Yerky



I think the IPAD would be beneficial to the students in our school and would help to enhance their educational experience. The apps that students could use to enrich their education seem to be endless. The IPAD seems to be another way to get the students interested and involved in their education. It would reach the needs of the different learning styles of the students, and would be a great device to keep them excited about their educational experiences. The students could use the IPAD to help them understand the nutritional value of certain food choices and help to locate muscles on their body and relevant exercises. If I were to use the IPAD in class I would attempt an activity where they have to find pictures of specific food, type it into the IPAD and see what the nutritional value is of the selected food. This activity would still allow for movement during class instead of being a sedentary activity. My search for lesson plans for the IPAD related to elementary physical education was unsuccessful. It could be used on occasion for activities that would have to be created by the teacher, or even for the students who have medical excuses keeping them out of physical education. Overall, I believe it would be difficult to implement the IPAD into the physical education curriculum. I was able to find apps that related to nutrition and the muscles in the body. There were two apps that I found in particular that had activity in them and were elementary aged. One app was called Rosita’s Jump Street, and the other was Easter Egg n’ Spoon Race. The IPAD would be beneficial to the classroom, but I feel it would be difficult to implement it into the elementary physical education curriculum.