UEN's Professional Development team just shared its weekly newsletter. You will find the following in this week's edition: 

• The newest videos from UENVideo including the Tumbleweeds Film Festival Awards Night Stream, Utah's Online School Library shorts, Nearpod News, and Art Connection

• A new episode of UEN Homeroom with Dr. Scott McLeod on Deeper Learning

• Course Spotlight on Adobe Creative Educator Level One

• Changes to the Educational Technology Endorsement Program

• Upcoming Professional Development opportunities from UEN, Utah State Board of Education, Utah Rural Schools Association, Instructure, Show Up for Teachers, ISTE, Four Corners CSTA, and the Smithsonian Institute

• Resource Spotlight: Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET) Podcast with Kiera Beddes

You can find the entire newsletter at this link:

https://www.smore.com/krha3

Today's Resource Share comes from GEGUtah! On April 26th at 4 PM, we will have our monthly meetup. This month GEGUtah Leader Ian Davey will walk us through Looker Studio. If you have not heard of Looker Studio, it is Google's Data Visualization tool and was formerly known as Google Data Studio. It is a great tool that can connect to any data source including Google Sheets and help educators create great data visualizations for the work happening in their classrooms. The Meetup will be shared on Youtube at the following link, but if you cannot be there, no worries as it will be live streamed and recorded: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eedM2nqCyqs

Today's Resource Share comes from Google's Applied Digital Skills program. They just released a few new lessons that coincide with Earth Day, but also would make a great end-of-year project for students. In "Design a Pollinator Garden" learners use Google Drawings, search features, and document formatting skills to create a pollinator garden for their neighborhood. There are some great videos in the lesson to share with learners on what a pollinator garden is and why they are important. Check out the entire lesson including videos, templates, and teaching materials at the following link: 

https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/c/middle-and-high-school/en/design-a-pollinator-garden/overview.html

Today's Daily Resource Share comes from Matt Miller's Ditch That Textbook. In this post, Matt discusses 15 different end-of-semester/end-of-year projects that students could do to help explore classroom content. From explainer videos to unboxings to podcasts and more, there are some great resources to use for end-of-semester projects. Each example has a walkthrough, suggested tools, and some resources. Check it out below: 

https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ideas-for-digital-end-of-semester-final-projects/

Today's Resource Share comes from Utah Education Network. This week's Professional Development Team Newsletter has some great content to support your classroom including:

• The newest videos from Canvas Corner and Utah's Online School Library shorts

• Course Spotlight on Research Ready with Scrible

• Changes to the Educational Technology Endorsement Program

• Summer 2023 Courses Registration

• Upcoming Professional Development opportunities from UEN, Utah State Board of Education, Utah Rural Schools Association, Instructure, Show Up for Teachers, ISTE and the Smithsonian Institute

• Resource Spotlight: Utah State Board of Education Meaningful Inclusion of Students with Disabilities Conference

Check out the full newsletter at this link: 

https://www.smore.com/3xn4w

Today's Resource Share comes from GEGUtah! On April 26th at 4 PM, we will have our monthly meetup. This month GEGUtah Leader Ian Davey will walk us through Looker Studio. If you have not heard of Looker Studio, it is Google's Data Visualization tool and was formerly known as Google Data Studio. It is a great tool that can connect to any data source including Google Sheets and help educators create great data visualizations for the work happening in their classrooms. The Meetup will be shared on Youtube at the following link, but if you cannot be there, no worries as it will be live streamed and recorded: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eedM2nqCyqs

Today's Resource Share comes from Google Arts and Culture. Calling In Our Coral is an active research project co-sponsored by Google Arts and Culture. In Calling In Our Coral, scientists share their research project of recording coral reefs to identify fish sounds. These sounds are then used to create layered recordings of fish and other underworld wildlife to draw them to coral reefs to help rehabilitate ecosystems. Students are presented with recordings from coral reefs around the world and are asked to identify when they hear a fish on the recording. It is a fun, simple activity that is actively helping scientists to rehabilitate coral reefs around the world. Check out this great project at the following link: 

https://g.co/arts/hTub22jvz79PQoAs9

Today's Resource Share comes from Google's Applied Digital Skills program. They just released a new lesson entitled "Create a Travel Brochure for an Exoplanet". In this lesson, students will use Slides to create a travel brochure with a specific Exoplanet in mind. Students will use NASA's Exoplanet Travel Agency to identify a planet, develop a slide deck, and then tips for presenting it. The lesson includes how-to videos and a lesson plan and it is all free. Check out the entire lesson: 

https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/c/middle-and-high-school/en/create-a-travel-brochure-for-an-exoplanet/overview.html

Today's Resource Share comes from UEN's Professional Development team. Their new edition of their weekly newsletter includes a lot of great resources for educators across the state. Here is what you will find in the newsletter: 

• The newest videos from UEN including Get Googley, Utah's Online School Library, and PDTV.

