UEN

This was a more intense and difficult lesson but I’m glad I learned about UEN. I hope to be able to implement these things when I become a teacher and I know it will be helpful to have these resources.

I think the Pioneer will be helpful because it offers so much all in one place. I’m actually really excited to share this with some of my friends who have become teachers. I’ve always wanted to incorporate music and videos into my lessons. I think it helps to make history more approachable and Pioneer Library helps me find all of that. I enjoyed going through the stuff they had on eMedia and can already see ways to use it in lesson plans.

As I said before I want my history class to be fun and the Interactives will be useful in doing that. I’ll be able to use these games as assessment tools or as a way for the kids to be able to play games but still be learning. I think games can make history more real and helps to understand what really happened.

Obviously I’m excited to have help with the lesson plans. Like what was said in class, “we don’t have to reinvent the wheel.” I’m happy to have a resource that will give me a starting off point to my own lesson plans. There are great teachers out there and there’s no sense in not sharing the things we learn through experience. New ideas stem from old ones and I think having lesson plans that you can look at and then mold to your own needs is a really important teaching tool

I don’t know how many times I’ve already had to look at the Core Curriculum this semester alone and it’s just gotten started. So I know that when I become a teacher it will be a constant companion for me. I appreciate that all this information is in one place. It’ll make it so much easier for me and I know that for my first few years as a teacher anything to help make it easier will be greatly welcomed.

I hope to be able to become more comfortable with this site. It is a bit overwhelming because there is so much information but hopefully one day I’ll know exactly where everything is.