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This is just a quick note to say how much I LOVE UEN!! I honestly had no idea what was available here, and by fluke one day last December, I followed a professional development e-mail because I needed to re-certify. The courses offered are AMAZING!! I honestly can't believe that they're free. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
I've been taking UEN online courses since January 2008 and have learned so much and had my thinking stimulated and my technology skills polished. Because of my experience with UEN I actually WANT to get back in the classroom!
The facilitators have been great: they're very positive and take time to give feedback to assignments. I love how interactive the classes are while at the same time allowing me freedom to access them and work on them from my home at any hour of the day or night. I also love the colleagiality of connecting with other educators all over the state (and beyond) that helps teachers not feel so isolated. The discussion boards required as part of the classes give us a chance to really share our ideas and concerns in a way that I don't think even happens within a school because of time restraints and "politics."
The reason I happen to be writing this right now is because I followed a link to the Faculty Lounge to find out about creating screen-capture tutorials. I saw several faculty lounge presentations as part of my UEN classes and I love that they're archived so that I can go back and see what's there (I suffer from chronic curiosity). So, as is often the case with the Internet, I ended up following a link to the article written highlighting UEN's professional development at THE Journal and just thought everyone at UEN needed to know that what you do really does make a difference in teacher's lives and practice. It certainly has in mine. I will definitely be back, and I will probably bring other people with me.
I am using the new/redesigned UEN site and I really like it. Fewer links to get into resources and places. Good improvement!
Tim, just a quick note to thank you for the excellent presentation at USOE this last Monday about Dreamweaver. Your skill and enthusiasm kept the audience involved in the lesson. The tips and tricks you showed were most helpful. Many thanks again to you and UEN Professional Development for assisting the USOE Lunch and Learn program. You did great!
Thanks so much for your assistance. We had a fun day yesterday afternoon and teachers who are "technology challenged" said they felt comfortable using my.uen to create their web pages!
My, what a fresh new look to the uen.org homepage. Thanks for all you do for the teachers and students of Utah. Keep up the great work.
Congratulations to Tim, Jared, Ann, and all those associated with the Faculty Lounge for being mentioned in the national media! I have only visited the Faculty Lounge once in person, but I have listened to numerous shows, and they are great! Thanks for offering us all these wonderful opportunities to learn.
"Thanks for your hard work! The UEN site has been an invaluable resource for me and for parents saving us both quite a bit of time and eliminating a lot of frustration."
"You should know that even some of our veteran teachers who have been very resistant to technology and afraid to work with a website have had good success with my.uen. Parents and aides at the school who work with failing students have also made positive comments about the teachers having information available on class websites. So, you can tell whoever spent all that time creating my.uen, it has been very beneficial."
"I just wanted to tell you how much I, and my students, enjoy your program at 4 pm on Tuesdays (The Jerry Yarnell School of Fine Art).
Another station features him on Saturdays, but they frequently substitute religious shows, and you never know whether you will be able to see the full sequence of shows dealing with a particular painting.
We all hope you will continue featuring his excellent shows."
"Your Student Interactives for Grades 3-6 is such a creative, fun way for kids to learn about their health! I had a blast playing the games - Arnold was especially cool. Well, you did a great job putting it together and it's very generous to make it available to other schools."
"I use the PDF converter for at least 10 documents per week, every week of school. It is one of the most useful tools I have ever run across for teachers, enabling us to load documents onto our school webpages so that ALL parents are able to receive them, no matter what particular word processing program they use. Thanks for all that has gone into making this available to teachers, and thanks for your continued monitoring of the system to insure its successful operation.
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"I just wanted to say thank you for Sci-Fi Fridays. My family has really been enjoying the movies and the time spent together."
"I absolutely love the new 9.2 channel!! Thank you!"
" I just wanted to let you all know how much I love UEN Sci Fi Friday! My son and I have been making Sci Fi Friday our weekly date for about a year and a half or more now. It has been a nice, non-threatening, campy bonding time for us. Thanks so much for giving us something we can have fun with and spend regular time together doing. I hope it stays a part of your programming for a long time! "
"I just wanted to thank UEN for the ability to PDF files online. It is a lifesaver!"
"Wow! I wanted to say Thank you, thank you, thank you, for your wonderful fountain of information. I will definitely use your ideas and lesson plans in my Life Skills curriculum. You are a wonderful resource."
"I teach seventh grade at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Your resources have been very helpful. Thanks!"
"Just a note to say this month's (NetNews) newsletter has some quality information."
"Thanks very much for setting up the my.uen web sites for us teachers to use. This is a VERY valuable tool. I've only been using it a short time and already I’m wondering how I ever lived without it."
"Hi, I just wanted to tell you that your page about "the sewing machine parts" was sooooo helpful. I had a huge test on the sewing machine parts and their functions ... and I left all of my notes at school. I didn't know a single thing, so I had been frantically searching online to find a helpful website. I found yours. I was so surprised because you practically had everything and even more info on this unit than I needed!! Thank you so much!! Keep up the great job!!"
"Rob's Digital Camera class was great. He
managed a rather demanding person amazingly well - patiently reassuring her she "wasn't
stupid". Rob also managed to not let this person dominate his time, but rather he made
sure he got around to everyone else as well."
