The first blog of hers I commented on was posted on March 12th and my comment was posted on March 24th. was about using the two tools Quickcast and autoCrat,two tools that she found very useful to her throughout her teaching experience thus far. She explained that with this tool she can make a video for 3 minutes of either herself, or her computer screen with her voice over it discussing the lessons that she can later share with her students along the way. This system seems very easy to use, and would be great for keeping organized and up to date on when and where all her information is. When I left a comment on her blog, I shared these things with her and said this was a wonderful tool and I could definitely see this being something I would use in my career. This would make things more interesting with videos and everything else involved! She also shared a lot of instructional videos and examples of how to use the tool. Wonderful!
The second post I just commented on was posted today, April 3rd. This blog was about SEPEP, which she later explained stood for the Sport Ed in PE Program. This gives the students the opportunity to participate in different sporting events in class, and within their groups come up with roles for everyone. She inserted a project manual, which if you would like more information on this you can visit her blog site: Mrs. Mel Hamada's PE Blog. Also something else I found very interesting about her blog was that she wanted/hoped to have iPads for the next school year to help with giving examples of the games for students, instructional videos etc. I wouldn't have thought about having an iPad in PE but how she explained it, it sounds like it would really help and I really hope they give her one!
Everyone should go and visit her blog, she has a bunch of wonderful ideas! Whether you are planning to be a PE teacher or not, she is still very smart and obviously knows what she is doing, and her tools could help for any teachers/subjects!
Hi Jordan, thank you for the very kind review of my blog. I have had a few comments from other students taking your course, but you are the first to share the blog post you have written about the work you are reading.
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Just a few things to note: screencasting allows you to give feedback to students with your voice recorded (and your camera on if you choose) and your computer screen recorded. This has endless possibilities, but the most important is that the student/s get to see if as many times as they want to to understand the instructions or feedback given (instead of once which happens when you give verbal f'back).
Secondly, I have an iPad in PE - it is a very useful tool for so many reason! I am hoping that we will have a class set for PE to allow us to do much more and for students to document and discuss what they see (via video type apps) which gives much greater depth to the work that you do. If you are going to teach, check out the iPad scene or COETAIL course that is a very hands on tech course for Educators. I think it is great that your course encourages you to look at other teacher blogs and get some perspective for the career ahead of you - it has changed so much in the past few years and no doubt will change more before you hit the classroom. Good luck in your studies.
I am at the Elementary level, and I am really wanting to work with special needs kids in my future. I have been around and have been working with children with special needs for most of my life and is something I am truly passionate about. Thank you for asking! I agree, things are continuing to change all the time. When I first wanted to be a teacher, I was in middle school. So when I was thinking about teaching then, will be totally different from when I actually end up being a teacher at some point. This is not a way of saying I am discouraged about this, I am still excited and ready to start my teaching career!
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