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=UCET 2010 Highlights= The Tech Facilitators in the YESS Program attended the annual UCET (Utah Coalition for Educational Technology) Conference. This year it was held at Murray High School. UCET began over ten years ago as quite a small group and has grown over the years to over 1200 people in attendance this year! Here is the link to the UCET site: []

**__Friday's Keynote Address__** - Anne Collier Anne Collier is the founder and executive director of Net Family News, Inc. and the editor of NetFamilyNews.org. She also serves on several advisory boards for Internet safety.

For some students the Internet has become an integral tool for learning, as exemplified in the video //Joe's Non-Netbook// - []. Anne pointed out that the schools of today are the ones we've always had, just with computers. The learning as well as the social aspects of school are still happening, but now there's the technological interface involved. Technology enhances the learning experiences, provides greater social interaction, and, at the same time, magnifies bullying and harrassment. She described the Interent as being a mirror of human life.

Anne spoke of digital citizenship and the need for teaching kids how to be responsible citizens not just in real life, but also on the web. She talked about online social media like Facebook and MySpace as being a place to practice appropriate citizenship.

Here is a link to her vita and her PowerPoint presentations: [|http://www.ucet.org/inUCETnew/conference/#keynote]

She showed us this fun video- Joe’s Non Netbook http://blogit.cityschools.com/mgeorge/2009/04/22/youtube-video-joes-non-netbook/ Suki