Technology
brings “new P.E.” to schools
I have been teaching Physical Education for 5 years. In
those 5 years I have been to many state, district and national conventions for
P.E. All of them have had something in common and that is that technology is
going to start playing a huge roll in PE classes in the future.
With all the technology that kids are using these days from
video games to IPads, cell phones, and computers if we want to keep them
interested in school work we are going to have to start incorporating some of
these things as well.
This article talks about all the PE programs nation wide who
have started asking for money through grants to purchase new equipment for the
gym. Not balls and scooters but gaming systems and heart monitors. There are so many different systems
available to us now such and the WII or X-box Kinect that offer different ways
to keep kids physically fit.
Using the Wii you can get kids moving and physically active
without having to play traditional PE activities. This will allow those kids who
hate PE because they are not good at sports to join in on the fun. You can also include heart monitors and
pedometers to closely monitor student’s effort and health.
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