Extra Credit: New Technology

Since I am going into the Physical Education Field I wanted to see what kinds of things teachers are using that have helped their kids. I read about the technology of using pedometers in class. I pedometer is a device that a kid can hook onto their shorts that counts how many steps they take while it is on their shorts. Teachers would use these as a way to promote physical activity. At the start of class the teacher would have the kids all put on a pedometer and then they would keep it on until the end of the class. At the end of class the kids would record how many steps they took and the teacher could use that as a way of assessing their students. This is very beneficial for a lot of reasons. As a teacher it gives you a clear way to assess your students participation. It also gives students the opportunity to actually see how much physical activity they are doing.