Social Justice

This is a sensitive topic because of importance of technology in today’s society. As we have stated over and over in this class, Technology is becoming more prevalent with each passing day, however there are those low economic areas where students don’t have cell phones and access to computers and the internet. This is where the problem comes into play; just because a low percent doesn’t have these items does that mean we can incorporate them in today’s classroom? I think there has got to be a way around this and a few students should hold back a whole new way of learning, possibly a better more effective and hands on way of learning.
I’m not sure if I will be doing them a disservice personally, as a future PE teacher it is going to be tough to introduce technology into class every day. I think I might try and incorporate some kind of heart rate monitors and pedometers to some of my lesson plans so they can use numbers and math as well as have a better understanding of how the body works.
I think being a PE teacher can also be a tough task because are class sizes are usually much larger. This makes it tough for teachers to have enough equipment and materials for the whole class. It seems like with all the different teaching styles the lecturer style is fading out and power points are successful with the wide range of possibilities, Students are visual learners more than they ever have and we need to take that into consideration.
I think I will require students to write one paper on a health related issue therefore I would try and do my best to sign my class up for a day in the computer lab and library to do some internet research and get help where they need it. This may not sound like a lot, but every little bit helps and it will help build on their foundation.

Power Point Blog

I thought the power point presentations went very well. I was excited to see all the students feel more comfortable uing the powere point presentation style of teaching. I thought The embedding of the video links made it easy for the instructors to use and navigate.

Some things I noticed that needed improvement were how a few slides were overloaded with text and writing, I got lost in all the print and it made it tough to read from the back. For the most part of presentations went well, the main thing that caught my eye were the slides that were cluttered with pics and words that eventually i would get lost in.

After viewing all of the presentations in class I could have done a better job using some sound clips. It is tough to know how to navigate through all the options power point provides. I also thought My main layout slide was boring and could have been more colorful or eye grabbing.

I love using power point for presentations, I think it is more effective then a lecture style. Power point can be a great tool if you know how to use it to its fullest capabilities students can really get a ton of info out of a power point presentaion by using pictures, words and video. Power point also helps create better eye contact between the teacher and students. At times powerpoint can be a burden becasue there is always a chance of technical difficulties.