1986 - KULC became Utah Learning Channel went on the air to broadcast exclusively for public education. It o nly broadcast 9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. Later it evolved and became UEN TV. UEN in a Nutshell - Animated Video - (3.15 Minutes) - Explains UEN's purpose and activities. UETN - This is the umbrella over UEN and UTN - Utah Telehealth Network helps provide teleconferencing between people and clinicians in Utah and beyond. Telestroke - stroke symtoms - set of connections including telemetry to connect with a remote Dr. 1991 - 50 Educators were trained 1992 - ITV guide was 245 Pages 1997 - UtahLINK a top 10 project nationally NetNews: 1997 - 1400 people on the mailing list January 2015 - 34,000 educators on the mailing list, 5019 opened the email, 629 links were followed. Just so we all know, Justin doesn't know what a cassette tape player is. And we entrust this man with leadership! Even more interesting, 4 year old Rick had a fondness for putting things, like keys, in electrical outlets. We are lucky he made it today.

Justin Brooksby - Gale Reference Collection - Kahoot is web-based - Not an app. We used two devices to play the Kahoot game that Justin invented. The game was a vehicle for us to investigate the new Gale Reference Collection. It was great fun! Ogden Team (Go Ogden!) won some silly putty!

If you have a Kahoot account you can access Justin's Kahoot game. It would make a great template! Plus there are some great shots of Alexander Graham Bell!
 * The question and answer choices appeared on the screen at the front of the room.
 * The answers buttons appeared on our devices.
 * We used our laptops to search for answers at Pioneer Library Gale Reference Collection.

New Netsafe Video - New Netsafe App -
 * Laura Hunter & Katie Garrett - NetSafe - **

Trainers Toolkit - $ is available Become a trainer - Conduct a Netsafe workshop between October, 2014 and the end of February 2015, to get money for your school or district. Laura Hunter or Rob Bentley at UEN are contacts.


 * Li ** **sa Cohne - FNX - First Nations Experience** - About - Check out the videos including Shirlee Silversmith. Edward Gomez, "Most Indians are Dead." Edward talks about some of the misconceptions about Native Americans.

PreMedia - Netflix for young children - **PreMedia User Name: premedia** **Password: learn1** Students are coming to school without the fine motor schools for writing. lcohne@uen.org - contact her for more bookmarks and information on PreMedia and PreSchool Pioneer.
 * Lisa Cohne - PreSchool Pioneer - ** Now mirrored completely in Spanish. Please be sure to spread the word about PreSchool Pioneer. Talk to your Early Childhood, Kindergarten, special ed and K - 2 teachers. There is a calendar available each month. Includes resources for holidays, curriculum topics etc.

**Rob Bentley** - A new class at UEN about creating games and assessments. Tiny Tap is one of the apps they spotlight. With Tiny Tap you can create games or digital books. Dice Within Dice - Learning Resources -

Announcement - SLCSD hired a new Ed. Tech. Spec. - **Alex Rowe** - Yippee!


 * UCET - Leslie Lewis & Katie Blunt ** -

//**#utedchat Utah EdChats - 9:00 P.M. Wednesday nights**// - **Dani K. Sloan** - New Year's Resolutions for teachers was the topic for 1/8/15

Exciting News - 6/8 of our sought-after posters are ready for you to disperse. Take what you need. We'll have more next month! Thanks to Katie Blunt and Nathan Smith for the innovative concept, theme and amazing art work. And yes, we okayed everything with the state. No copyright violators are we.

Win prizes in our on-going Contest - Participate in our Pre-Conference Activity and win prizes! Take a photo of yourself in well-known Utah locations showing off your “elevated” tech, then post your photo on your favorite social media sites with the hashtag: #techelevated and #ucet2015. Conference - Registration to go live next week -
 * Two keynotes -
 * Vicki Davis from Camila, Georgia - Cool Cat Teacher Blog
 * Jay McFarland - KSL radio host. - He may do an over-the-shoulder on Game Salad in addition to his keynote.
 * 12 presenters at this time
 * Working on vendors


 * UELMA - Friday, March 20. - ** We are going to trade booths with them. We'll have one at **UELMA** and they'll have one at **UCET.**

**USOE - Rick Gaisford** - **Century Link Grant** closed Jan. 2, 2015. There were 110 Grants submitted. There are fewer grant proposals this year. Century Grants doubled the the amount for which teachers can apply to $5,000.00.

