UEN Professional Development TV

UEN PDTV is on-demand, streaming professional development for teachers in the state of Utah. Each episode will focus on how educators are implementing Utah's education technology competencies in their classrooms. View all episodes by clicking on the PDTV playlist, the UEN PDTV YouTube Channel, or in UEN's eMedia.

Breaking Barriers with Virtual Reality
Join us at Hartvigsen School in Taylorsville to see how Granite School District’s Teacher of the Year, Seyyed Sharifi, uses virtual reality in the Essentials for Living program to prepare his post-high-school, special education students for life skills beyond the classroom.

Teacher Toolkit:
Apply the EdTech competencies taught in this video using the resources linked below!

Utah Educational Technology Competencies

Experiential Learning

Video Conferencing

Virtual Field Trips

 




 

Your Host:

Katie Blunt is a product manager with the Utah Education Network. She has a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy and a master’s in Instructional Design and Educational Technology from the University of Utah. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Brigham Young University. Katie has K-12 administrative licensure and teaching endorsements in ESL, Ed Tech, Keyboarding, and Multimedia. She is an ISTE, Apple, Nearpod, and Google certified educator and UCET past president.