About Me

I have been coaching Basketball and golf for the past 5 years and have loved every moment of it. It is why I have decided to head back to school to become a physical education teacher. I really love being able to shape the next generation through sports and education.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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-

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Wiki's

I love all of these Wiki's that are out there. What a great tool in this day of technology. These are things that all students will get benefits from.

Think about how this will give the students opportunities to work together on projects while from the comfort of their own home. If anything their parents will love that they will not have to tool them around to get a group assignment done.

As far as places like wikipedia are also great for researching. It allows students a chance to learn by reading and then reading to prove what the read right.

All around great way of using technology to learn.

-JP Lindgren-