Personal Fitness

Thing #23 - The Journey Continues...

2011-12-26T08:11:00.000-08:00

This whole process has been very interesting and I have learned a lot of web information. I am glad I explored all these THINGS, there is a lot of helpful items.

I know I would use these more if I was in a regular classroom setting, but since I am in Physical Education, it makes it harder to use daily. I know there are several ideas that I will continue to use. I hope the wiki works with my baseball team. It is too easy not to.

I really liked the wikis, slideshare and podcasts the best. Those are the three items I will probably use the most.

I am eager to learn the next 23 things in the future!!!

Thing #22 - Create a Wiki

2011-12-26T07:20:00.000-08:00

I created a checklist of everything needed to make the bowling fundraiser a success. I also made a bowlers list so everyone can see who is coming.

http://2012bowlingfundraiser.wikispaces.com/

I am hoping this will take off with my baseball team for this fundraiser. It should be exciting to see how it works.

I think that this will be easier than a blog, some people do not always comment on blogs, but the wiki will just be edited with useful information that we all need to know as a group about what is going on. This will eliminate phone calls and discussions about who is doing what. I like the wiki better.

Thing #21 - Learn About Wikis

2011-12-26T06:49:00.000-08:00

I liked the video about the camping trip list and location. I feel that the only hurdle might be everyone being a member and actually joining in the editing process. I am going to try one for our baseball teams upcoming fundraiser. We will see how it goes!

I wish I had worked with Wikis months ago. I would not have had to answer 20 different phone calls and text messages from everyone asking what the boys wanted for Christmas. I could have made the list of things the boys wanted and shared it will my family and they could decide what they wanted to get and the others could see what was still needed to get. Oh well, next time!

Thing #20 - Finding and Subscribing to Podcasts

2011-12-25T21:32:00.000-08:00

I subscribe to several podcasts. The two that I just subscribed to are "Youth Baseball Conditioning Program" and "Positive Coaching Alliance".

Podcast Alley is not as easy to find podcasts as on iTunes. I prefer iTunes since most of my podcasts I listen to I already subscribe to.

For me, this whole podcasting section was just a review since I already knew about it.

Thing #19 - Learn About Podcasting

2011-12-25T21:02:00.000-08:00

First, I looked at Podcasts by students and found one from Dearborn, MI. I listened and watched Mr. Lindens Library.

http://district.dearbornschools.org/schools/long/podcast/Long%20Elementary/HOME.html

Second, I chose Reading Roundup from Hillside Middle School in Northville, MI. It talked about Great Mysteries.

http://www.northville.k12.mi.us/hillside-imc/podcasts/2007-2008/reading-roundup/podcast3.htm

I would not use either of these selections in my class, but I have heard some very good podcasts that are of interest to me and I even have them on my ipod to listen to when I workout.

Thing #18 - Slideshare

2011-12-25T20:44:00.000-08:00

Cricket

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I chose this SlideShare on Cricket because it is one of the most popular games we play in my class. The kids love it! I have already posted the SlideShare to my classroom website.

SlideShare can be used by all. Teachers and Students in and out of the classroom.

Thing #17 - Online Productivity

2011-12-25T20:24:00.000-08:00

I explored the "ZOHO SHOW" and I had to search several different key words before I found anything of interest to me. I finally found something on fitness, baseball and the Olympics.

The whole "Zoho Show" reminded me of a simple Powerpoint presentation. There is probably no chance that I will ever use this at all. I use youtube a lot and a variety of websites to get the information to my students.

Thing #16 - Google Docs

2011-12-24T09:51:00.000-08:00

I like the whole Google Docs idea and it can be a great asset to all technology users. I think that my class could benefit from the use of this, but again it is something they would have to do outside the classroom. My class is strictly set up for physical participation during class time and usually no down time or access to videos and such. I do frequently tell my class to check my personal website for updated information.

I believe that all our students have an email address at school, so access should not be a problem. I may be adding this to my website here pretty soon!

Thing #15 - RSS Revisited

2011-12-24T09:21:00.000-08:00

I actually have been checking my Google Reader account about twice per week and I have already cleaned it up. I do not use it that much for my class but more for my personal interest with sports, local news and music. I do not use it on a daily basis, not sure if I will.

RSS is easy to understand and now I notice the icon on a lot of websites that I regularly visit. Technology is easy to use and makes it fun for everyone. I do see the benefits, but they are not for everyone. It's not as easy for me in the physical education setting and not having a screen to project things on for my class to see. Most of the time I have to have the class check my website for updated information on the web.

Thing #14 - Bookmarking with Delicious

2011-12-23T09:41:00.000-08:00

Delicious Username: sjanack

http://delicious.com/sjanack

I have already began to bookmark some items for my classroom. I briefly looked over fitness and exercise and found some different abdominal workouts to use. I also, bookmarked all the professional sports teams here in Detroit.

Delicious will definitely help me out. There are so many times I forget to save what I am looking for or I check it out at home and forget about it on my school computer or vice versa. I will for sure benefit from using it.

