Final Project- Technology Integration Plan

Technology Integration Plan

The goal of this lesson is to increase children's awareness on how to live a healthy lifestyle.

           My Technology Integration Plan focuses on our health education.  In this lesson student's will learn what it takes to live a healthy lifestyle.  My target audience is 12th graders because I used the standards for students at this grade level.  By 12th grade students are becoming more independent and  there bodies are changing.  They need to learn what it takes to keep up with a healthy living to take care of their bodies as they go on to there next stage in life. My lesson incorporates different technologies as well as strategies to enhance student learning.

        My first row or standard of my matrix deals with determining the relationship of nutrition and physical activity to weight loss, weight gain, and maintenance. What I plan to do is give the students a mini lecture to understanding how nutrition and physical activity work together in order to achieve weight loss or weight gain goals. Here they will learn how certain diets with different types of exercises work together to achieve ones physical goals.  After the lecture I will present a short video that further explains and supports my mini lecture. From there I will engage the class in a class discussion within answering questions and concerns pertaining to the topic. I will also introduce to them the Eat-&move-o-matic application that shows how foods and how they effect the body.

      The second standard I will be addressing to my students compares and contrasts the dietary trends and eating habits of adolescents and young adults in the United States and other countries. Similar to my first row I will introduce a video comparing the and contrasting different habits of eating throughout other countries to our country. They will learn that we have one of the highest percentages of obese people compared to other parts of the world and they will learn why and how different nutrition is taken in other parts of the world. After the video I will lecture as they take notes on eating habits of kids there age and explain how nutrition can be taken more seriously through simple approaches. After the lecture I will keep the class open for discussion and show students the healthy eating diagrams and healthy recipes that are easy for there age group to make/eat.

  My last standard I will be discussing is to analyze the unique contributions of each nutrient class (fats, carbohydrates, protein, water, vitamins, and minerals) to one’s health. I will give handouts regarding information on each nutrient class and why they are important and the breakdown of how much our body needs of each in order to maintain weight, lose weight, or gain weight. After they complete the reading I will spend a few minutes giving them my input and teaching them how to calculate macronutrients in order to develop a diet/ weight training plan. Once this is done students will be put into groups and allowed to use computers to create a powtoon presentation that touches on what they have learned as well as creating a 1 week diet/workout plan.

Overall this lesson is going to give proper baseline for students to understand the importance of living a healthy life, as well learning the potential negatives if not done so. The use of technology and videos in this lesson will help students be more engaged and the visuals of videos will give the students a better understanding on what the lesson is trying to teach them.

Padlet Unit Plan

     For this interactivity I chose to use the topic of "Living a Healthy Lifestyle."  I chose this topic because it has similarities to my interactivity 3 lesson, also it is a big topic in today's youth. It is extremely important for kids to learn the basics of how to be healthy and live that lifestyle because half of our nations kids are becoming obese.

    For this lesson it is very important for students to first understand what living a healthy lifestyle means.  From there we go on to talking about nutrition, exercise, and everyday activities that can help lead us to a healthy lifestyle.  For some students who are athletes it may be easier for them to stay active and healthy, but for students who are not athletes this may be difficult to tackle or understand hence why this lesson is very important.  My essential questions and unit goals were developed through my experiences and knowledge of this topic in order to pass it off to learning students.

    The technologies I will be using in this class are computers, Eat & Move-O-Matic application, and Powtoon.  I feel these technologies will enhance learning experiences in this class for a few reasons.  The computers will give students a chance to research topics given by myself in relation to exercise and nutrition.  The Eat & Move-O-Matic app will enhance class learning of different foods and how they negatively/positively effect our body.  Powtoon will be used as a fun interactive way for students to create their presentations on a topic they choose from.

Get Moving: FitQuest

FITQUEST

This picture is showing you must jump in order
for the squirrel to safely get over the snake.

