Changing Physical Education in High Schools

Coming into this class, I thought I had a good understanding of how technology was being integrated into education and how students were using it these days. I was way off the mark on this one. There are so many tools that are out there, so many innovative ways to get more technology into the classroom that I could ever things about. From all of the applications that you can use with Google, to actual hardware that is being used, this class has opened my eyes to that. I knew information about some of the Google tools like Docs, and Drive, but using many different extensions was awesome to see. Going through the Screencast (which in itself was very interesting to play with) and doing the review of an application helped me see how wide reaching these applications can really be for the classroom. Another tool that I really didn't think would be very applicable that we really dove into was Twitter. I had played around on Twitter in the past, but more for just...

With the time on the season and Halloween is all over the place, pretty much all that I see all over Twitter, Facebook, and other social media mediums is all about Halloween. People in their costumes, pictures of their kids, pictures from parties that they are attending and all over the place. When seeing this and experiencing this, it makes me think about how gifted many of us are with what we have been given and experiences throughout our lives. There are many out there, maybe within our own neighborhoods that are not able to possibly afford a costume, or have a parent to go out trick or treating with and miss out on a lot of what a kid could experience. While I am talking specifically about this season, this applies to education as well and what some students are able to get access to, and what others are not able to. When we think about the schools and what students have access to, it can be hard to think about depending on what you are surrounded by. There are plenty of schools ...