Zumba with a twist

The other day Dan taught a great Zumba lesson!!! He recorded himself doing a Zumba lesson, but I was blind for the lesson so I was unable to see the video. I was told however that it was great though.

When I first told Dan that I was blind he was shocked but he handled it very well!! Dan adapted extremely well and fast, by calling out the steps for me and describing the steps so that I could visualize what they were. I was very frustrated throughout the lesson though because I wished that I could just see what was going on but knowing that I couldn't. In all honesty I could not tell you were I was in the gymnasium for the majority of the lesson.

At the lesson we had to make a routine, and follow the ones that led their routine as well. That was extremely difficult because when I had to follow the other groups I had no idea if I was doing the dances correctly. I felt that everyone was staring at me and that I was making a fool of myself. Even though I was self conscious and frustrated throughout the lesson, I still had a great time. I also gained a better understanding of what a person that is blind has to go through on a day to day basis. Even though it was only a glimpse it still changed my perspective immensely. I just hope that if I have a student with a disablility that I will be able to do all that I can for them in order to make them feel as though they are just as comfortable as the other students in the class. Great job Dan!!!

Yoga!!!

Ms. Clark did a great job opening up for lab D! I loved her instant activity it was really creative!! It really left me with a feeling about how important it is for us to combat obesity. We wore heavy backpacks and we when we were it for walking tag. The backpacks were about an extra twenty pounds for us to carry around so for some people it was definitely difficult. I thought that her lesson was as equally as good! She had us get into pairs and then go to stations.

The stations were great. I really liked the idea of having us record ourselves at one of the stations with her iPad. It was a really clever idea! Another thing that I really liked about the lesson was that Trish made a routine that we did at the end of the lesson.







Overall I would have to say that I had a great time doing yoga in this lesson and I cannot wait until I get to do it again!!!!

I would just like to say that this is my group that I TA for in 201 and they are amazing!!! I wanted to say thank you for being so great this semester and including me in everything that you guys do!! P.S. I love that I am in the group name!!! Thanks so much for the shirt as well!!!! I wouldn't trade you guys for the world.

Thank you Max Stern, Jordan Bari, and Joe Bono!!!!!

My 201 Group and Their Video!!!!! Check it out!!!

These lyrics will stick with you forever, but hey that's the point!! Learn something new, they have a lot to teach you!!! Glad that I was able to help them out!!!

Yeah Guys!!! You Belt It Out!!!

Scavenger Hunt!!!

Today in 255 instead of our normal class we participated in a scavenger hunt throughout park center!!! It was so much fun I wouldn't mind doing that a more times at all. It was a great way to integrate technology into physical education. We split up into groups and we used smart phones to scan bar codes that were set up throughout the building, that lead us to other clues. There were ten places that we needed to find and each place had a letter and a clue to the next bar code. The letters that we got we had to unscramble and figure out what the letters spelt. This is a great way to get the students thinking cognitively. The final phrase was red dragons which is our school mascot which I thought was cool. The scavenger hunt was also an amazing way to get out heart rate up and to get us active. I had more than 2 thousand steps within less than an hour from doing this activity which is great!!! I am actually keeping track of my steps online with http://www.peclogit.org and it is great!! I get to see how many step I take a day seeing those numbers really will shock you!! I suggest that everyone get a pedometer and track your step count with this because it is easy to use and free!! I personally love the site and I think that you will too!!


 Thank you Steve Miner for coming up with the scavenger hunt I think that it was amazing, and I would love to do it again!!! Oh and PS in case you were wondering my team won the scavenger hunt!!! Yeah Baby!!

Intraurals!!! Yeah it was a blast!!

Over the past few months I played on a basketball intramurals team and I had a ton of fun!! I used to play on the  varsity team at my previous college but I did not like that at all so I decided here I would not try out for the team but I would just do intramurals instead. It was more of a family on this team and that is how I was taught a basketball team should be. I love being able to just get out there and do something that I love to do. I have played basketball every since the 3rd grade and I am a junior in college at this point in time so to say the least I have played quite a few games! That also tells you that I have really enjoyed playing this sport.

 I wanted to encourage anyone that is thinking about doing an intramural team to just do it, whether you know the sport or not!! My freshman year of college I played broomball and I had a blast!! I will never forget how much fun that I had just getting out there and doing it!!

ExerGaming!!!

LEARNING HOW TO DO SOMETHING NEW!!!

ARE YOU UP FOR THE CHALLENGE???

Well this is something that is so interesting and fun!!!! Exergaming is what I will be using for my lab D. I am going to be doing a cardio-vascular unit with the equipment that is in the lab! I went in on Friday for class and played iDance which was a ton of fun!!! After class I stayed and learned how to set up the Kinect which was a real feat for me!! I have never been very technologically inclined so learning this is good for me! When I took 201 I remember thinking that after the first day there was no way I would be able to do any of the technology stuff but now I have a new confidence in myself and a want to learn so much more about how to integrate technology into my teaching. Setting equipment up is still something that I have to learn how to do but it is something that I am going to end up becoming very good at!!! You wait and see!!!