     FitQuest is a great application for teachers to use in the classroom as well as at home.  FitQuest is a fun way for young students to get up and be active in a way that is fun.  Most kids now-a-days love video games, there iPads, iPhones, so what better way is there to get kids up and moving by incorporating it within the devices they use on a daily basis.   FitQuest is powered by your own natural movements. The concept of the game is to use natural movements like jogging, jumping, and ducking to safely get your character (a squirrel) safely into a tree house.  

      I can see teachers utilizing this app with students in the classroom all together and even having students download this application on their smart phones and have them complete levels at home for homework in order to make sure some type of exercise is continuing outside the classroom. This application is also free which makes it extremely worth having.

This app deserves a 5/5 due to its affordability and
its purpose of using body movements
to manuever yourself in the actual game
to help kids stay active.

Adapt Content: Eat & Move-O-Matic

This picture shows what how many calories a
california roll has and what activity and how long you
need to do it for to burn it off.

Eat & Move-O-Matic

    Eat & Move-O-Matic is a great application for teachers to use inside their health education classroom. This application can be used to educate students more about the foods they eat and how these foods can have negative/positive effect on the body.  This application gives students the ability to calculate calories of the foods they eat and also shows them how much exercise it will take for them to burn those calories off.  This app includes over 80 foods and 35 different exercises. To learn more about this application click HERE.

      This application is free of charge and makes it extremely worth teachers and students to have for class and personal use. Teachers can assign homework that consists of students eating certain foods and participating in exercises to help students continue to live a healthy life.  Because this application is free and the content seems to be very helpful I would give this application 5 stars!

Supporting Instruction with Technology

Supporting Instruction with Technology

      The lesson plan I chose to use for this interactivity is called "Quests for Better Health."  I chose to go with a lesson plan that is for the Health Education classroom rather than Physical Education because I thought implementing technology within a health class would be a better choice.  I chose this plan because it allows students to use the internet in order to research certain topics.  It gives kids the chance to utilize the computer in order to dig deep and find more information about the topics at hand. I also chose this plan because the students at the end of their research are able to use their creativity in order to create a brochure that shows how we should approach a healthy diet.

      This lesson supports the standards of analyzing health data and findings in order to better create a healthier lifestyle for yourself, as well gaining the knowledge to help others. In this lesson plan students are exposed to various teaching strategies.  We have instructional strategies, discussion, research, teacher centered, and student centered.  

     I feel coggle is a great way to connect ideas that are related with the different standards.  I did find it somewhat difficult to use, but with some trial and error I found my way around it.  I feel that it can be useful in some ways, but it brings a little bit more confusion in my eyes to the standard lesson plan we are supposed to use. 

My coggle: Quests for Better Health

Adapt Content- Health Ed Buddy

HEALTH ED BUDDY APPLICATION

This picture just shows one of the menu
options for the application.

This picture shows the main home screen on the left
and flashcards on the right.

     

        Health Ed Buddy is a great application for Health and Physical Education to use inside the classroom.  This application is used to help enhance awareness and healthy lifestyle choices for all people.  The application provides lesson plans, quizzes, videos, and flash cards to enhance learning in the classroom.  It also gives teachers material to use when lesson planning because they can base a lesson on topics provided in the application to give them more material and ideas for the classroom experience. There are 37 health topics included in this application and each lesson has there own quizzes, videos, and flash cards for student learning.  To learn more information and to see the topics included in this application click HERE!

To make this app sound even better it is only $2.99 which is cheap enough for any teacher or school district to invest in.  This application deserves 5 stars because of all the content it provides for the teacher.  It gives the teacher lesson plan ideas as well as material to go along with it to give these students a fun interactive way to learn together. 

Get Moving: C-fit Dance

C-FIT DANCE APPLICATION

This picture shows the proper steps in order to perform
the "cha cha"

      C-Fit Dance application is a great app that can be used in the physical education classroom in lieu of a nintendo Wii.  If schools don't offer the Wii teachers can purchase this application for $2.99 and use it when they want to integrate "dancing" or "Zumba" in there lesson plans.  This app is said to guarantee to get kids up and moving while introducing several different dance steps.  There are several dance options to pick from ranging from  Hip-Hop, Latin, and West African.  With all these multicultural dance steps it also gives students the ability to explore other cultures.  Each dance routines are broken down by steps to give the students an easier foundation to learn all the moves correctly.  

