Step Aerobics in schools
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
255 final part 1C
iii. Daily Burn is a very helpful and effective website to begin your fitness program. It asks you a variety of questions to create you a individual workout program to accomplish your goal. Not only do they follow your workouts but also nutrition which is an important part of fitness. It tracks on your progression and updates you on your status of reaching your goal. This is a great website to incorporate into a PE cirriculum because students can keep an organized program to improve their fitness. I have never used an online program because I used charts and papers. I think this method is so much eaiser and organized because you will not misplace papers and it is less messy and all over the place. After visiting this website, I am impressed with the different varieties of workouts and the chart that informs you on the progress. When I become a teacher I will definately use this program with my classes and help students towards success.
Day 1: 5/12/10
Day 1: 5/12/10
Day 2: 5/13/10
Day 3: 5/14/10
iv. Learning standard 1B states students will develop a personal fitness plan that targets and improves all fitness areas. This website is a great tool to help students create a fitness program. I would use this websites in my classes to encourage students to create an effective fitness program and pass it on to other people who want to follow your plan. First I would ask the students what they want to improve on and split them up into their respectful groups for cardio, muscular, flexibilty etc. Have the students help each other out as a team and motivate each other to keep up with their plans. Not only are students helping theirselves, but their fellow students trying to achieve their goals.
v. I would say the best electronical tool to help with learning standard 1A would have to be a stop watch to keep track of time, pedometers to count the steps and HR monitors to track cardiovascular increase is it easy to use, but it can really help the teacher get the message across to the students about the benefits of working out. During PE class, students will be informed by the teacher and reenforced with the website.
v. I would say the best electronical tool to help with learning standard 1A would have to be a stop watch to keep track of time, pedometers to count the steps and HR monitors to track cardiovascular increase is it easy to use, but it can really help the teacher get the message across to the students about the benefits of working out. During PE class, students will be informed by the teacher and reenforced with the website.
Monday, May 10, 2010
255 Final part 1B
i. The first school takes place in South Saskatoon, Canada and the second school takes place in Chicago, Illinois.
ii. I think this news piece was very interesting because it showed how participating in physical activity can increase studys cognitive behavior. Test scores were much higher after students worked out for 20 mins prior to a math class. After watching that, I now realize how much more important PE is; not only for physical health but for mental health as one. All schools PE programs should have a setup like this to ensure students both mental and physical health. By doing this their test grades will increase and they will be physically fit at the same time.
iii. We dont really hear about things like this often because most schools dont practice "good" PE. Most of these PE teachers just roll a ball on the court and say play. The math teacher who works in City Park Collegiate was concerned about their grades so she decided to take action and do something about it. She looked into more infomation then the PE teachers in that school. The PE teachers should have looked into the info and did something, but they didnt. When I become a PE teacher I will make sure that the student and faculty will benfit from my program in many ways. The students will benefit because they will be participating in physical activities and when they get to class, they will be more focused and that will also benefit the teacher to see incresing grades.
iv. The outcome of this program is very beneficial for both students and staff. The main outcomes of this program is students are benefiting from physical work that transfers into their classrooms. I was surprised and impressed with these out comes because they slowly transformed students to be acedmically successful. According to the video, the secondary school Naperville in Chicago is the leading secondary schools in the United States and one of the lowest obesity rate in the country. For 18 years the school developed a fitness program where every student has to participate in a 45 minute workout everyday. Most of the classes have intergated gross motor movements into a classroom environment.
These outcomes are similar to the NYS standars in PE because this program targets standards 1-3. Standard 1 is personal health and fitness and students should be proficient in this area. By working out in the morning before class, students better their physical health and fitness. According to the news article, students work out in a vigorious aerobic workout every morning and they become healthier Standard 2 is a safe and healthy environment and the teachers involved in this project make the environment as healthy and safe as possible. Students after working out sit down and do work without any problems and get good grades. By having students being focused, it keeps the environment less hostile. According to Dr. John Ratey, students who participate in physical activity they are less figity and more focused on school work. Standard 3 is resource managment and students gain knowledge to spread to fellow peers. By having this knowledge, you can inform and change other students lifestyles for the better.
v. BDNF is a chemical that gets released when participating in aerobic activity. According to the video, if students raise their heart rates 65-75% for 20 minutes can perserve nerve cells and makes them stronger. This can sharpen brain function and keeps students more focused. In order to release BDNF, you have to get the brain active when it is "sleeping" and this can fertilize other parts of the body to get other "goodies". The key books and articles that explain the benefits of this program is Spark that was written by Dr. John Ratey is what these programs are the basis of and an article Exercise Enhances Learning (http://neuro.cjb.net/cgi/content/full/25/38/8680)written by Tiffany Shubert, Chunmei Zhao, and Fred H. Gage.
