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.
Thriving Multilingual Classrooms
Join us on UEN PDTV as we visit Northwest Middle School in Salt Lake City to meet Sayre Posey, Utah's 2025 Teacher of the Year! Discover how she implements personalized learning, project-based activities, and instructional technology to create an environment where inquiry and growth thrive. Learn practical strategies for supporting diverse learners and their unique needs from one of Utah's exceptional educators.
Apply the EdTech competencies taught in this video using the resources linked below!
Utah Educational Technology Competencies
UEN’s Educational Technology Endorsement Program
- Personalized, Competency-Based Learning (PCBL)
- Project-Based Learning (PBL)
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- The UDL Guidelines - CAST
- Exploring the interrelationship between Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Differentiated Instruction (DI): A systematic review - ScienceDirect
- UEN Teacher Tips - UDL: Flexible Expression of Learning (and Instruction!)
- UEN’s PDTV - Universal Design for Learning
- UDL Microcredential - USBE
- Multilingual Learners
- Evidence-Based Practice Guides - USBE
Project-Based Learning Ideas
- Biography Project: Research and Class Presentation - Read Write Think
- Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling - University of Houston
- UEN’s Education and Digital Storytelling Course
- Heritage Month Resources
- Free Learning Resources for Native American Heritage Month - Common Sense Education
- Free Learning Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month - Common Sense Education
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month - UEN
- African American History Resources - UEN
- American Indian Resources - UEN
- Asian American Resources - UEN
- Latino Resources - UEN
- National Hispanic Heritage Month - UEN
- National History Day
Technology Tools for Research
- Scrible Utah
- UEN’s eMedia Scrible Collection
- UEN + Scrible YouTube Playlist
- Utah’s Online School Library (UOSL) - UEN Product Page
- Utah’s Online School Library
- UEN’s eMedia UOSL Hub
- MagicSchool AI
- UEN’s AI Toolkit
- UEN’s MagicSchool Product Page
- UEN’s SchoolAI Product Page
- UEN’s Skill Struck Product Page
- UEN’s eMedia Artificial Intelligence Hub
- Apps and Sites for Storytelling - Common Sense Education
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.