UEN Reflection

I am amazed at how much you can find on uen.org. It is great to have free resources that can only be used by teachers or people with an education email! All of the different sights within the UEN site have so much to offer. I like the personal page on the UEN website with its calendar, curriculum resources, dictionary (which I use a lot), and all of the services and tools.

The interactive section of the website is amazing. I love the little games that the kids can play. I don't know if high school kids will be too “cool” for the interactives, but now that I am a little older I can appreciate them. I think that I will use the interactives if I am teaching 9th graders, and possibly older, depending on what unit I am teaching.

I was really impressed with the pioneer library. It has so many different sites in it to find information on just about anything you want. I will use this resource to have my students find articles in magazines or the newspaper that have to do with physical fitness. I will also use this to find the latest research on training techniques.

I like that you can find not only the core curriculum on this site, but also lesson plans for the different standards. Having the core so accessible will help me to stay in line with what I need to be teaching. I can use the lesson plans to give me ideas of what I can do with my classes. They are a great resource for new and old teachers alike.

I love the SIRS Discover site. In the sports icon there are articles on everything from salaries of athletes to presidents who played sports. There is also one called “You Got Cut, Now What?” I like that there are things for kids in every situation.

I think that what I like the best about the UEN website is that you can find all of these things and a whole lot more in one place. Instead of having to remember many different sites, all you need to remember is uen.org and everything is at your fingertips.