"Thank you for an excellent presentation. Your delivery is very professional and I
appreciate your sharing experiences from teaching and activities in your
personal life as well.
Come back any time! I'll keep you in mind in case we want to plan another
workshop in the future."
"I just wanted you to know that I finished parent/teacher conferences last night and so many of them thanked me for the (my.uen) website and said how valuable it has been to the students. This year it is much easier to use, and I'm excited about this improvement. Thanks for your hard work! Know that it's helping kids learn!"
"I just want to let you know how I am impressed with the UEN webpage service as a whole and this update specifically. I seriously researched the possibility of creating and hosting my own class webpage this summer before I was directed to this service. The UEN webpage fulfills everything I could have hoped for and more.
Thank you so much for the time and money that has been put into it. I am certain that the webpage has directly affected my students' academics in an extremely positive way.
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"I have two children ages 5 and 4 who love to watch your programs during lunch time. We just wanted to thank you for providing instructional television. Our favorite program is signing time. We would be delighted to see this program more often if possible. It’s definitely one of mine and my children’s favorite shows. The best children's program you offer."
Comments about the Pioneer Online Library federated search: "Thanks for this fabulous tool. You've just greatly multiplied the power and usability of this wonderful resource." and "WOW! I love it! Another winner from Pioneer!"
"I do appreciate all of you at UEN do for us teachers.
You are so awesome!!! I love everything about UEN and plan to continue to use it in my teaching."
"Congratulations on your lesson plans!!
I'm a new Food and Nutrition Teacher and I found your site the most helpful of everything I had seen before. Well done!!!!"
"I just wanted you guys to know that I am COMPLETELY in love with the new my.uen! It is so handy, and more precise. I can format it exactly how I want it! I'm going to have fun making my pages. Woot!"
"I will highly recommend these courses to our faculty during
Professional Development in two weeks. They are awesome, and a great
way to get credit. They have perhaps helped me more than any other
inservice classes I have taken. I especially look forward to having my
students use Pioneer Online Library."
"Thank you so much for airing Zonya's health bites. It is one of the few tv shows I try to view every week. I am also glad you have them on Comcast on Demand. I have watched several episodes more than once. My parents and sister are now regular viewers as well."
"Thank you for your quick response. People like you, (dedicated,
polite, helpful) have reassured me many times that it was the right
decision to move here."
" I watch your show every week here in Salt Lake City, and I absolutely love the common sense approach you have taken to healthy eating. As a registered nurse it is frustrating to see the different fad diets that come and go--they do not really accomplish any sort of health-oriented goals. I have been extremely impressed with your efforts to educate the public as to the dangers of unhealthy eating habits. Your efforts truly emulate your motto of the "power of one healthy habit." I am anxious for when you come to Salt Lake City to speak. I hope that day comes soon! I know numerous people that would love to hear (and need to hear) your words of encouragement and reason. Thanks again for all you do!"
"I want you to know that I really learned a lot from this course. I am fairly critical of most professional development courses, but this one was meaningful and helped me reflect on ways to improve my teaching."
"We watched some really kick-@ss shows about bacteria and fungi on your channel the other day."
"Ross did an excellent job giving our teachers a great overview of what is available on Pioneer Library. Several teachers have expressed to me they felt this was very beneficial. "
"I just wanted to say "thanks" for helping me get my credit for the workshop I took. I appreciate your timely feedback, response to emails, and the initiative you took towards helping me get my credit. I appreciate your professionalism and work ethic, because no one else would help me. "
"Just a note that since last spring, we have an ongoing party every Friday night at our house with friends and family to watch Sci-Fi Friday. It is a great program and hope that it will continue. "
"Just wanted to tell you that your workshops were the BEST of our whole business education conference! You were all excellent presenters, handled the overwhelming crowds with grace, and gave out useful information. Way to go UEN!! Thanks for being great training role models."
"I must tell you how much I enjoy many of the shows you broadcast. Shows on art, music (even contemporary classical, imagine that!), history, economics...what a great collection of material! Much of this is not available on any other station, and yet it is so important for educating people about these things. Why, I even enjoy your commercials and quotes! Keep up the great work. "
"Thank you so much for Sci-Fi Friday. Our entire family has fallen in love with the fabulously bad B-movies that you show every Friday night. Our entire week revolves around sci-fi Friday, and we have begun to spread the joy to all our friends. It's refreshing to see something unique and original on TV."
"I LOVE this website. I tripped over it in 2001, since then I've literally stood up in meetings and told FACs Teachers about the website. Keep up the great work Utah!"
"I want to thank you for SciFi Friday. It is a wonderful addition to your already stellar channel."
"Just a quick note to let you know how much we enjoy programs on UEN-TV. We've been intrigued with the eclectic mix of shows we've "discovered." Kudos to UEN for coming up with such a great mix. Outstanding!"
"My children and I have recently discovered Signing Time on your station. I just wanted to mention how much we enjoy this education program - it's our family's only "must-see" program on television. It's nice to have programming that not only captures the interests of my little ones and deters them from "junk" programming, but teaches them effective ways to think and communicate as well. Thanks so much!"
"I have been watching and listening to archives of the Faculty Lounge
while I am busy imaging new computers and remotely taking care of my
schools computers. WOW is this ever a valuable resource!!!! Thank you
so very much for all you do for Utah Educators."