UCET Podcast with Kiera Beddes
33 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA monthly podcast all about Utah, education, and technology.
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Beyond the Buzz: Making Professional Learning Stick with Lauren Merkley
March 04, 2024 16:30 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBOur host, Kiera, sat down with Lauren Merkley, Teacher Fellow and UCET Featured Speaker, to discuss the professional learning standard of Implementation. Find the rest of the standards here: https://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/educatordevelopment/professionallearning Over the course of the episode, we dive into some of the following questions: As a teacher, how did you design learning for your students to (hopefully) have a long-term impact? How does that apply to professionally learning? ...
Blueprints of Brilliance: Designing Learning Experiences with Scott Judy
February 01, 2024 19:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBOur host, Kiera, sat down with social studies teacher, coach, and Teacher Fellow Scott Judy, from Davis School District to discuss the professional learning standard of Learning Design. Find the rest of the standards here: https://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/educatordevelopment/professionallearning Over the course of the episode, we dive into some of the following questions: What crossover (if any) do you see between teaching adults and teaching students? What are some of the best strateg...
Professional Learning with Skillful Leaders: Featuring Katie Dewey Hill and Davina Sauthoff
October 25, 2023 18:55 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBOur hosts, Kiera and Derek, sat down with two specialists at the Utah State Board of Education, Davina Sauthoff and Katie Dewey Hill to discuss the professional learning standard of Skillful Leader. Find the rest of the standards here: https://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/educatordevelopment/professionallearning Over the course of the episode, we dive into some of the following questions: Why is it important for leaders to be vulnerable? How do leaders “fill their own bucket” to prevent bur...
Creating Learning Communities Near & Far with Chris Haught
September 27, 2023 16:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBThis season we added a new host, Derek Larson, to chat with our first guest of the season, Chris Haught. She is the technology/media specialist for the Southwest Educational Development Center (SEDC). She also serves on the UCET and UELMA governing boards. Over the course of the episode, we dive into some of the following questions: Why does professional learning matter? What is the best way to build individual capacity and leadership within your community? How can a librarian best in...
ISTE with UCET: Looking Ahead with Technology
May 31, 2023 18:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBWelcome back to the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we get the chance to chat with Jared Covili and Matt Winters from the UCET board to bookend the season. Over of the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions: What does a big national conference like ISTE afford classroom teachers? What are some tips for teachers to get the most out of a big conference like ISTE? How does working with ISTE help local conferen...
Leading through Effective, Actionable, and Dynamic Education (ULEAD and UCET)
April 26, 2023 18:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBWelcome back to the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we get the chance to chat with the director of ULEAD, Dr. Meghan Everette to dive a little deeper into the goals of ULEAD and the work they are doing in UTed right now. Over of the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions: What is something you wish more people understood about ULEAD - its missions/goals/projects etc? What is a current ULEAD project that you...
UCET Live! 2023
April 05, 2023 18:00 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBWelcome back to the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we get the chance to chat with our new UCET board members as well as several attendees live at the conference. Over of the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions: Why are you here at UCET this year? What are you presenting? Or what session are you most excited for? What does the theme "Together at UCET" mean to you? How can you bring the best of UCET to ...
Rural is BeaUTiful: Regional Education Service Agencies role in Utah Ed
March 01, 2023 21:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBWelcome back to the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we get the chance to chat with Brandon Harrison, current UCET board member and Technology Integration Specialist for CUES as well as Joe B. Wright, the executive director of SEDC. Over of the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions: What do the regional service centers do? What are the most common misconceptions around rural education and rural communities...
Everyone is welcome in the Library: Together with UCET & UELMA
February 01, 2023 19:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBWelcome back to the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we get the chance to chat with Michele Edgley, the current UELMA president. Over of the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions: What is something that you wish more people understood about libraries or librarians? What struck you as the most positive and exciting aspect of the Information Age? What are some of the disadvantages of the spread of technolog...
Cultivating Teacher Leaders with the Utah Teacher Fellows
December 28, 2022 19:00 - 47 minutes - 43 MBWelcome back to the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we get the chance to chat with Tabitha Pacheco - Director of the Utah Teacher Fellows and Teacher and Community Engagement Specialist Stephan Seabury. Over of the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions: What are the three most important qualities in a leader? How can teachers best develop their leadership skills? Where do you see the overlap between tea...
Making DTL happen in Utah with Melanie Durfee, Michael Hakkarinen, and Rick Gaisford from USBE
November 30, 2022 19:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBWelcome back to the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we get the chance to chat with Melanie Durfee, Michael Hakkarinen, and Rick Gaisford, (the Digital Teaching & Learning team at USBE) about digital teaching & learning in Utah and how teachers adjust to the rapidly changing nature of technology. Over of the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions: What are you most passionate about with DTL? What role does...
