The affinity group I chose to join this week
is “Edmodo,” I made an account and connected myself with the Health and P.E.
community so that my feed would show topics in my field. From my experience in
Edmodo I wish to learn helpful ways I can better myself as a P.E. teacher, for
example: lesson ideas, teaching strategies, effective teaching skills, and much
more. When I made my account I noticed that this not only pertained to physical
education but the health of teachers themselves. One of the teachers was
mentioning that he was a third year teacher who had devoted the last two years
to his job/profession and had been feeling exhausted and started gaining
weight. During the summer he began to get in shape again and has since then
been feeling better in terms of his own personal health. It’s awesome to see
that not only is this relating to students, but it is also reaching teachers
who also need to be living a healthy lifestyle. I don’t have another physical
education teacher to collaborate with at my school, so it would be nice to have
some PLC-even if it is via Edmodo!
Moving on to my Digg RSS stream, throughout
the past week I have been monitoring it quite frequently and am surprised with
how useful it is! To be honest with you, it’s addicting because all you want to
do is try and find as many blogs, websites, and topics of your interests to
flood your blog so that you have a variety of information to look through. Not
only is this a way to stay up to date on blogs or websites, but this is also a
way to acquire new ideas and grow in the future of your education. Physical
education is always evolving just like with everything else, new research
trickles in as well as the latest methodologies, equipment, exercise fads, etc.
I definitely think the coolest part about Digg is that all the information
comes straight to you, everything is on the news feed. Not only can you see the
different streams, but you may also organize them!
Question #1:
Technology in the classroom is absolutely great, however, coming from a school
where not every student has a computer at home can be quite challenging. How
can we make sites such as Edmodo more accessible for homework/discussion to
students?
A1: At the school I
work with there is a computer lab, therefore, I can schedule 1 day out of the
week for P.E. time on the computers so that everyone has the chance to complete
their assignment. Also, there’s a community library in the city I work in which
also has computers that the students can use.
Question #2: How would
affinity groups benefit the affective domain in physical education?
A2: Many times I see
some students a bit shy to answer in front of his or her peers in fear of
giving the wrong answer. Giving them discussion questions or assignments via
Edmodo will give them an opportunity to voice their opinions through writing,
which may be more comfortable for some students. Also, this allows me to open a
direct line of communication with all of my students in hopes that my comments
will instill more willingness to write about some of the physical education
topics I will present. Furthermore, it will assess the students in the
cognitive domain and reinforce other standards in other core academic areas
such as English, which is something the new Common Core Standards is
implementing-integrating multiple subject areas.
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