• A brand new episode of UEN Homeroom recapping UCET23

• Summer 2023 Course spotlight on eMedia: Explore, Create, Collaborate

• Reminders about the upcoming changes to the Educational Technology Endorsement Program and signing up for Summer 2023 Courses

• Upcoming Professional Development opportunities from UEN, Utah State Board of Education, Utah Rural Schools Association, Instructure, Show Up for Teachers, the Utah Teacher Fellows, ISTE, and the Smithsonian Institute

• Resource Spotlight: The Tumbleweeds Film Festival 2023

You can check out the full newsletter at this link: 

https://www.smore.com/9bvfw

Today's Resource Share comes from UEN's Get Googley series. For this episode, join Matt as he explores how to effectively add video content from YouTube to Docs, Slides, and Forms. There are a few methods that you might be aware of, and maybe a few new tricks, particularly with Docs, that may help you effectively get video content out to students and parents. Check out the video at the link below: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEjUUHoU178

Today's Resource Share comes from Control Alt Achieve. Google has released, in beta, their own AI chatbot Bard. Google is currently taking signups to try out the beta on personal accounts ahead of its launch.  Eric Curts from Control Alt Achieve put together a great primer on how to sign up, how to use Bard, and the possible implications in the Google for Education world. Check out the resource at the link below. If you get into the beta and would like to share your thoughts, please feel free to start a chat on our group: 

https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2023/04/google-bard-overview-for-educators.html

Today's Resource Share is an update to your Google Drive interface. One question I always get from educators is how do I better organize my Drive so that I can more easily find files and folders? Google just added a new update that will be rolling out over the next few weeks that will help us all find our files more easily. The update is called Smart Chips. These smart chips will be available at the top of your Google Drive page and allow you to quickly search by content type (Doc, Slides, Sites, etc.), people, and when the item was modified. Again these updates are coming in the next few weeks or are already updated in your Drive. You can learn more on this page: 

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/03/find-files-quicker-with-search-chips-in-google-drive.html

Today's Resource Share comes from Utah Education Network. Last week they started sharing a Weekly Professional Development Newsletter full of opportunities for educators around the state. This week's edition includes some great video updates (PDTV, Utah's Online Library, and eMedia), a spotlight on a technology course for school counselors, a new Nearpod challenge, and some great conferences from across the state. However, they chose to share GEG Utah as their weekly resource spotlight. Check out recent videos, our daily resource share, and a link to sign up for GEG Utah. Check out the whole newsletter at the link below: 

https://www.smore.com/90v3x

Today's Resource Share is a brand new series of Youtube Shorts from UEN. In these Shorts follow UEN Trainer Kayla Towner as she explores some of the features of Scrible, a free tool for all Utah educators and students. In this particular video, she explores the Annotation Key tool which allows users to create a pattern for their annotations across multiple articles in a library. There are a few more videos in the series and more on the way; you can check them out on UENVideo's Youtube Channel. Check out the first video here: 

https://youtube.com/shorts/_V_Wgy11L5I?feature=share

Today's Resource Share comes from Google's Applied Digital Skills program and it is a handful of complete, full lesson plans to help build math skills in our students. April is Math Awareness Month and Google's Applied Digital Skills has put together a group of lesson plans on a variety of subjects ranging from calculating probability to working with fractions. These lessons are complete with videos, written lesson plans, and all the materials students will need to complete the lesson and they are completely free. Check out the lesson on Applied Digital Skills at the link below: 

https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/c/en/math?utm_source=google-applied-digital-skills&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20230330-mathaware--hsms-ins-&src=em-20230330-mathaware--hsms-ins-

Today's Resource Share is a Google Help Guide. If you are using Chromebooks in your classroom students have access to some robust accessibility features to help meet their individual needs. The following help guide walks users through how to turn on and use a variety of accessibility tools. It is a great starting point to help provide students with technology to help them learn. Check it out at the link below: 

https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/177893?hl=en