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I want you to know that we love UEN here at Horizonte. I have recently had a great time preparing my library web page using my.uen. I like how it has tabs for pages right up front. I love how easy it is to use, especially adding bookmarks and documents. Another resource we love is the financial information, the links and sources included. I teach my research students to use SIRS and EBSCO daily for reliable infomation. Our ESL students love using Culture Grams. I am bombarded with requests to make DVD's from e-Media. We don't have an AV Budget here so we need all those up to date sources. No kidding, we have videos on the shelf from the 80's which is very disappointing. Thanks to all who are involved with the fixing and providing the resources that you do.

Thank you so much. This is one of the many reasons I love UEN....No matter what time of the day or what kind of problem, I get immediate and personal help with that problem until it is resolved. I don't know who you are, but you are awesome! UEN is great so please don't ever change. How you help us and the services you provide makes our jobs as educators and tech people so much easier. Thanks again.

I was just going to check out the 5th grade science standards and WOW! I am SO excited to see your new national parks section. I don't have time to really look right now but I hope you'll keep the news on your home page for awhile as a reminder to us that it is there. It looks WONDERFUL! Thanks for maintaining the best, most helpful, totally cool website for educators and students!

This site is so great! Thank you so much for putting this all together! I hope this stays forever. I continually recommend it to my friends, my students, my seatmates, to everyone.

Your digital TV channel 9.2 with its world news from different providers is the best thing that digital switch-over has brought. I blogged about the benefits that KUEN now provides - Al Jazeera English News, FRANCE 24 News, Deutsche Welle, euroNews, et al. at http://utahpublicstations.blogspot.com and have posted my comments on my Facebook page. These foreign news broadcasts are the equivalent of BBC World News in quality and international scope. KUEN does a distinct and needed public service to Utah viewers.

These are the best tutorials of any kind I have seen yet. You keep them so simple and great for someone who is just starting out and wants to learn to make websites. Thank you for sharing your knowlege, and your videos.

Thank you so much for setting up and presenting at the Work-Based Learning Summer Conference. I had such great comments from the participants! Most people ranked the conference as a 4 out of a 1-4 scale. One person wrote: "In 25 years of educational workshops, this was the best one I have ever attended. The UEN classes were the best." This is high praise to each of you.

Thank you for the Dreamweaver tutorials on YouTube. I have been browsing the internet to find the most comprehensive step by step and this is the best by far.

A response posted on YouTube regarding "Part 2.20: Web Layout in Abobe Fireworks CS4"

My sincere gratitude for your tutorials.

What greater accolade can there be for a teacher than to be making education available to the world, free at the point of use. You supply a fine service and are a credit to your profession.

I would like to write a note for you to pass on to your exceptional professional development instructors. I think you have the best teachers in the state instructing the teachers in the state! I have taken several classes this spring, and I have been so impressed. Every class I take, I think to myself, "this is the best one yet."

Please pass my thanks to great teachers. I love Mitchell's teaching style; he's an excellent teacher. He shows us the entire process for the concept he is teaching us and then he walks us through it as many times as he needs to make sure we grasp the concept. Tim is such a good teacher, he has such a delightful way about him and makes the classrom very pleasant. He is very knowledgeagle and handles all kinds of questions with ease and never makes us feel like we are asking a silly question; keep him. Jared is great. He is very helpful and a very dedicated teacher. His desire is to make sure that every single class member masters the program that he is teaching. He knows the programs he is teaching and gives us extra hints and suggestions that help so much. Rob is probably my all-time favorite teacher ever. He explains things so simply and thoroughly. It makes so much sense when he teaches. Whatever he's making, he worth more.

I know there are other teachers, but I have been very lucky to have been instructed by these men and I would just like to let you know how fortunate you are to have teachers of such high calibre in your program. I appreciate the professional development classes.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your wonderful website! I appreciate all the effort you put into the lessons and the website!!! I have used so many of your great lessons.

Whoever is responsible for the PDF Converter and the programs that allow us to convert files I want to give my heartfelt thanks and congratulations on a job well done. I just converted 16 files - uploading them, waiting for the conversion, and then downloading them back to me in less than 5 minutes!! WOW! That process used to take about 20-3- minutes at the beginning of the year.

