UEN Reflection

I wish I would have known about all of the resources UEN had to offer before now.  As I kept clicking on new things I could not believe the immense amount of material that is offered on UEN.  UEN is a fantastic tool for teachers, and I for sure will use it in my classroom on a everyday basis.  One of my favorite tools that I will use is the SIRS searching.  When I have been looking for information to use in my lessons I get really frustrated when I can not find what I am looking for.  I love how SIRS is directly related to your core curriculum.  That makes searching a whole lot easier.
  I also found Pioneer Library to be very useful.  I loved how I could find journals that were directly related to my content core.  As I was looking at them I wanted to just read the journal articles because they were all very interesting.  I know I will use these journal articles to deepen my own understanding, and I will have my students go to these articles for assigned readings.
 Something that I had never seen before was the website Wordle that randomized all of the words.  I immediately thought it would be neat to make some of those into posters to hang up in the room when I am covering that unit.  There were many interactives that would be great to use in a health class.  I would love to promote my students to use these interactives on a daily basis.  Students now have the opportunity to build a meal planner right on their phones.  I would love to always have interactives on my websites that students will have the opportunity to go to for either assignments or extra credit.
  I also really like the lesson plans, and core curriculum.  I love being able to refer to the core that is always nice.  I also love the lesson plans because they spark ideas that I am able to build upon.  It was nice to know that there are movies, music, games, and etc at my disposal to use.  I found the UEN website to be fantastic, and I am very excited to use it's resources.