Blogging in PE

I believe that when I start to teach in a school, age depending, I will share a professional blog/twitter with my students. I know I enjoy reading personal thoughts from professors/old teachers, and from my personal experiences, kids love it as well. I would give a basic outline/preview/recap of what would be going on in todays class/this week of classes. It wouldn't be for a grade or anything point based, but I would encourage the students, their parents, administrators, and collegeues to follow my blog to see what my classes will be doing. This helps encourage me to stay current. Not only will I be required to stay current, but it will demand my content and classes to be appropriate with publishing what went on in my class. I hope we all get to be in a situation where students can communicate with their teacher and see whats on their agendas.

Convention Recap

Hello all,

Where to start?! Convention was very jam packed full of sessions and opportunities to learn more. Almost 14 hours worth of valuable information. I learned things such as survivial techniques, interview techniques, fitness integration, badminton, and many other topics. I liked some sessions a lot more than others such as activity sessions versus lecture sessions. I did not enjoy staying in the same place for 75 minutes without moving. But knowing that, I tried to get to the active ones and if not, at least make them worth while. One of the best times I had of convention was listening to Lou Slaughterbeck speak. It was great because it wasn't specific in that he gave advice on how to teach a topic, but an overall motivational speech. It was more than just teaching, it was about how you should live your life and how to take teaching episodes and life moments and use them both to better yourself. Overall, I truly enjoyed my time at convention and reccommend it to everyone involved in health or physical education.

Best,
Kevin

Preparing for Convention

Today marks my first embarkment to the state convention at Seven Springs. I am very excited but at the same time very nervous. I believe these are the things to make sure I have: enough food, clothes, blankets and water. I will also be renting an Ipad so I can take notes without looking like I am texting the entire time. I believe the biggest thing to take to convention is an open mind and a go getter attitude. By go getter I mean go out of your comfort zone, meet new people, and network!

Technology in an every day PE class

Throughout the entire unit, student’s primary use of technology will be through the use of pedometers to track the number of steps they take each class period. The students will enter the gymnasium, retrieve their pedometers from the assigned slot they were given and will put them on their waistband. After completed, students will be told the purpose of the pedometers through “Step Across America”, and activity that tracks each grade levels progress on their pre-set goal to walk across a certain portion of the United States. Student should not touch the pedometer until the class is completed or the pedometer comes loose or falls off their waistband. At the conclusion of each class, the students will document their steps by telling Ms. Scialabba how many steps they took while she records them in a log.

Another form of technology that could be utilized in our gymnasium at Dassa McKinney could be the use of the projector, projector screen, photos or posters of diagrams or instruction. The teacher could help aid the instruction to the students by giving a short video clip or image of the correct skills. The teacher could try to find developmentally appropriate examples that the students might enjoy like a hometown sports athlete or common cartoon character demonstrating a drill. The students will be more inclined to listen and try their best if their favorite character is demonstrating the skill.

Finally, the last piece of technology used in our P.E. classes is the use of music and the loud speakers located on the stage/in the gym. Music can be used as an effective stop and start signal while the students are practicing various skills or games. The music should be used only during practice opportunities, not instructional activities or activities that require students to listen for instruction as they practice.