Last post!!!

This is the last blog post of the year for the class. One less thing I have to worry about for the semester. I want to talk about my life/leisure class and my territory games class. I think these two classes have given me a lot more preparation that I had when I first came to SRU to help me teach in the future. I have discovered the tactical approach to teaching and really liked that. Those classes gave me the experience to teach certain activities in different ways. Next semester, I am taking net/wall games and striking/fielding. I hope these two classes continue what I have learned and even go beyond so I can expand my teaching experience.

So this is my goodbye to blogging for the semester.

I bid you adieu.

-Brian Somers

The podcasts

The podcasts were fun to play with during class. I have never tried them before and really enjoyed it. I like how you can incorporate the podcast into a movie maker video in case if the original audio isn't that loud or doesn't work that well. I am not sure if I will use those in my physical education classes; I think I have other ways to get my point across in my classes. I hope there are more fun things we can do in the class before the end of the year comes - which is coming pretty fast.

The Webpage

For the TECH PETE class, we are required to make a web page. Personally, I enjoyed this activity. I have always been into technology and computers. As a physical education teacher, I will try to incorporate my web page into all of my classes. I think it is important to stay connected to my students in someway and I believe the web page would do just that. My students would be able to keep up with the class and also learn about new information to stay healthy and physically fit.

Where I would like to teach physical education

I believe it is very important to love the city you will be working and living in. Also, your life experience will tell where you would love to be. I want to teach Phys. Ed down in the south at a High School. I love the southern weather and I want to get away from the cold and snow. I can live dealing with potential hurricanes to avoid the frozen temperatures. Another reason for this is I also want to coach at that school. I would hopefully like to coach baseball and I would make it an all year event. Being able to practice outdoors most of the year is very important. Up here in the north, we are limited to the gymnasiums for practices and even the first couple games of the season can get canceled due to poor weather. So, teaching and living in the south is very ideal for me and my future.

Like the sound of that!

So I was doing some thinking about some ideas I would have in my Phys. Ed. class one day, and I like the idea of the interactive biking with the video games and the DDR setup. I believe the students would enjoy those activities a lot seeing as how they are fun and enjoyable for all. The DDR would then be more to the liking of the kids at the age group, whatever that may be with the songs they would love. The interactive biking with the video game is a great way to get the kids' minds off of thinking it's just a stupid exercise. The video game allows the kids to be in the activity without realizing they are getting an intense workout. Both of these ideas will hopefully be able to be incorporated into my Physical Educational classes.

Brian's first blog

My name is Brian Somers. I have never blogged before in my life. I enjoy technology a lot. I believe it is one of the most important aspects of our lives today. Without it, we wouldn't have as much as what we have today. I do enjoy purchasing some of the latest craze on the technology front. I just recently bought a Play Station 3 console just because it looked cool although my Play Station 2 still worked perfectly. I have one of the older iPod videos and not even thinking of getting a new one since mine still works perfectly. I will always look at the new items that come out but depending on the price and how much I actually need them, will determine if I ever make that purchase.