Audio Podcasts and Physical Education

You are listening to a audio podcast. In our Web 2.0 summer workshop at Malone College we are learning how to use pod casts as tools to communicate, instruct, and stimulate students in learning situations. In physical education teachers can place a podcast on your school or personal website. Just some of the uses are as follows:
a. communicate to parents uniform needs, shoes needed, clothing used in P.E. classes.
b. leave messages for co-workers concerning equipment uses or scheduled events.
c. inform large groups of staff workers of changes in actitities due to emergencies.
This podcast below is a product called:

Gabcast http://gabcast.com/
this is a free podcast service that can get you started as you record using your phone.
Recording audio has never been easier.
You can post your audio on blogs or wikis.
You can create audio greetings to welcome users to your websites.

Photo Technology and Physical Education

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As a physical education teacher I believe we can find various creative ways to integrate images of photos as a teaching tool to help students grasp certain concepts in skills training.
Flickr http://flickr.com/
is a photo sharing website that allows access for students and teachers to share pictures.
One idea is to upload a series of pictures showing the correct fundamentals such as basketball shooting skills, proper running form, correct skills in volleyball setting, or passing skills in football.
Teachers can now ask students to view a series of pictures to get a better understanding of the progression of the specific skill involved. Lables and text can be added to some or all pictures to add clarity to the teaching. You can edit your pictures for free at:
Picnik http://www.picnik.com/

Student and Teacher Use of Wikis

I am inspired as a teacher as I am now understanding how many useful and creative ways Wikis can be used to help teachers, students, administrators, parents, school staff, community developers, and others to reach common educational goals. I am finding out how Wiki Pages can help all these groups work together to build and share information.
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Wiki programs such as:
WikiSpaces
http://www.wikispaces.com/

WetPaint
http://www.wetpaint.com/
can help create simple web pages that groups, friends, & families can edit together. Both are free in price but you can pay for optional features. I am learning that Web 2.0 is now the latest way to integrate technology in educational settings and that Wikis are on the forefront of the revolution.


2 Ways I can use Wikis in Physical Education classes are:
a. Wiki links on school websites- here students and parents can comment on specific topics such as childhood obesity and fitness programs/activities.

b. Welcome to Warstler Physical Education PBwiki 2.0! http://warstlerphysicaleducation.pbwiki.com/FrontPage
This is my personal Wiki that can be assessed by parents and physical education professionals to get ideas about my thoughts on various educational learning concepts.

c. Wiki Portfolios-Student directed Wikis in which students can write general assessments of their physical fitness and wellness goals.

Blogging and Lifetime Learning

While participating in summer technology workshops I have come to understand how elementary physical education and computer technologies can be integrated to help students grow and develop into well informed, confident, and motivated lifetime movers. As I have found out in our Workshop Pod casting 101 as I continue on with technology integration I am growing as a professional master teacher. This is my first entry into my blog! We are blogging as part of the Web 2.0 Tools Introduction workshop at Malone College in Canton, Ohio. As we have done research on many websites, I have truly appreciated the complex but useful ways blogging can help teaching and learning skills thoughout a lifetime. Blogging can help lifelong learning in the areas of research, class preparations, writing skills, rebuttal skills, developing thoughts and concepts, sharing new and old ideas, etc.....

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Here are 3 ways teachers can plan to integrate physical education and blogging technology:
1. Personal Web Sites- You can link various blog sites about current physical education topics.

2. Videotaping Student Performance- Such as Basketball or Volleyball skills and then use a personal blogging web page to share how parents can help improve student skill levels through home instruction.
http://ww2.plainlocal.org/powpak/data/applingj/podcasts/pc1/files/Use_for_PowPak.mov

3. Blogging on School Website- here students and parents can comment on specific topics such as childhood obesity, after school fitness activities, nutrition concepts, intramural concerns, etc....

Today's Blogging Research

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In today's blogging research I have learned that there are many websites that devote much thought, time, and effort into the art of blogging.

Blogs and Blogging: A Home Run for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
http://escrapbooking.com/blogging/index.htm
is a blog that explores many possibilities for the the uses of blogs in elementary, middle school, and high school settings. This website introduced me to various media that can be used in effective blogs such as pod casting, audiocasts, and scrap blogs. I found this to be vary useful because many educators(myself included) thought using text to get across ideas, was the only function of blogs.

Another great blog resource is
High Tech Learning
A blog designed for use with a graduate class at Indiana University at Indianapolis on facilitating high tech learning.
http://eduscapes.edublogs.org/
This is an awesome blog page! I think the teaching application on this site is that children and adults alike can blog and stimulate learning concepts thru pictures and graphics.