My frame of reference is based mostly on my personal experiences, values and my professional experiences. I like to hear other peoples experiences and ideas to add to my own collection of ideas. I'm always willing to add or try new things to help my students and colleagues. Working together hopefully builds strong working relationship between staff. Working in a cohesive atmosphere will lead to more success for the teachers and students.
Collaboration is an important to for not only teachers in a school setting, but for other careers, too. People have to be able to communicate well with others verbally and they also need to do their part by listening. Feedback is crucial for learning and becoming better as a professional. Body language and the way you dress is important, too. Being in a professional setting, you want to do your part to make yourself look professional and present yourself in that manner. Sometimes during staff meetings, when a PE teacher says something, and it's a really good comment or suggestion, some staff seem amazed that it came from a PE teacher. We all need to communicate and collaborate as a whole to be successful as a team and as teachers.
"Swimming with Friends"
I enjoyed swimming with the students at the pool. The teacher I spoke to had a lot of good information. I was with the deaf and hard of hearing children for most of the time. The teacher was very knowledgeable about each of the students as individuals. Before we started, she brought the children down to the end of the pool and she would demonstrate a skill, then the teachers would work with their student doing the same thing. I wanted to sign to them since I just finished my ASL class, but never got the chance. The teacher also mentioned one of the most important things is to be aware of where their mouth is in relation to the pool especially when the child is not facing you. You don't want their mouth and nose too close to the water.
The teachers there were very helpful and willing to talk to us. As our class was in or out of the pool, we were collaborating the entire time. We were giving ideas or asking different questions to help learn and get new ideas.
I like experiences where we work with children in an actual setting like what we did. It makes me more confident in what I am doing.
"Your feelings about doing a blog and reference a classmates blog here with a link to your blog and to their blog. "
I was very nervous starting the blog. I'm not good with technology and needing a whole website due at the end of the class made me sweaty. I'm lucky I had nice people last year to help with all the technology, and this year, too. I don't like the feeling of the blog maybe being public if I don't click the correct buttons. I think it will be cool at the end with the final project. My blog is http://apechico.blogspot.com/ Vanessa's website is fantastic. Check it out! www.chicoape.blogspot.com Grant's is great too! http://gbonham67.blogspot.com/ Technology!
"Thoughts on why it is important to consider and understand the importance of diversity in your physical education class. "
Respect is key for teaching students and the diversity of the world makes it go around. People come from different walks of life, and learning about them is important. When I taught in San Diego, there were a lot of students that came from Somalia. I took the girls swimming at the pool for a unit. I I have never experienced this before, but most of them had never gone swimming, so some were scared of the water, and they didn't wear swimsuits. They wore full length, long sleeve shirts and pants and they wore their hijab's in the water. By the end of the unit, some of them enjoyed getting in at least, even though they didn't learn to swim. I try to tell the students when we start new units where the game came from and how it may have started. This way, hopefully, maybe they can connect it to themselves somehow. I had my 7th graders one year pick a country and look up a dance from there for a BTSA project. It was part of their dance unit, and we had to use the computer lab a couple days. It was a good idea, but I don't know if I'd do it again. However, having the students learn about a dance from a country they choose because they have family there or the group chose it was a cool idea.
"Communication is an important tool in collaboration because..."
Collaboration is an important to for not only teachers in a school setting, but for other careers, too. People have to be able to communicate well with others verbally and they also need to do their part by listening. Feedback is crucial for learning and becoming better as a professional. Body language and the way you dress is important, too. Being in a professional setting, you want to do your part to make yourself look professional and present yourself in that manner. Sometimes during staff meetings, when a PE teacher says something, and it's a really good comment or suggestion, some staff seem amazed that it came from a PE teacher. We all need to communicate and collaborate as a whole to be successful as a team and as teachers.
"Swimming with Friends"
I enjoyed swimming with the students at the pool. The teacher I spoke to had a lot of good information. I was with the deaf and hard of hearing children for most of the time. The teacher was very knowledgeable about each of the students as individuals. Before we started, she brought the children down to the end of the pool and she would demonstrate a skill, then the teachers would work with their student doing the same thing. I wanted to sign to them since I just finished my ASL class, but never got the chance. The teacher also mentioned one of the most important things is to be aware of where their mouth is in relation to the pool especially when the child is not facing you. You don't want their mouth and nose too close to the water.
The teachers there were very helpful and willing to talk to us. As our class was in or out of the pool, we were collaborating the entire time. We were giving ideas or asking different questions to help learn and get new ideas.
I like experiences where we work with children in an actual setting like what we did. It makes me more confident in what I am doing.
"Your feelings about doing a blog and reference a classmates blog here with a link to your blog and to their blog. "
I was very nervous starting the blog. I'm not good with technology and needing a whole website due at the end of the class made me sweaty. I'm lucky I had nice people last year to help with all the technology, and this year, too. I don't like the feeling of the blog maybe being public if I don't click the correct buttons. I think it will be cool at the end with the final project. My blog is http://apechico.blogspot.com/ Vanessa's website is fantastic. Check it out! www.chicoape.blogspot.com Grant's is great too! http://gbonham67.blogspot.com/ Technology!
"Thoughts on why it is important to consider and understand the importance of diversity in your physical education class. "
Respect is key for teaching students and the diversity of the world makes it go around. People come from different walks of life, and learning about them is important. When I taught in San Diego, there were a lot of students that came from Somalia. I took the girls swimming at the pool for a unit. I I have never experienced this before, but most of them had never gone swimming, so some were scared of the water, and they didn't wear swimsuits. They wore full length, long sleeve shirts and pants and they wore their hijab's in the water. By the end of the unit, some of them enjoyed getting in at least, even though they didn't learn to swim. I try to tell the students when we start new units where the game came from and how it may have started. This way, hopefully, maybe they can connect it to themselves somehow. I had my 7th graders one year pick a country and look up a dance from there for a BTSA project. It was part of their dance unit, and we had to use the computer lab a couple days. It was a good idea, but I don't know if I'd do it again. However, having the students learn about a dance from a country they choose because they have family there or the group chose it was a cool idea.
