Pod Casts, Baseball and Physical Education

I’ve been under the weather. No, I’ve been sick - really sick. I haven’t had a voice in several days and it’s put quite a few things on hold. One of those things has been the work I’ve been doing to wrap up the requirements for my IEASC coursework. I’ve been waiting, what I thought, has been patiently to have a voice to record a podcast with, but alas, it’s taking too long to be able to talk again. Therefore, I’ve decided to go with an old podcast for this assignment and take a little bit of a different perspective from the usual language arts, math or social studies or science perspective I usually take.

The incorporation of technology into the various classroom pedagogies also lends itself to the study of physical education and it’s related fields. The California Physical Education Standards call for students to be able to “demonstrate the motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities” (Standard One) as well as to be able to “demonstrate and utilize knowledge of psychological and sociological concepts, principles, and demonstate stratetegies that apply to the learning and performance of physical activity” (Standard 5). Thus, providing the opportunity for students to explore the rules of various and the corresponding careers.

This podcast demonstrates an opportunity for PE teachers and students to incorporate Common Core Listening and Speaking Standards into the physical education curriculum. A couple of years ago, I began to explore podcasting. The first podcast I created was in Garage Band and focused on highlighting an accomplishment of my son’s Little League team. The Yankees won their game. A similar student project would allow students to incorporate PE, Common Core and NETS standards.

Administrative support for these types of projects would meet the NETS Standard for Administrators Number 2 Digital Age Learning Culture - Educational Administrators create, promote, and sustain a dynamic, digital-age learning culture that provides a rigorous, relevant, and engaging education for all students, most specifically focusing on item D of the standard Ensure effective practice in the study of technology and its infusion across the curriculum.

*Audio file in Garage Band - this blogger was unable to upload the MP3 audio file.