I was so impressed by what the YETC has to offer. I had no idea that there are so many resources literally at my fingertips. I found the resources very valuable, especially the "PHUN" download, and the NASA download. Both were very insightful and very interesting. I want to include those in my classroom and have my students see what they can do and see how technology has made such a difference in understanding things. I also believe that many of those tools are so helpful for students to be able to manipulate the media so they can have hands on experiences and learn how is developmentally appropriate for them. One thing that I found disappointing about today is that I didn't know half of the sources that were even available to me. I had no idea that some were free and that some were really easy to use. The YETC should really broadcast the things they have to offer because I am sure many students were in my same situation; didn't know where to go, or even how to do it. 

UEN I think is a wonderful resource. I loved the web-cam idea. As a teacher I could have a guest visitor all the time, the children would have a kick out of it. I will use the "create a lesson plan" and get inspiration for other lesson plans. I think it will be such a great resource and will help me in my lesson planning adventures, especially when I'm a new teacher and need helpful suggestions on what to do. With UEN there are many resources that will be useful to me. The pioneer library will also be very helpful in finding information and using that information in my lesson plans and to use as other resources for my classroom. I feel that once I explore UEN more I will find more information to help me be a better more creative teacher.

After looking at the websites about how teachers used blogs to help their classroom it was amazing to see what interesting things teachers came up with to help their students to feel more comfortable or to help teach a concept. I love the idea that Mrs. Drexler used, she had here old students write letters to her new students on what to expect and how much fun they would have. Other teachers used this as a newsletter to parents. One of my favorites was video clips that the teachers did for parents that they put on their blogger.