Monday, July 7, 2008

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.....

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....