MN Golf State Tournament Practice Round

Great day today. We had outstanding weather today. It makes me actually want to in Minnesota and not move somewhere warm. I would love to live somewhere that has warm weather year round. Back to the nature of this post. The MSHSGCA did an outstanding job of hosting the Class "A" Golf Banquet. It was short and sweet and did a great job of praising the efforts of all the great student athletes that made it to the State Tournament. Congrats to Andrew Peterson who is back at the State Tournament and primed and ready to go for that Individual State Championship. Good Luck!

Tin Cup

I love this movie. I can't get enough of it. Kevin Costner Might be one of the greatest Actors in Sports roles. I love him in Tin Cup, Field of Dreams, For the Love of the Game, And don't forget Bull Durham.

Tin Cup Just grabs you and makes you want to play golf and then it torches you in the end with his melt down.

But the best part of the movie is when he quotes his poem about the golf swing...Grip it and Rip it!!!

Podcasting

Podcasting can be a great way to reach your students outside of your classroom.

For example, my assistant coach and I created a podcast that can go out to friends and family that allows them to stay updated on the world of golf at Meadow Creek High School. They are able to see how their friends and family members have done and here recaps of the meets that we took part in.

-JP Lindgren-

Google Docs

Google Docs are a great resource to have and use within the classroom. Just think about it. If your computer crashes you will still have all of your documents saved. It is free. It is easy to use. It is very user friendly. And most of all, if you are used to using Microsoft office it is very similar to that.

It would be an easy way to have your students work together and not have to worry about who has what software. One of the biggest problems I have when I send out emails with attachments is people writing back saying that they do not have that software to be able to open it up.

Google Docs help in many different ways and can be great to get all your kids using.

-JP Lindgren-

Webquest

What a great way to communicate with other educators in our field to see if they have advise or just want to use the information you have for another activity.

You can check out my site that was designed to help brake down the teaching of how to shoot a basketball. Feel free to check out my site and see a good way to shoot a basketball and teach others how to shoot a basketball here is my site on B-E-E-F shooting technique:

http://questgarden.com/78/97/6/090325100242/

-JP Lindgren-

Google App's

There are so many ways that we as educators can use these applications in order to create an environment that will lead to our students doing better and our classrooms being much more organized.

Google Calendar for instance is great for keeping a schedule up and ready for you to stay organized.

Personally, I use iGoggle already and love the fact that it can keep us up to date on what is happening with the news and emails all right there in front of yourself. In the classroom you could put up podcast for the students to use as resources for homework and have them all signed into iGoogle on there own and that stuff will pop right up for them.

Picasa can be used greatly in the PE department. you could have pictures showing proper form so that when the students are practicing they can do so right at home and see what it should look like.

And Knol is a way that the students can get their own thoughts out there. It is great for students to realize that they can teach others. As a basketball coach I always end up teaching my athletes the way to teach others because as soon as they can teach others the better they will be at that skill and the more knowledge they will have.

-JP-

D2L

Sites, such as, D2L can be so useful for everyone who takes the time to get a little bit more comfortable with them . D2L makes it easier in the long run on both the teacher and the student.
Let's think about it like this. Student don't have to print things off and teachers can keep all of their files on the computer. To me this would be ideal as an educator.

D2L is great at allowing us students to understand where we are grading wise and where we are in the class. These sites can only benefit all who use them.

-JP-