Whoever is responsible for making this work faster and even making it an enjoyable experience - THANK YOU!!! I guess you don't get many of this type of comment - but I do believe in telling someone when something works well. Keep up the great work. Thanks again.

I love this website. I am a FCS teacher in Dallas, Texas and have found the lesson plan section to be invaluable. Thank you so much.

I just wanted to write in and say thanks for including MHz Worldview with your broadcast. It has been nice to have this channel available for the interesting foreign films and newscasts. My kids and I are expecially excited for the upcoming Footy season. Thanks for adding to our choices.

THANK YOU for adding a little window that alerts the user that clicking on the download link is actually doing something. That little visual cue will help a bunch. The updated interface is great. Not too different from the old, and the process of previewing and downloading has been streamlined. Thanks for the handout as well.

Just a heartfelt THANK YOU for your Family and Consume resources! You are not aware of the scope of Family and Consumer Sciences professionals who access your site. I am, 1) because I've been one of them and 2) because I'm the moderator of a Yahoo Group for FACS teachers who have registered on our site. We have members from Alaska to Florida!

Our science teacher is just thrilled about UEN's Charles Darwin web page. She is going do have her students research and write a short paper. It has made her job so much easier and the students have valuable information without searching through a maze of sites. We both appreciate what you do for all of us. Thanks so much and keep up the good work.

International Mystery (Saturdays at 4:00 PM on Channel 9.2) is the best thing that I have found on television! I ran into it by accident over a month ago and I have not missed watching an episode since. After the first two or three minutes I am completely unaware that the movie has subtitles! Fantastic locations and settings, superb acting, and unbeatable mysteries reign!

Please keep this program forever. If these great detectives ever become unavailable, please find something international of the same sort.

I can't remember the last time I took a course I enjoyed so much and was so applicable to my classroom.

UEN Professional Development is excellent! I also enjoy your programs on archaeology and history. You rock!!!

Thank you so very much for your time. The UEN web site is fabulous!!!

Thanks for all of the work you do. I have had MANY positive comments from parents and students about my my.uen web site -- you guys make me look good!

UEN is my source for finding "best practice" teaching materials that are well developed, creative, and organized in a very "user friendly" format. "Impressive" is one word that describes not only the teaching materials, but the entire UEN web site and the people I have had contact with through their web site.

I want to personally tell you what an impressive web site you have at uen.org. It puts other states to shame. When I am looking for ideas for teaching, your site is the first I look. I also want you to know how pleased I was with communicating with JoAnn who answered my 800 call. She was very knowledgeable and very helpful. Jeff, another person who I contacted by e-mail regarding a lesson plan, was also very prompt and extremely helpful. I have only met two other people from your state and I must say: It gives me a great impression of Utah people!

Thank you so much for adding more craft related shows to your line-up, particularly the 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. hours. I'm an artist and craft and gain much inspiration from the variety you offer. Beading to scrapbooking, glass to painting and my favorites quilting and needle arts. Thank You So Very Much!

Thank you for allowing to use the CollegEmedia. Actually it is very helpful for my teaching and for educational objectives. Thank you for the initiative that allows this great opportunity.

I decided to check out the Utah Education Network online and was blown away not only by the agency’s web site but by the educational programs the state of Utah offers its kids.

Thanks for the Professional Development at Spanish Fork High School. Rob did a great job. It was great that you would come to us. We will be using more of our technology this coming year with the ideas that Rob gave us.

I wanted to express my appreciation for your programming. One show in particular, Yarnell School of Fine Art, has been very inspirational and educational for me and my family. I sincerely hope that you will continue to broadcast this show and others like it. Thank you!

Just a note to thank you for airing the "Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska" series. This is very interesting and important programming, and I enjoy it immensely.

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 collegiality 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 web site 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 web sites. 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. "

"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 web pages 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. "

"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 web site. 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) web site 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 web page service as a whole and this update specifically. I seriously researched the possibility of creating and hosting my own class web page this summer before I was directed to this service. The UEN web page 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 web page has directly affected my students' academics in an extremely positive way. !"

"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 web site. 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."