Greg Final 1a-1c

1. Where is the web-site from?  Where in the world?  Which country?  What city and state/province is the story from?
1. The website is from Toronto On, Canada.  One of the schools is located in Southern Saskatoon, Canada. The other school is Naperville central High near Chicago.
2. What do you think about this news piece....interesting...why or why not?
1. I find this news piece very interesting because it shows us as PE teachers that playing sports and having students sit around is not the way to go. Constant physical activity and mental thinking is always something that should be going on in a student’s head. PE should not just be about PE, but should be about every subject and learning environment. PE teachers should be able to have basic knowledge in other fields that they could incorporate in the program and help a student progress in their knowledge.
3. Why don’t we hear anything about the PE teacher being involved with City Park Collegiate experiment? How will ensure that your PE program will be a benefit to the students and faculty of your school?
1. I believe the reason why you do not hear anything about PE teacher being involved in this experiment is because for one these students may have gained more trust and respect for their main teacher more than anyone else.  Also the PE teacher at the school may not believe in this type of teaching and could be one of the so called “old school teachers.”  I will ensure that my PE program will benefit not only students but also the faculty by not having students learn about sports, but instead work on situations, problems that deal with math, science and history along with other fields while also giving these students a physical workout that will hopefully get them to enjoy and be more active at home and in school on a mental and physical level.
4. What are were the main outcomes/benefits of the program? Were you surprised from their findings? Are these outcomes similar to our New York State PE Standards?  Explain your answer by giving details and examples, while comparing and contrasting. 
1. All of the students that were part of this program have benefited a great deal. Every student increased in reading, writing, comprehension.  These students all had problems in school before they were put into this program. Some couldn’t read and write while others had problems paying attention and actually completing their work.  This program not only help students learned and achieve more in this class room then a regular class room would have allowed them to, but they also got physical activity that they did in their class room.  I was really surprised by the findings in this article.  If you showed me these students before doing this interview and told me what they were planning on doing I would have said that it would never have worked.  These outcomes are similar to the NYSPE standards.  These students were in a really safe and healthy environment. If these students did not come to this program they could be out on the streets and not even going to school.  This school has brought them comfort along with knowledge and activity.  Resource management was also brought out in this program because it showed students there was more to their life then the streets. Physical activity could help you in ways that they never would have thought of.  These students also did have some of standard one. They received physical activity in the class room prior to learning; one of the things that they did not talk about was skill based progress.
5. What is BDNF and what does it have to do with PE and learning? How do you get BDNF or other associated goodies? What are the names of two of the “key” books and their authors that currently outline the benefits of exercise and learning/academics? At least one is mentioned in the news piece.
1. BDNF (Brain-derived neurotrophic factor) which acts like a fertilizer (miracle growth of the brain). Preserves nerve cells, makes the cells stronger, it also makes new cells and helps them deal with stress.  To get BDNF you need to do something called Sustained aerobic movement. Scientists believe high school students need to get your heart rate up to 60-70% of maximum and keep it there for at least 20 minutes. One of the books named Spark by Dr. John Ratey. The other book is called “The Kinesthetic Classroom” by Traci Lengel and Mike Kuczala.

1c- As discussed throughout this semester, the goal in NYS is to have PE included in the school report card and to have Regents Level objectives.

- Recommended Regent’s Level for LS #1A= What is the %-age of the senior class that is “recreationally competent in 6 activities and “proficient” in 3” in 3 different activity categories (6+3/3) (See B-9 in packet)           

- Recommended Regent’s Level for LS #1B= What is the %-age of the senior class that has reached “competency” in their “Personal Fitness Plan”?

