Exergaming Track and Field unit

Lab D: Exergaming Track and Field unit

As nervous as I was about Lab D it was the perfect wrap up to my 255 teaching. Lab D for me was much more of a challenge from lab B and even Lac C because we were asked to kept on building on what we were learning thought the course and it was our responsibility to incorporate everything into a last 20 minute lesson. Over all I believe that lab D was my best lab so far and I felt the most comfortable while teaching. Finally, I was able to complete the lesson with in the time constraints, but I guess better late than never. My growth from the beginning labs until now was quite significant and I gained much more confidence and learned about various ways to deal with behavior issues and the proper way to provide students with feedback. Because of my experiences in this class I will be able to better myself as a teacher and continue on developing my professionalism as a future teacher and can carry what I have learned onto other teaching classes I will be taking.

C9:

After reviewing my Ta's C9 assessment I feel that I did reasonably well and I received 10.75 points out of the 14 total possible points. However, I fell short on several aspects like having a hook in my lesson and I also lacked an Intratask Variation. The biggest issue that the Ta had pointed out is that I need to work on my enunciation, pronunciation and being precise. The reason for this is because it seemed that my lesson was not tied together properly and had many components in it. Some of the positives that I took out of my C9 was that I had improved from my lab C and I was able to complete the lesson which gave me those extra points for my closure

C10:

My C10 surprised me on what I had found and was a little disappointed in myself. I was unable to hit any of the required targets for practice, lecture/ demonstration, and management

                                    Target                                               My percentages

                                    70+%           Practice                                  32%

                                     15%      Lecture/ Demonstration              54%

                                     10%        Management                             23%

These results are disappointing because it shows that I spoke way too much and did not have the entire class nearly as active as they should have been and that was because I took too much time explaining what was happening or the students were changing positions. One way that I can improve this in the future is to have the students that were on the side stay active with a separate activity until it was their time to go on the x-box

Time Coding:

Similar to my C-10 form my Ta's evaluation showed that I spoke entirely too much and spent lots of time on management because I was setting up the games and switching events.

                                           Target                                    My Percentage

                                           <15%     Management                  39%

                                           >50%         Activity                       17%

                                           <30%        Instruction                    36%

                                           <5%             Waiting                        7%

As I mentioned about I can add and activity for the students that are not using the Kinnect to beef up the activity in the class and I can try not to talk as much so that it cuts out some of the unnecessary instruction. I could have also made sure that I had the games fully set up to the point that they would be ready to go when the class was. Although I did not reach the goals I believe I learned a whole different side of teaching and what I can do to better it when using technology in a lesson.

SOFIT!

Looking at my SOFIT I am seeing similar things as I dd in my C9 and time coding and that is that I used a large amount of the class on management, giving information on general knowledge of the lesson. The actual fitness and game play of the lesson were the least done and those are the most important part which is never good. As my Ta's had pointed out to me that was on of my weaknesses and could be fixed if I toned down the amount of information that was covered and be able to focus on one or two things rather than multiple that can get to be overbearing.

C12:

My C12 teacher evaluation showed that my strengths were in my demonstration with minor “hiccups that seemed very minor”. I also had strengths in my enthusiasm, professionalism as well my management of the environment. However, it was also pointed out that I was struggling with my confidence and poise with conveying my alcohol information to the class. My instructional clarity fell short as well and I believe that was because of the amount of content that I was attempting to fit into the lesson, as my Ta had pointed out, and I was unable to express my ideas properly to the class. In my future teaching I will keep in mind to cut down on some of the information and increase the clarity!

C13:

C13 allowed me to do a self assessment of my teaching. This was much different than the rest because it allowed me to think about things that I had not done up until this point and showed me that I cannot forget about the simple thing like giving a safety statement, stating my expectations for the lesson and instructional points. The new thing that was stressed and evaluated in the C12 as well as this form was weather or not my voice reflected appropriate levels and inflection thorough the lesson to help hold or get the students attention which I believe I accomplished. Another thing that was asked was did I feel that I related to my class, this is so important because if you cannot relate to your class then you will not be a effective teacher and the students will not take you seriously. I believe that I related well to the class and and big reason for this is that it is a small class and I know all of the students in this class very well. I feel that this is one of the most important for that we have used so far because it asked you to asses your own video and allows you to think about your professionalism and self image as a teacher. It also requires you to give short answers and by writing out your thoughts, having to think about what you have been doing and what you will do in the future as a teacher, is most important in your professional growth.

My Lab D Video! Link to my Video!!

Pilates Homework

1. What is Pilates?
   Pilates is physical movement with exercises and stretching designed to stretch, strengthen, and balance the body.

2. What is the main focus on Pilates and how does that help anxiety?
   Pilates focuses on breath control, abdominal strength, and joint mobility. These are all simple things that you can perform quickly to help relieve stress that can lead to anxiety.

3. What are benefits to Pilates
   Some benefits of Pilates is increased spine mobility, increased muscle flexibility, and increasing lung capacity.

4.Would you take another class?

I would absolutely take another class especially because my flexibility is very lacking and that would help me tremendously.

5.Why do we focus on quality over quantity in Pilates?

The quality of the exercise is more important because to get the results you want, you need to be doing the proper motions so that you do not injure yourself trying do do a high number of repetitions.

Laura's Homework

What are 3 signs or symptoms of depression?

Feeling sad, depressed, feeling lonely at times

What are 3 cures for depression?

Activity, hanging out and talking with friends, medications

How well did you and your partner work together?

We both worked very well together and were able to find the codes.

How many codes were you able to find?

We found two codes.

Did you and your partner have any issues with finding the codes? If so, what?

Yes we did, we were not think far enough outside the box and thought we had to stay in the building

Did you have fun?

Yes I sure dis!