Networking for Education with Justin Brooksby from UETN
October 26, 2022 18:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBWelcome back to the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we get the chance to chat with Justin Brooksby from the Utah Education Network (UEN) about what it means to connect different people and places within the Utah educational system. Over of the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions: What is something you wish more people knew or understood about UEN and its mission? What current projects are you working on...
#TogetheratUCET with Matt Winters and Jared Covili
September 28, 2022 18:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBWelcome back to season 3 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we sit down with Teacher Winters, the current UCET president to discuss his chosen theme of the year and what it means to him. During this episode, we also chat with Jared Covili, a past UCET president, and current ISTE affiliate representative for the UCET board, about what role he plays in bringing together different groups under the UCET umbrella. Over of the cou...
Creativity in the Classroom
May 25, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBWelcome back to episode 9 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we got the chance to chat with Becca Esplin, edtech coach for Iron County and Braxton Thornley, secondary ELA teacher and school technology coach from Jordan District, about how they teach their students to use a variety of digital objects and exercise their creativity. You can follow their work on Twitter - @edtechbyte for Becca, @BraxtonThornley for Braxton, and ...
Creativity in the Classroom with Braxton Thornley and Becca Esplin
May 25, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBWelcome back to episode 9 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we got the chance to chat with Becca Esplin, edtech coach for Iron County and Braxton Thornley, secondary ELA teacher and school technology coach from Jordan District, about how they teach their students to use a variety of digital objects and exercise their creativity. You can follow their work on Twitter - @edtechbyte for Becca, @BraxtonThornley for Braxton, and ...
Collaborating with Library Media Specialists
April 27, 2022 21:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBWelcome back to episode 8 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we sat down with two library media specialists to chat about their work, how they go about finding resources for their libraries, and how they can collaborate with teachers. We got the chance to speak with Cindy Mitchell and Lisa Morey from Jordan School District. You can follow their work on the Kiss the Book Blog (kissthebook.blogspot.com) or follow Cindy on Twi...
Collaborating with Library Media Specialists with Lisa Morey and Cindy Mitchell
April 27, 2022 21:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBWelcome back to episode 8 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we sat down with two library media specialists to chat about their work, how they go about finding resources for their libraries, and how they can collaborate with teachers. We got the chance to speak with Cindy Mitchell and Lisa Morey from Jordan School District. You can follow their work on the Kiss the Book Blog (kissthebook.blogspot.com) or follow Cindy on Twi...
UCET22 Live!
March 30, 2022 18:00 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBWelcome back to episode 7 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we take advantage of the opportunity of being together in person at the UCET conference to talk to a bunch of attendees as well as interview the UCET president, Clint Stephens. You can follow Clint on Twitter @sedcclint and check out his website https://sedcclint.com/ for more of his work with the Southwest Educational Development Center (SEDC). Over of the course ...
Big Picture Learning in a Globalized, Interconnected World with Dany Macias and Matt Winters
February 24, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBWelcome back to episode 6 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we are focusing on how to provide opportunities for students to engage virtually with experts, teams, and students, locally and globally. We not only want to discuss how to bring the world into our classrooms but how we can take our classrooms out into the world. We have two wonderful guests on this episode, Dany Macías, a teacher in Alpine School District, and Matt...
Big Picture Learning in a Globalized, Interconnected World
February 24, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBWelcome back to episode 6 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we are focusing on how to provide opportunities for students to engage virtually with experts, teams, and students, locally and globally. We not only want to discuss how to bring the world into our classrooms but how we can take our classrooms out into the world. We have two wonderful guests on this episode, Dany Macías, a teacher in Alpine School District, and Matt...
Professional Learning IRL with Daron Kennett and Rob Bentley
January 26, 2022 19:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBWelcome back to episode 5 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we are focusing on how to plan and provide professional learning experiences for a grade-level team, department, school, or professional conference, and how teachers can find the best professional learning for themselves. We have two guests on this episode, Daron Kennett, the Professional Learning Supervisor for Davis School District, and Rob Bentley, a UEN instruct...
Innovation in Education with Quinn Rollins and Kayla Towner
December 29, 2021 19:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBWelcome back to episode 4 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we are focusing on modeling and facilitating the responsible repurposing and remixing of digital resources by students by discussing innovation in education and how teachers and students can best adapt to the ever-changing educational landscape. We have two guests on this episode, Quinn Rollins, a social studies teacher with Granite district and Kayla Towner, a UEN ...
Using Data and Activism to Spark Empathy with John Arthur and Brooke Anderson
December 01, 2021 18:30 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBWelcome back to episode 3 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we focus on encouraging responsible evaluation and appropriate responses to others’ online communications through the lens of educational activism. We have two guests on this episode, John Arthur, Utah’s 2021 Teacher of the Year from Salt Lake City School District, and Brooke Anderson, Data & Impact Specialist with the Utah Teacher Fellows and Teacher Specialist wit...
