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Katie Farney's PE Tech Toolbox - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Our school district is going to be using Google Classroom this year for E-Learning. This will allow me to upload all PE related assignments for each individual class, give students one place to turn in assignments and take quizzes, and will allow me to create class times in the Google Calendar that will give them notifications of when class starts, assignments and quizzes are due, etc.
  - - - I use QR codes for fitness stations. Students are allowed to bring their phone (if they have one) or Chromebook to class during these days so that they can scan the QR and see the instructions for that station. I use it a lot for YouTube videos of various exercises. Using these has cut down on instructional time and increases student participation and motivation! They love using their technology during class and enjoy the video/pictures used.
  - - - We use Sworkit periodically throughout the school year for fitness lessons/activities, It gives a fun, interactive, and unique fitness experience for the students, and they enjoy being able to see the trainers workout with them/show how to perform the movements. I also am going to add this as a fitness option for students to do for E-Learning at home. They are able to customize and select exactly what they want to work on for the length of time I set. Parents have shown they enjoy this too and have used it for themselves for workouts.
- - - - This is program that I would love to have at our school. We have looked into purchasing POLAR H10 heart rate monitors through grant writing. It is on our "dream bucket list" right now. But, the main purpose for getting these is to give our students instant and formative feedback on how they are performing. I love that each student has their own number so that their heart rate/zones can be displayed without fear of criticism from peers. This is also a great tool to use as a tracker of fitness levels increasing/decreasing. Just like we show how students have improved in their FitnessGram scores throughout the school year, we would be able to show/track how their heart rate zones have improved as well.
  - - - This app was presented at an IAHPERD session this year, and I loved it! What I would like to do with this app is have each student record a workout or game they've created, and share it with our class and their families. I love that you get to see videos of what my students are doing, and it gives parents an insight into their child's education! It really allows for students creativity to soar! It also has an option to allow for peers to comment (positive comments only because I have to approve the comment before it is posted) on the videos. This part especially excites me with the possibility of E-Learning this school year, as it will allow students to see and interact with one another!
  - - - I plan on using Plickers as a formative assessment during each unit we teach, My goal is to develop 2-4 questions for each day of the unit, covering the most important topics/content taught/learned that day. I think this will increase student comprehension of materials, and give me instant and easily accessible feedback on my instruction. Which would allow me to see if a specific student of the entire class is struggling with various content/skills or if we are ok to proceed to the next days content.
- - - - I have used versions of a team/group generator before (mainly TeamShake), and not only myself, but the students, love it! I like that it takes the bias out of selecting teams/partners. This app allows students to spin the wheel, which I've noticed cuts down on the complaining significantly. I also loved the option of putting the students faces on the wheel. I thought this was a fun touch and something my students would get a kick out of! I also really liked the idea that the app gave on the web store, of having it help with decision making. I know there are many times we struggle with various decisions (who gets to lead warm-ups, game we are going to play, inside or outside, etc.), and this would solve those problems for us in a fun and unique way!
  - - - I plan on suing this for creating a template for each unit. So that I can see exactly what I need setup, as well as, what equipment will be needed. Also, I like the idea of using this for a sub. It shows exactly what layout is needed, where the equipment needs to go, etc. This will take some time and work. But once it is done, I think it will be extremely helpful for each lesson/activity. I also think it can benefit our curriculum planning and organization. So that if/when we hire a new teacher or I retire, they have visuals of exactly what we have done before. I know this would have been extremely helpful when I first started teaching.
  - - - I would mainly use this app as a behavior tracker for my students. We do a clip up/clip down system at our school now, and it is hard for me to remember to hand those out or be consistent for each class. With this app, I would quickly be able to go in during or in between classes, and mark down each students behavior that day. Then I would be able to distribute the clip ups/clip downs as needed the following day. I think this could potentially increase student motivation and decrease behavior issues because they know that I will follow through each day. I do like the option of being able to communicate with parents directly through the app as well. We don't do a lot of parent communication in PE at the Elementary level (unless there is a serious issue). But, this would allow me to share with parents how their students are doing (good or bad) in a quick and easy way.