Brain Gains
ii. I think this news piece was very interesting because it showed how participating in physical activity can increase studys cognitive behavior. Test scores were much higher after students worked out for 20 mins prior to a math class. After watching that, I now realize how much more important PE is; not only for physical health but for mental health as one. All schools PE programs should have a setup like this to ensure students both mental and physical health. By doing this their test grades will increase and they will be physically fit at the same time.
iii. We dont really hear about things like this often because most schools dont practice "good" PE. Most of these PE teachers just roll a ball on the court and say play. The math teacher who works in City Park Collegiate was concerned about their grades so she decided to take action and do something about it. She looked into more infomation then the PE teachers in that school. The PE teachers should have looked into the info and did something, but they didnt. When I become a PE teacher I will make sure that the student and faculty will benfit from my program in many ways. The students will benefit because they will be participating in physical activities and when they get to class, they will be more focused and that will also benefit the teacher to see incresing grades.
iv. The outcome of this program is very beneficial for both students and staff. The main outcomes of this program is students are benefiting from physical work that transfers into their classrooms. I was surprised and impressed with these out comes because they slowly transformed students to be acedmically successful. According to the video, the secondary school Naperville in Chicago is the leading secondary schools in the United States and one of the lowest obesity rate in the country. For 18 years the school developed a fitness program where every student has to participate in a 45 minute workout everyday. Most of the classes have intergated gross motor movements into a classroom environment.
These outcomes are similar to the NYS standars in PE because this program targets standards 1-3. Standard 1 is personal health and fitness and students should be proficient in this area. By working out in the morning before class, students better their physical health and fitness. According to the news article, students work out in a vigorious aerobic workout every morning and they become healthier Standard 2 is a safe and healthy environment and the teachers involved in this project make the environment as healthy and safe as possible. Students after working out sit down and do work without any problems and get good grades. By having students being focused, it keeps the environment less hostile. According to Dr. John Ratey, students who participate in physical activity they are less figity and more focused on school work. Standard 3 is resource managment and students gain knowledge to spread to fellow peers. By having this knowledge, you can inform and change other students lifestyles for the better.
v. BDNF is a chemical that gets released when participating in aerobic activity. According to the video, if students raise their heart rates 65-75% for 20 minutes can perserve nerve cells and makes them stronger. This can sharpen brain function and keeps students more focused. In order to release BDNF, you have to get the brain active when it is "sleeping" and this can fertilize other parts of the body to get other "goodies". The key books and articles that explain the benefits of this program is Spark that was written by Dr. John Ratey is what these programs are the basis of and an article Exercise Enhances Learning (http://neuro.cjb.net/cgi/content/full/25/38/8680)written by Tiffany Shubert, Chunmei Zhao, and Fred H. Gage.
Brain Gains
Monday, May 3, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Reflection on Lab D
After doing this lesson on step aerobics,I felt really good about the way the students were following my cues and doing a great job at it. While teaching the lesson I noticed all the students not only were we all sweating, we were having fun which is the most important thing. Step aerobics is an activity for both mental and physical health and can be very beneficial in the school setting.
This was the first time ever teaching or leading a step aerobic class, and I felt really confident because I was just having fun. I feel because of my positive vibe, the students fed off tht and enjoyed the lesson even more. After reviewing my lesson, I noticed everybody participating and not messing around which made me feel like I was doing a good job. The vibe was so positive, I felt like i was in a real dance session instead of class. Overall, I feel this lesson was the best one I taught all year and I'm looking foward to do it again soon.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Reflextion on Lab C
Developing Content
During this juggling lesson, I noticed that some students were advanced jugglers and some were beginners. Troughout the lesson I would walk around and see some students being able to juggle in advanced and faster ways then the other students. Throughout the lesson, I began to pick up some skills such as juggling a little quicker then I usually can because I was getting my own feedback from the students who can juggle. It made me feel better knowing that the students participating were willing to help me on my juggling issues. I noticed that my voice is still a little low so I have to keep working on projecting my voice throughout the whole gymnasium. Other than that, I feel my lesson went pretty well and looking forward for lab D
Friday, March 19, 2010
Leadership hours
During spring break I went back home for the week. The first day I was home I realied that I needed to collect 10 leadership hours for my 255 class. I looked around finding something that I thought was going to improve my leadership skills. Finally I ran into my mothers friend and her husband who ran a besketball team at the local parish. He asked me if I wanted to help him lead practices and be the assistant coach while I was home. I gladly accepted. The age group of the team was from the ages of 15-17.
My time spent with the team was very smooth because he introduced me as a coach and they immidately accepted me on the staff. The first 3 days I went, the coach made me lead warm-ups and help any players on the side with individual skills such as layups and free throws. By the 4th day I had already completed my 10 hours, but I still showed up to practices and games for the rest of the week.
Towards the end of the week when I was going to head back to school, the team was kind of upset because I was leaving, but I told them I would be back to watch the games when I get home in May. The coach told me I can come back and coach with him anytime. It felt good to know I had a coaching position when I am home for the summer. 
The time spent coaching a team really improved my leadership skills a little more since coming to Cortland for school. Now when I return, I will have a coaching position and help more young athletes become better and having the kids someone to talk to if they do not want to ask the coach. I have learned alot about coaching basketball and these kids and after completing these hours, I feel preety good about starting my teaching career.
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