Thing #13 - Social Bookmarking and Tagging

2011-12-21T09:27:00.000-08:00

Taging through Delicious is Awesome!!!

You don't know how many times I come across a website at home or at school and they are on different computers. If I bookmark something at school, then I go home and can not find it, it drives me crazy. The tagging on Delicious will be great. Can't wait to get started in the next Thing #14.

Only problems will be if you have some privacy issues with your tags that you may not want to be public. I'm sure there will be a way to make these tags private if you would like. Or just dont tag them.

Thing #12 - Blog Widgets

2011-12-20T09:59:00.000-08:00

Embedding codes is very easy once you find them. The only online community I am a part of is Facebook. I use it to keep in touch with friends and family. The relationships online can be made to whatever you are willing to create. Kids make Facebook so popular because they can easily communicate with one another.

Thing #11 - Community 2.0

2011-12-20T09:33:00.000-08:00

Personally, I am not a big fan of leaving comments on other people's blogs or posts. If I have questions or need some more information, I might post something. But for the most part, I prefer not to comment too much.

When I received my first comment, I was eager to see what was said or thought. It was just a simple reply that I needed to elaborate on my feedback. I guess just a little bit of constructive criticism never hurt anyone.

I believe it is important to have comments to everyone is aware of the possibility of two points of view. Students can improve or provide information back and forth about a subject with personal twists. That way they can form a better understanding of a subject and expand their knowledge.

Thing #10 - Embed and Download Video

2011-12-19T09:24:00.000-08:00

I selected this video because I recorded it live at ROCK THE VOTE in Dayton, Ohio. One of The Beastie Boys, Adrock walked off stage and Ben Stiller came on stage rapping his lyrics. He was dressed identical to Adrock so it took a while for the crowd to figure it out. He did not miss a line and did great, Pretty cool!

Thing #9 - Online Video

2011-12-19T08:59:00.000-08:00

YOUTUBE!!!!

I use YOUTUBE about once a week. I post everything that my family does there. Check out TreyAdamLuke for any of my family videos. I have vacation videos, Football videos, Baseball videos and just silly stuff that I catch my family doing.

I use it to share stuff with my family who does not live near me and can not experience everything we do. So I share them on youtube and send them the links to watch and see how the family is doing.

I use youtube in my classroom and plan to add links to my website to show the students how to play certain games and activities correctly.

Youtube was shut down at school for a while, but is now back up and running. If it was to be left out of the classroom, it would be a bad decision.

Thing #8 - Fun with Images

2011-12-19T08:50:00.000-08:00

My Biggest Loser - Before Picture.

http://home.mywebface.com/fatApp/

There were some pretty cool apps to work with on this part of 23 things. Some of them that I tried did not work with the size of the photo, so I had to go through a few of them and change the image size. That was a little frustrating. For the most part it was very easy to work with. Got some great ideas too.

Cartoon me was very similar to creating an avatar on XBOX 360 or Wii.

Thing #7 - Share Your Photos Online

2011-12-16T09:41:00.000-08:00

Uploading pictures to Flickr is very similar to Facebook. I can see myself adding all my pictures from my classroom to my Flickr account so that the students can see them all. I currently have uploaded most of the pictures that I am speaking of to my school website also.

Only issues my be copyright stuff and students not wanting their pictures public.

Otherwise, this method is pretty simple.

Thing #6 - Photo Sharing with Flickr

2011-12-16T09:25:00.000-08:00

I found this interesting because it is actually a signed record of one of my favorite songs by the Beastie Boys.

Thing #5 - Managing Your RSS Feeds

2011-12-16T09:01:00.000-08:00

Well, I dont really have any questions. I did go through and organize my folders. Most of the subscriptions I have are sports and music related. I usually check those on a regular basis. I do not usually look at the others that we were asked to add.

I have to agree that I was overwhelmed by the amount of information that was presented as new daily on the subscriptions I had. But I guess I check that many out without knowing.

I did send a link to the staff yesterday on one item that I read about Premature Babies.

Thing #4 - What is RSS?

2011-12-07T11:10:00.000-08:00

I have already subscribed to the local news sites and some music sites.

I like both methods, this is definitley something new and I like it.

Pretty Cool!

Thing #3 - Blogs in Education

2011-12-07T09:36:00.000-08:00

One of the ways I would use the blog for fitness would be to show the students the weekly lesson plans or topics that they are responsible to master and learn.

The students can then ask questions and receive feedback from myself or others in the class.

I have no concerns, just not sure how often I would use the blogger.

Thing #1 - Intro to Web 2.0 & Thing #2 - Become a Blogger

2011-12-06T13:30:00.000-08:00

I could definitely see myself having the students listen to a podcast about topics in fitness class. It would be an easy way to re-enforce information about certain topics that are presented in class.

Personal Fitness

2011-12-06T13:18:00.000-08:00

Vocabulary Words
- Muscles