Blog

This blog is very good and shows many great points for why physical education should be in the classroom. Many people do not like how they have to do regular exercise for school to even be able to graduate. At most schools you must have a least two credits of physical education in order to graduate. This blog was very well put together and was very easy to navigate. It was very knowledgeable about the situation that our education is having to deal with right now. Schools are making big cuts to electives such as are, music, and even physical education. This is very scary for our youth because of the great rate of obesity in our nation. With technology seen as a sedentary way to get work done many people have been straying away from exercise and have been ballooning up ever since. All teacher must notice that we must have physical education in our education system. With a healthier student studies show that they will learn more than an overweight student. In almost every part of education movement and exercise has a part. I believe that this must happen in the classroom from math classes to science classes. If we can educate the youth about the importance of exercise and a healthy lifestyle they will begin to exercise and take care of their bodies. This is a national problem and must be attacked before it is too late. If we can not do this we will lose our physical education program all together and then these students will have no chance to learn these vital skills to live a healthy an safe lifestyle. Our nation is a leader in almost everything and we are also leading in obesity. This has brought on new diseases and life expectancy going down. We must let out children live healthy and long lives to make them have the chances that we have had in our life time.

http://education.marrakech-marrakech.net/2010/02/07/wlc-physical-education-class-helps-students-become-fit-for-life-the-nashua-telegraph/

Article

This was a very interesting article that dealt with women who have been stay at home moms that have not been in the work force for a long time. These women have learned that they will have to re-enter the work force because of the recession and the financial declines of many families. The women that have been taking these classes have had no real computer training. Throughout these classes the women learn how to navigate a computer so that they can be hired pretty much anywhere in the wide realm of employment. I believe that this is great for the community and should be done everywhere. I understand that in past generations they have not had the training on newly made technology. This can be very frustrating and must be attacked so that we can give everyone a fair chance of employment. With technology changing everyday this must be a point that we teach and strive to do well for every student. As teachers we must also keep our education up to date and get taught on new technology very regularly. Also I believe that in every classroom teachers must integrate this technology within their classrooms. If we can start habits of good knowledge of technology and a need to learn higher technology we will have students that are highly versed in technology that can pass that information on to family members and also friends. Within my class room I will try to show that you can use technology to happy you live a healthy life. One way is to track what you eat on websites to see how many calories you are in taking and what things you are lacking within your diet. Also you can integrate the nitendo wii into the classroom and show that technology is your friend when you are trying to live a healthy lifestyle.

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350029

Teaching Philosophy

While in college I am a physical education major and a health education minor. With this I want to teach in a high school and coach soccer as well. In my classroom I want to enrich the lives of my students. I can do this by teaching them and instilling the life long lessons of how to live a very healthy and fulfilling life. I can do this by teaching them lifetime sports such as golf, tennis, and swimming. With these sports you can use them throughout your whole life. This is great because you will be able to keep having fun exercising even if you cannot do certain strenuous workouts. Within my classroom I will try to use a variety of teaching skills to make sure that each student can understand what I am teaching. I know that there are many different types of learners such as visual, written, and kinetic. My classroom will hit all these types of learning techniques. In my classroom I will also have a lot of alternative activities such as outdoor recreation. These activities can be anything from snow shoeing to biking. Many of these skills are not touched by most physical education departments, but with changing times the students must learning how to get exercise in a cheap or even free environment. I want to really emphasize how great this earth is for us and how no matter what the weather is like outside, you can still go outside and have a great workout. Also I want to give my students tips on eating healthy, by telling them what foods they should look to eat and why they should eat these foods. As a teen we build habits that we keep with us our whole life. I believe that by starting these habits in the high school years the students will be able to carry these habits throughout there lives.

http://soccerbilloshkosh.blogspot.com/2010/02/about-me.html