EDUBLOGGER

I have found a Edublogger to follow by reading my twitter feed.... Thank you Mike and Erin. It is a physical education blog which is wonderful because I find when we talk about technology uses we usually do not think about how we can incorporate them into the gym. Mr. Blue Jay Bridge is a guest blogger on a website called participACTION which is a website to help all get moving. It has a section for blogging with many interesting posts about physical activity in general, not necessary with technology incorporated.

Mr. Bridge began using twitter two years ago to keep in touch with friends and family but came to see that there is a large physical education community there. With communication through hash tags like #pegeeks #pechat he can connect to other pe specialists.  If you are interested in physical education I suggest you follow him on twitter @MrBridge204

Read the article for yourself: Enhancing Physical Education with Technology

The article shows 11 tools to use in physical education.

1. Ubersense: an app that allows for video analysis of skills. I have heard of a lot of coaches using this app to help their athletes with proper form.

2. Music Workout is an app for interval/workout sessions. This way you are not constantly timing the class, you have more freedom to help out the students.

3. Team Shake is one I have not heard of before. It randomly selects teams, but you can set it to include gender or skill levels so the teams are fair!

4. My Fitness Pal is something I use on and off to see how nutritional my meals are. It is a log of eating and exercise. It might surprise students to see how much or how little they are eating. It is actually an eye opener for a lot of students.

5. Workout Trainer is also a app I havent heard of. It has 100's of exercises that use little or no equipment. I think that this is great because many students need a visual of a skill or exercise to do it properly.

6. Cardiograph - is really cool, but I am curious to know exactly how well it works. It measures blood pumping through your thumb when it is placed over the camera.

7. Teaching Game for Understanding has a ton of games broken down into grades and types.

8. Bring Back Play was created by ParticipACTION. It focuses on letting kids be kids. Great for parents, daycares and child care centers.

9. Show me is an interactive whiteboard, that records what you are drawing or saying. I wasn't quite sure how this would work so I attached the example from Mr. Bridges blog that he created. Football - Show me

10. The all time favorite is YouTube! Where you can find anything!

I have been following the ParticipACTION blog not just Mr. Bridges, I am not quite sure if he has his own blog as well. The blog posts on this website are very informative on all types of activity and have given me many ideas for my own gym.