Rick would really appreciate some volunteers to help with the grant reading process.


 * Thursday, February 12, 2015 **


 * 8:00 am to 3:00 pm (maybe a little later) **


 * CenturyLink Building: 250 E 200 S, Salt Lake City **

Rick is buying lunch.

If you are willing to help out, please complete the following form at:

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// Informational webinar on the modernization of the E-Rate program recently approved by the FCC. //
 * E - Rate **

// The Schools and Libraries Universal Service Program (aka E-rate) has just undergone the greatest transformation since it was originally authorized in 1996. These changes offer new opportunities previously unavailable to many E-rate eligible schools and libraries in Utah. Join us for an E-rate webinar session where we’ll discuss these changes, offer our perspective on new opportunities, and brainstorm with constituents on how to best take advantage of E-rate 2.0. Topics will include: //
 * // New Annual Funding Cap - $3.9B annually //
 * // Category 2 (fka Priority 2) additional funding and new service possibilities //
 * // E-rate qualification, competitive bidding, application process, and timelines //
 * // UEN and USOE resources available to you to help you navigate the E-rate process //

// Sabrina Scott, Melinda Brereton and others from UEN will explain these changes and available resources. // // You may attend this meeting in-person at USOE or online via Adobe Connect // // Date: Thursday, January 22, 2015 // // Time: 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM // // USOE Studio (Basement Level) // // 250 E 500 S // // SLC, Ut // // Adobe Connect // // [] // // If you plan to participate, please complete the RSVP form found here: // // [] //

**Digital Technology Teaching and Learning Bill** - Stevenson and Gibson are sponsoring. No longer grant-based. It will be a formula funding. Districts who have a lot of capital outlay would not get as much money. There would be 91.5 Million dollars for schools with an additional 1.5 mil for UEN. The bill is moving in a good direction. Still have work to do.

**TedXLive Event - Rachel Murphy** - working on this. Looking for a large room. Auditorium for 100 people or so. Don't want it too big. Little Theatre?

Jared and Michael used NearPod and Kahoot for their presentation. Recommended Book - Essentials 4 Blended Learning - Jared Stein (Author), Charles R. Graham (Author)
 * Jared Ward ** - #wardjhs - edtech at Canyons - Founder of Flipping Utah.
 * Michael Hakkarinen ** - @edtechakk - Creator of the Jared Ward fan club - to join - tweet #wardjhs
 * Blended Learning - ** (addressing multiple learning styles - audio, kinetic, print, station-learning, hands-on, switching around when the content is delivered =do video at home assessment at school, optimize your face2face time, good learning can't happen without a good teacher in a classroom delivering in multiple literacies.) Onsite - brick and mortar, online and a combination thereof.


 * Have there been complaints from parents for asking students to work beyond the COMPULSARY WORK TIME? Teachers need to be careful not to assign too much work at home. Coordinate with other teachers so that won't happen.
 * Blended learning does not mean the same as Flipped Classroom.
 * One of the positives about a blended learning classroom is that the resources are on line for students who forget assignments etc. and parents to view what is going on in the classroom.
 * You **don't** cover MORE content but you can go DEEPER.
 * Blended Learning has the power to increase student learning.
 * Play, fun, good times do improve student outcome
 * More intentional instructional design
 * Increased guidance and triggers (Online) (if you miss the class the content is still available)
 * Steps to increase engagement - like badges
 * Create individualized assignments i.e. extended and remedial
 * Increased engagement through social interaction
 * Time on task - don't have to pass out papers, grading can happen online - quicker analytics
 * More interaction time between learners and teachers
 * Students feel safer to be wrong in small groups

**Black Diamond Teachers** - Teachers using Canvas in really effective ways. video - More information - Canyons Fast Track - Those of us outside of Canyons School District cannot join the course but we are welcome to use the resources.

There are two more Scheduled CForum meetings.


 * Provo City School District - **** February 6, 2015 **

Grandview Technology Center 1591 North Jordan Ave. (Located on Grandview Hill in north Provo). Please park on the south side of the smaller building and enter the south doors of that same building.

Room #316 PDC
 * Alpine School District - March 6, 2015 **


 * UCET April 2 & 3 2015 - Herriman High School **


 * Notes by Leslie Lewis**