I found a video called Brain-Based Learning by Glynda Lee Hoffman and she talked about how students are scoring low on academic performance and have low processing skills because of their brain's neural-networks. These students are disorganized, incomplete, and distracted. She stated the brain can form and reorganize (neuroplasticity) through a systematic series of exercises to improve the learning modalities of visual, auditory, and motor that make content become organized and meaningful. With the improvement of processing skills, students will be more engaged, be more self-monitoring, and enjoying the activity. Hoffman also stated how the student's brain is well trained and tuned, their the ability of processing abstract content will become more efficient and more effective therefore immunized against future problems such as being sent to the office, or becoming a criminal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xgzhlm4i3g As a middle school teacher, I run into days where students lack the processing skills on the lesson plan. Student collaboration (Student-Centered) has been very effective on students' processing. I believe the word choices and vocabulary used amongst the students makes processing the learning material feasible. From my experience, scaffolding with struggling students has helped with their consistency on being focus and being attentive.
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What is 21st century learning in physical education? In an article from the US News, a P.E. teacher from San Rafael stated, "We're trying to introduce students to things that they can do that are outside of competitive sports,". These students are introduced adventure-style classes such as sailing, rock climbing, and hiking. She and her colleagues witness students have anxiety when it comes to competitive sports like basketball and soccer. There are many ways to be creative as long there are the resources. Another school from West Virginia provides games for students. They called it the "exergaming room" which includes an Xbox Kinect, ping-pong table, and a carnival basketball hoop. They want students to just move. The studies have shown that students who works out in the exergaming room becomes more active, competitive, and social.
As I am learning new ways to incorporate technology in physical education in terms of using the 4C's, it has given me a different view point on creating my lesson plans. From the TeachingChannel, a teacher used a formative assessment by have student do a Twitter-style exit slip. She gave students specific instructions, students must use 140 characters or less. Characters are letter, space and punctuations. This was a way for her to find out quickly what students have learned without reading a whole paragraph. I have thought about using more google forms feedback in P.E. asking students how they feel, what can be more useful, etc. Many students are involve in social media and some may be new to it, therefore I may utilize technology in that form to promote 21st century learning. |
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