Utah Women’s History website
YOU Make a Difference – #UCET18 Twitter Contest – #YOUCET
You may have seen the above image floating around Twitter recently and may have wondered what it was all about. Well, it’s a way to show appreciation for the amazing teachers here in the state who are using technology effectively to help their students learn and grow, it’s about showing appreciation for the amazing teachers behind the technology in our schools! But it’s more than just a way to show appreciation for these teachers, it’s a way to help enter them for a chance to win a FREE registration for UCET 2108 at the University of Utah, happening on March 22-23. Plus, you also get registered for a chance to win a FREE registration for you too! Want to learn more, keep reading below!
What?
A contest to Give Away Free Registrations to #UCET18
How?
Give a shout out to a teacher who is doing a great job! They don’t cost anything, if you see someone doing something awesome, let them know!
** See the actual specific steps below.
When?
Anytime between now and the conference.
Why?
Because this year’s conference theme is YOUcet and we want to focus on the teacher’s who make the awesome things happen.
How (specific steps)?
- Save the “You Make a Difference” image (it’s the one at the top of this post or floating around on Twitter)
- Tweet out how the person you’ve chosen is making a positive impact on education here in Utah
- Use the #YOUcet hashtag
- Make sure you use the person’s twitter handle (this is pretty important so we know who they are!)
- Be specific with your praise!
You and the person you tag will both be entered for a free UCET registration, we’ll draw one each month leading up to the conference. And remember, pass the goodness on! If you get one, give one! #PassItOn
UELMA Award Nominations
2008 UELMA Award Nominations
Do YOU know a school librarian who embraces challenges, spends her/his time
collaborating and being all-around indispensable? Do students flock to the school library because they enjoy books, reading, giving and getting feedback and suggestions from that librarian? Do you go to that librarian for advice about Nearpod, Kahoot, Adobe Spark or other technology questions? Nominate that jewel for a UELMA award! We need to encourage those amazing library teachers who advocate and support student learning with
https://goo.gl/forms/8YaxHsSGQ3VdBKeG3
The UELMA CONFERENCE is March 9, 2018 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center.
For more information visit UELMA’s website, http://www.uelmaconference.org/
Teachers, Share Your Voice!
The following is a message from the Utah Teacher Fellows Program. Please consider taking a few minutes either today (Friday) or tomorrow (Saturday) to share your semi-anonymous (they need your school district information) thoughts on the topic of Teacher Leaders and Leadership.
Hello, fellow Utah educators and administrators-
As you have hopefully heard by now, the first cohort of the Utah Teacher Fellows Program a partnership of Hope Street Group and NNSTOY launched this summer. This teacher voice network works with the Utah State Board of Education, to make sure that classroom teacher voices are included in Utah policy decisions.
We are working to gather teacher perspectives around the topic of Teacher Leaders and Leadership. We want to make sure that opinions of licensed k-12 teachers from all regions of Utah are included in our report.
Our survey will only take a few minutes to complete and the opinions you and your colleagues share are instrumental in informing education policy here in Utah. Your responses are anonymous.
The survey is open until Saturday, October 28th:
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/
After you take the survey, can you please share the survey link with your colleagues? If you are an administrator, could you encourage all the teachers at your school to participate? The more teachers who share their voice, the bigger the impact.
Thanks in advance!
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Thanks
The Utah Teacher Fellows.
It’s Almost Here!
Hello friends!! Can you believe that UCET is fast approaching? Neither can I. It's about this time of year each year that I get excited and nervous and more excited as I start to think about all of the great things that will be happening at UCET this year! This year as I'm starting to look at all of the exciting things that UCET has to offer I can't wait to join in and be a part of one the greatest conferences ever!
Recently I was in Florida attending the Future of Educational Technology Conference. This was my first time attending and I marveled at the size of the venue and how many teachers were there. I felt like a small fish in a big pond. I wandered around the conference center and I realized that I was missing the community that I feel whenever I go to UCET. I love going to UCET an catching up with old friends and meeting new friends. It is great to collaborate with teachers from the great state of Utah and see what everyone is doing to better the lives of their students. I'm reminded of the first few years I attended UCET, I was a student and I was simply amazed at how all of these teachers would come together to better education and that's all I wanted to do. They have certainly helped to shape me as an educator. Thank you! Thank you UCET attendees for creating the amazing commmunity that we all enjoy!