This pictures shows the different options of dances
that can be chosen for the class to learn.

 This application seems to have credibility to be successful in a classroom environment.  Like most of my applications I have posted it would work best with a projector in the gym so this way the entire class can be involved and everyone has the ability to see the screen. For only $2.99 you can't go wrong it is inexpensive enough to take a shot at buying it and introducing it to the class!
For more information click HERE.
For further information click HERE.

Rating
4/5 stars due to its ability to be successful in the classroom
but not 5 stars because certain students may not be comfort-
able dancing.

Analyze: Coach's Eye

Coach's Eye

      Coach's Eye is a great tool for Physical education teachers to use 

This picture shows how a teacher
can analyze the proper volley ball form

for students to learn how to assess and perform the proper technique to certain sporting, or lifting skills. This application works as a second instructor by allowing students to record other students in motion in order to break down each aspect to allow peer assessments on learning how to perform different skills. 

This picture shows a teacher breaking
down the proper techniques for a dead lift.

     There are a few different price options for this application. There is an option to get this app for $4.99 with just minimal tools used to break down videos.  There also is a Coach's Eye pro plan, where teachers can buy this application for $5.00 a month billed annually which includes more software ability and other incentives.  The last option is the Coach's Eye VIP plan which is $10.00 a month billed annually with more upgrades.

    I feel this application would be beneficial in the physical education classroom because it can allow the teachers to now bring the class together and be able to break down what they are teaching in order for students to have a better visual and understanding to how to fix the problems they are having.

I would rate this application a 4 out of 5 stars because it is a great idea and is a great visual for students who need things to be broken down in order to learn something. It is fairly priced and I think can be affordable of the teachers to buy or the school to provide.

Get Moving: Workout In a Bag- For Kids

Workout in a bag

      

                  Workout in a bag- for kids, is an app designed for Physical Education teachers to help elementary aged students to participate in fitness related activities in a fun exciting environment.  It allows students to pick a bag which contains certain workouts as well as a "workout buddy" to come along with you.  As students complete "bags" containing the workouts they are rewarded with gold coins which are used to unlock certain badges as well as new cool workout buddy characters. 

                 

                 For $2.99 I think this application is an awesome idea to help get kids at the elementary level to learn to love fitness at a young age.  I feel it can be a step forward to get kids to get up and be more active not only in phys. ed. class, but to also continue the fun at home as well.  Teachers won't even have to use tablets or iPads provided by the school because if they have there own smart phone they can purchase the application right on their phones and use a projector so the kids can line up in the gym and watch the workout on the big screen together. 

This picture shows what
exercise to perform.

This picture shows the different
bags you can pick between.
(Beginner, intermediate,advanced)

-Offers over 50 different age appropriate workouts.

-Starts at a beginner level and lets kids progress as they become stronger.

-Offers 10 different "workout buddies" that help motivate you during your workout.

-Goal driven- winning coins and awards gives kids an incentive to keep going!



Application/Website Rating

History of Technology in Physical Education

For my content area: Physical Education, I have chosen the Nintendo Wii as one of the most influential technologies in this subject area today.  We all know Wii is a more recent technology that has been introduced in the early 2000's; it has been the most popular technologies to use among physical education teachers today having fun interactive games to keep kids active in a fun safe environment.

https://www.powtoon.com/show/bhspTbSDxFr/history-of-technology-in-physical-education/#/

Pew Survey Results: Teachers' Technology Use

      After reading this article there are many things that stand out, but to me I feel like I am not to surprised with the statistics found concerning technology use in and out of the classrooms.  The mentioned insert on disparity divides in particular stands out to me because I have seen this issue first hand.  I was fortunate to be a paraprofessional at my former high school (Hawthorne High School) and this issue was eminent. This goes hand in and with the results of 79% of information being accessed online and 73% of the information to be submitted because I have seen kids complain and fail assignments due to the lack of technology they have at home.  

