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.
Join us as we step into Samie Ott's classroom at Bryce Valley Elementary and witness firsthand how Utah's Computer Science standards are being integrated into the curriculum. In this episode of UEN's PDTV, you'll see Samie's students showcase their learning journey as they demonstrate their mastery of computational thinking.
Apply the EdTech competencies taught in this video using the resources linked below!
Utah Educational Technology Competencies
Computational Thinking
- Digital Promise - What is Computational Thinking?
- UEN - K-12 Computer Science Standards
- Garfield County School District - Computer Science
- UEN - eMedia Computer Science resources
- Hour of Code
- Utah STEM Action Center
- Robots & Tools:
- Adobe Express
- Blockly
- Drones
- MakeyMakey
- Sphero
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.