July UCET Newsletter

Written by Nathan Smith on July 17, 2017. Posted in Newsletter.

CURRENT ISSUE: 2017-07_UCET_NEWSLETTER

Table of Contents:

ISTE Objective: Teachers foster a culture of student agency where learners are empowered to take ownership over their learning goals and outcomes.
Learn to Use Some Great Educational Technology Tools! Video tutorials on
- Tally
- Google Autodraw
- WeTransfer
- Vocaroo
- Photovisi
- TimerTab
- Name Picker Ninja
- ClassTag
- Unio
- Dictate GMail Messages
- 5 Useful Websites You Wish You Had Known Earlier
- Google Trends
- Google My Maps
- ClassFlow
- Prezi
- Computer Game Creation Tools
- DragOnTape
- Recite
- Google Forms Quiz Template
- IFTTT
- Google Add-ons
- Google Chrome Extensions
- AppAdvice Daily
- GarageBand
- Kahoot!
- Class Calendar in Google Calendar
- LucidChart
- Twitter
- Microsoft OneDrive / SkyDrive for Mac or PC
- Excel analytics

Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith is Director of Technology for the College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University. In that role, he also directs The Adele & Dale Young Education Technology Center (The YETC) located in room 170 of the Education Building on Utah State University's Logan campus. The YETC is a combination student openaccess computer facility, a K12 curriculum materials library, a NASA Educator Resource Center for Utah, and a technology training center. Nathan served eight years (20042012) on the Board of Directors for the Utah Coalition for Education Technology (UCET) He was reelected in 2014 to serve another two year term on the board. A former elementary school teacher, Nathan has taught students every age from young children to senior citizens. He has had the opportunity beginning in 2011 to train international high school teachers from all over the world about technology in education, through the U.S. State