      From my experiences and knowledge working at a district that is so diverse we have both ends of the spectrum.  They have minimal technology resources available to them, which fits in to the statistical data collected by Pew Survey.  Compared to wealthier districts where I have a few friends who are professional educators they are given almost anything they need which is very unfortunate to the poorer districts because it is putting more of a restriction on learning. The ability to have all this technology plays a big role in a students success I believe because they are being offered more ways to learn and more ways to find data and educate themselves. 

      As a future educator I feel I would fall under the 64 percentile of teachers under the age of 35 saying they are "very confident" when it comes to using new technologies.  At only 24 I am more fortunate than most "older teachers" because I have been able to grow up in the times technology was rising, and I have continued to educate and learn how to use the major technological resources to stay up to date.  It gives me a greater advantage to be able to communicate and relate to the students when it comes to technology use.

Reflection on Influential Technologies

Reflection on Influential Technologies

         Almost everyone can/does believe that technology has made life much easier and more comfortable and has enabled us to perform tasks that we cannot do otherwise. "Technology is just so convenient regardless of what medium you are using it for."(Learning to Change, Changing to Learn: Student Voices') (0:13). Technology is at the tip of our hands everywhere we go whether we think so or not.  We use technology on an everyday basis and to think about what life would be without it in this day and age is almost impossible. My top three technologies that have impacted my life on an everyday basis is my smart phone, Mac book, and Global positioning system (GPS). 

       Without my iPhone an entire portion of my life would be lost. Like one student said in the 'Learning to Change, Changing to Learn: Student Voices' video "My phone is almost like my third hand"(0:36), this is exactly how myself and I am sure most of us feel most of the time. At the tip of my hands my iPhone gives me access to so many important functions I need to carry out everyday tasks. Text messages makes communication between my peers, friends, and clients easy and quick. It provides me with my music to help me escape reality, my camera to capture candid moments, emails so I don't miss what is going on at school or in my professional life, and applications to keep up to date on everyday news, sports, podcasts to listen to motivational learning and life strategies, and even helping me keep track of my clients and payments. My iPhone also gives me quick access to the Internet if I ever need to use it to read or research something new I need to learn.

        In today's society as one student said in the video "a lap top is a bare necessity."  Without our laptop many things could not be possible.  It is the open window to accessing infinite amount of information. Not only has it helped me learn it has also made my last 5 years of undergrad and now my first year of graduate school easier and more efficient.  It is convenient enough to throw in my backpack and take with me to class in order to take notes in class.  It has also been a tool used for Skype interviews I have had in the past and also to get into this graduate program. In the video students have used lap tops to learn how to read, write, and learn a new language which is just a few of the laptops beneficial uses we are lucky enough to be a part of today.

       My GPS system is my third most influential piece of technology in my life today.  Surprisingly this was not mentioned in the video, because it may not be something we use in the classroom, but it is something we use that is incredibly important.  Without this device I would be one lost human being. I am someone who is to say the least, awful with directions, but this beautiful creation makes my life easier to get to point a, to point b on time with out worrying if I am going to get lost. Although, it may take the longer route at times it has never let me down. The GPS also has helped me to learn how to get to different places without relying on it eventually if I go there enough times. 

      In conclusion, technology will continue to expand and be part of our everyday uses.  We live in a time where it is widely accepted and a necessity whether you are a student or a professional. We rely on technology everyday from the time we wake up to the time we go to sleep.  There are great amount of similarities that I use technology for in comparison to the students in the video.  We all use our cell phones to communicate effectively, capture moments, listen to music, applications, as well as multiple handfuls of other useful information and functions.  Lap tops are not only used to read, write and learn a new language, but also gives us the ability to create.  Create movies, clips, music, and art, as well as give us access to information we never thought we can find.  From where we live at home to the classroom technology is helping us learn and become better students when used efficiently.