·         New York State has many different categories listed for the NYSLS 1a and 1b that students should be competent in.  They are Team Passing activities, Net/Wall activities, Target activities, Striking/Fielding activities, Aquatic activities, Dance and Aesthetic activities, Outdoor activities, Personal Performance activities, and Fitness activities.  Under each of these are separate sports, games, or skills that a student should be competent in. I believe a great PE teacher should be able to get 100% of the senior class to be able to be recreationally competent in 6 activities and “proficient” in 3 in 3 different activity categories and also to have 100% competency in their Personal Fitness Plan.  But a good PE teacher should get at least 90% of the senior class should be recreationally competent in 6 activities and “proficient” in 3” in 3 different activity categories and also competent in their personal fitness plan

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Lab D

IDance is a great tool that should be introduced at all levels in a Physical Education environment. While working on how I was going to teach IDance I learned that it was not just a game but a tool that can help improve, motivate, and create and fun and healthy environment in the Physical Education setting. Their are many was to use the IDance system. Hands, feet, soccer balls and other equipment can be used on these boards which all promote different movements and allows students to always be actively moving while having fun.


While looking at all the possibilities that the IDance system has I decided to incorporate a lot of movement from one IDance Board to another. This would not only allow students to work on teamwork and cooperation, but would also allows students to increase their heart rate, reaction time, speed, agility, and coordination while also having fun.

From All you need is a little P.E

As you can see from my video below I did not just have students use one IDance board and not doing anything else because that would increase the chances that students get bored and become less likely to participate. I consistently changed up the task to make it more challenging, but at the same time I tried to keep a fun and active environment which I believe I accomplished.





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Lab C

Lab C was a really fun and exciting lab. When I heard that we would need to choose a sport from another country I wanted to choose a game that no one has ever heard of, but also a sport that would be a lot of fun. The name of the sport I choose was Kabaddi. It is a sport that has a lot of the elements that wrestling, tag, football, and rugby, and M.M.A have. This game was formed in South Asia before the common era and was developed for combat training. Since then the Kabaddi has grown not only into a national sport of Bangladesh, but a sport that is played throughout the world. Mostly still played in Southern Asia Kabaddi is growing in popularity and the first World Cup was played in 2010. Here is part two of India vs. Pakistan!

When bringing Kabaddi to a Physical Education setting teaching the rules and culture of Kabaddi is real important. It allows students to understand where the sport developed, why its played and also how it is played, but teaching wrestling and fighting in a classroom setting is not safe or appropriate. What I decided to do instead is use flag football flags to take over the fighting and wrestling and tag contact to the game. Also you do not tell the students to hold there breath either because that is dangerous, but you can tell them to continuously say Kabaddi without a break in between syllables and words, but to only do it until they start to feel uncomfortable because we are not trying to see who can say it the longest, but instead are trying to introduce different cultures into the students life.
Here is the video for my lesson. Enjoy : )!!!

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After reviewing what I have taught I see that i gave a little to much instruction and time could have used a little more activity time, but I did show two videos which took up part of that instruction time.  There is still time for me to improve on my teaching styles and skills. My least strongest point is definitely feedback.  I really need to work on that and hope to improve it by lab d.  For lab d I will be teaching IDance so I am excited because I love working with technology and technology may be the future of physical education.  Until next time.

Lab B-2

This Lab was very fun for me to teach.  I really feel like I am progressing really well in this class and teaching in general. Everything I do in this class has and will continue helping me in the rest of my time at Cortland and beyond.  Lab B-2 was a step up from B-1 where the skills and tasks became harder.  My skill was  to lead my partner while he or she was running down the field.





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As you can see from this video and audio track of me I believe I have progressed a lot since the first lab.  I can see that I am starting to learn to use my voice even though I started to "coach" at the end instead of teach.  I also see that I need to make these tasks and challenges a lot more fun which can easily be done in the future.  Also I noticed that I did not give any feedback which is why I an not including the feedback sheet.  Each class I learn something new about teaching in general and about me as a teacher.  I need to work on my feedback part of teaching and make teaching and the lessons a fun and exciting place to be. Hope you enjoyed. Until next time who knows where in the World we may be. ; )

Lab B1

I felt a lot more comfortable teaching this time but I still have a lot to work on.  I notice i did not use the D.E.A.D acronym and also I need to give more feedback.  But i feel like when I told them where to throw at by giving them a High low high was good because it gave them structure and didn't allow them to fool around.