Day 16

Today in class the first group of Kyle, Eric and Mike had to teach their Lab C's. They were given the game of Hantis which is actually a very interesting game and they even had the makers of the game send them a youtube video just for our class which was very cool.

After watching them teach I feel more comfortable going on Friday because I have seen my peers present their games and they did great! I can't wait to teach Tchoukball to my peers!

Day 15

Today in class we started out in the gym where Cassie gave us an example of what our Lab C's are going to look like by teaching us the game of Rugby. It was a lot of fun learning a new sport that I have never played before and it gave me a good idea of what is going to be expected of me on Friday when I am going to teach Tchoukball.

After we got out physical activity in through Rugby we went to the classroom where we got into our groups for Lab C and discussed in more detail what exactly we are going to do. I am going to be teaching Tchoukball to 4th graders and I am going to be the one in the group to use technology by playing a video for the class to get them into the idea of learning such a cool and new sport to them.

I am looking forward to watching my peers on Wednesday as they start their Lab C's.

Cortland Roller Hockey Finishes Season 12-0

After Cortland's Club Roller Hockey team finishes their season at 12-0 they look ahead to playoffs which will take place in Feasterville, PA on March 3rd. Not many people know that Cortland has a Roller Hockey team so this my way of getting the word out.

Check out our team blog at: Cortland Red Dragons Roller Hockey Club
Check out our team stats at: Eastern Collegiate Roller Hockey Association

Day 14

In Friday's class we got into our groups that we will be teaching in for Lab C. For Lab C I will be teaching Tchoukball to 4th graders. My teaching group went and looked at the equipment that we will be using in our lab on Friday and it looks like a lot of fun.

Tchoukball is an indoor team sport developed in 1970 by Swiss Biologist Hermann Brandt. His aim was to develop a team sport which did not involve the horrific injuries which he viewed as plaguing other sports.

If You Can Dodge a Wrench, You Can Dodge a Ball!

Dodgeball is in the PE "Hall of Shame" and for good reason but with some modifications and changes to the game it could be an adequate source of physical activity. In class we talked about a game that is very similar to Dodgeball but is a lot more structured and does not have an elimination where people have to sit out which is big when it comes to a game being good or bad.

Trench Ball is the variation to Dodgeball that would be the best way to change the game. Instead of knocking someone out by hitting the with the ball the go behind the enemies court in the "trench" and wait for either there team to throw them a ball and go back to there side or if a ball rolls to them they may pick it up and throw it at the enemies back so everyone has to be on there toes and ready for anything. It makes everyone think about the surroundings and keeps everyone actively engaged in the class.

Some safety tips for the game would be that the ball must stay below the waist. In the end I believe that it would be best to stay away from the game of Dodgeball.

Day 13

Wednesday's class was a change of pace because we went in the classroom and instead of getting right into activity Professor Yang started off class with some fun little word puzzles to engage us cognitively into the lesson. My partner was Lesley and she was amazing at the puzzles, we were able to get most of them! I think we definitely won with the most correct. We the got into the important information about our next lab and what will be expected of us. Some of the key points of today's class were the lesson plans and how to challenge your students in class whether it be the entire class or just going up to an individual who is doing a lot better then his/her peers and give them a challenge which is called intra-task variation.

Some things that teachers can do to improve communication with learners in task presentation is to always check for understand! Don't just ask if everyone understands what you said. have the students perform the action to see if they really do understand what is expected of them.

The three different content moves that establish progressions are extension, refinement, and application. Extension is when teachers teach things from simple to complex tasks. Refinement is the communication to students of a concern for quality performances. Application is when you give students the opportunity to apply the skills they worked on. 

The progression established for an open skill should differ from that of a closed skill in that an open skill should involve a lot of movement and a constantly changing environment. A closed skill should be the opposite in that the environment shouldn't change and there should be progressions that leads the student through the task.

Day 12

In today's class the rest of my peers taught there tasks and they all went great. After everyone taught we got into a big group again and discussed what everyone did good and some things that they could work on for next time. For the most part everyone did great, some key things that my peers did today were some very good hook's, every hook either made everyone think about the subject a lot more or laugh and got the class into it and awake for a Monday morning class. They also used scaffolding very good to lead the students into today's class and got them into it.

Next class we are going to start talking about Lab C. I can't wait to start working on it and find out what exactly I am going to be teaching this time around.