Friday, April 5, 2013

  As a physical education teacher, I do not use technology much in my classes. The only time I use technology is when I am teaching a dance unit and I have to play music on my ipod for the students. We would really like to get another ipod because right now we only have one between all four of us pe teachers. I also teach Health once a week and I need more technology in our Health classroom for the students. We are supposed to be getting a smartboard so I can play more interactive Health games and show them more Health videos. The girls that I teach would love to be able to interact during Health and now have to listen to me talk the whole time. I hope by next year we can receive our smartboard and one more ipod to help out in the pe department.
   As I was reading through my googlereader, I found a cool website that was posted by http://www.freetech4teachers.com. He was talking about a free website called www.classcharts.com that allows an easier way for the teacher to document their students behavior along with their seating charts. With one click on the chart, the teacher can move the students around and can record their behavior for the day. I think this is an awesome way to keep up with their behavior instead of having to keep it on paper and pencil all the time. Here is a video that shows how the website works. The best part about the program is it is free and if you don't like you have lost nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pD8OkYRf_S4


2 comments:

  1. I bet it is hard to use technology in the classroom! One of our coaches received a grant last year to get a Wii and complete a study with it. She can project the Wii on the screen and all the students can participate in Just Dance and other games!! They LOVE it!

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  2. I am curious...what kind of dances do you teach the students? Our P.E. teacher has recently incorporated technology into her classes and it looks like they are having fun while they exercise. I will definately try out classcharts.com. There are several seating chart sites I have tried before but have not been satisfied. I also love the free apps!

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