Oh the Humanities?! 21 Century Skills and the Liberal Arts with Trent Mikesell, Carol Shackelford, and Deborah Gatrell
October 27, 2021 15:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBWelcome back to episode 2 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we focus on technology use in the liberal arts and discuss the place for liberal arts in a STEM focused world. We have three guests on this episode, Trent Mikesell from Nebo School District, Carol Shackelford from Jordan District, and Deborah Gatrell from Granite School District, with a combined total of 45 years in teaching the liberal arts. Over of the course of...
Building Your Teacher Network: Authentic Professional Learning with Ian Davey and Pam Turley
September 29, 2021 15:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBWe start off the episode, introducing our new host, Kiera Beddes, a new member of the UCET board and an edtech teacher specialist with Jordan District. You can find Kiera on Twitter, @KBeddes. Our topic today focuses on how to seek out, join, and participate in local and global learning communities to pursue professional learning and stay current with research that supports student learning. Our featured guests are Ian Davey, a digital teaching and learning specialist with Ogden School Dis...
UCET 2021 Live
April 30, 2021 18:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBJoin our host, Matthew Winters, for a special conversation live at UCET 2021! Joining the conversation is Cory Henwood, Emma Moss, David Joy, Frances Shoaf, Samantha Mitchell, Maxine Dee, and many others. Throughout the hour we talk about what is happening education, designing lesson plans, and engaging students through outdoor education and igniting their passions. If you would like to be on a future episode of UCET Podcast, please email [email protected] Join us at UCET.org On Twi...
Inspiring The Next Generation: UCET 2021 Keynote Olivia Van Ledtje (LivBits) and Cynthia Merrill
March 12, 2021 19:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBJoin our host, Matthew Winters, for a special conversation with UCET 2021 Keynote Olivia Van Ledtje and Cynthia Merrill. Olivia, better known as LivBits on Social Media, is a teenage Book Activist whose goal is to help engage students with books online. Come join the conversation about a vital perspective in education: the students! Join Olivia on social media at @thelivbits or at her site thelivbits.com. If you would like to be on a future episode of UCET Podcast, please email matthew.w...
Looking Back On A Year With COVID-19 with Shawn Berry, Cooper Remkes, and Mary Saylor
March 01, 2021 19:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBJoin our host, Matthew Winters, for a conversation about the effects of COVID-19 on educators across Utah. Joining Matt for this episode is Shawn Berry from Quest Academy, Cooper Remkes from Wahlquist Junior High School, and Mary Saylor from Launch High School. If you would like to be on a future episode of UCET Podcast, please email [email protected] Just a reminder to join UCET for UCET 2021 on March 20th. This online conference features teachers, trainers, and administrators from ...
Flexible, Nimble, and Student Driven: Charter Schools In Utah with Providence Hall
January 16, 2021 00:00 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MBJoin our host, Matthew Winters, for a conversation about the importance of charter schools in Utah with Stephan Seabury and Nate Marshall from Providence Hall. If you would like to be on a future episode of UCET Podcast, please email [email protected] Join us at UCET.org On Twitter @UCET On Facebook On Instagram On Youtube
Teachers As Advocates with Caren Burns, Amy Jaskowick, and Scott Judy
December 03, 2020 19:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBJoin our host, Matthew Winters, for a conversation about being an advocate as a teacher with Caren Burns, Amy Jaskowick, and Scott Judy. If you would like to be on a future episode of UCET Podcast, please email [email protected] Join us at UCET.org On Twitter @UCET On Facebook On Instagram On Youtube
Avoiding Teacher Burnout with Kiera Beddes, Cory Henwood, Sally James, and Taunya James
November 19, 2020 19:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBJoin our host, Matthew Winters, for a conversation about avoiding teacher burnout with Kiera Beddes, Cory Henwood, Sally James, and Taunya James. If you would like to be on a future episode of UCET Podcast, please email [email protected] Join us at UCET.org On Twitter @UCET On Facebook On Instagram On Youtube
Gratitude And Voice in Teaching with Mario and Alberto Herraez-Velazquez, Kacie O'Maley, And Tony Zani
November 10, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBJoin our host, Matthew Winters, for a conversation about gratitude and voice in teaching with Mario and Alberto Herraez-Velazquez, Kacie O'Maley, And Tony Zani. If you would like to be on a future episode of UCET Podcast, please email [email protected] Join us at UCET.org On Twitter @UCET On Facebook On Instagram On Youtube
Beautifying Your Online Learning with Emma Moss and Rachel Wright
November 10, 2020 19:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBUCET Podcast host Matthew Winters sits down with Emma Moss and Rachel Wright for a conversation about how to make your online classes more beautiful and enriching. If you would like to be on a future episode of UCET Podcast, please email [email protected] Join us at UCET.org On Twitter @UCET On Facebook On Instagram On Youtube