Why Physical Education should not be cut from schools

There are so many reasons why physical educations should not be cut from schools. Physical Education helps improve tests score in all subjects especially math and reading. Obesity is rising in children so physical educators will help decrease the childhood obesity rate. Physical Educators also teach health and knowing everyday hygiene and proper nutrition is important in your every day lifestyle. There are so many benefits and there are too many to name. Remember to make these points when you are interviewing. People need to know this information so we can keep our jobs and help children in the future.

Importance of Exercising

Moderate to vigorous activity is very important and has many benefits. If you engage in moderate to vigorous exercise at least 150 minutes a week then you will increase your lifespan and cardiovascular endurance. No matter what field of study you are in especially physical education you should engage in exercise. You can go for a walk, jog, a swim, or even shovel the snow, but engaging in at exercise at least 30 minutes a day will help you mainain a healthy lifestyle. I exercise everyday because I believe its important to practice what you preach.

Technology in Physical Education

Have you ever thought of a way to enhance your teaching performance? Something that will keep your kids interested? Well look no further! Now you can incorporate heart monitors in your classroom so students can keep track of their own heart rate. You can use video cameras or ipads in your classroom so students can record each other completing a task. Students can use apps on an Ipad they will keep them interested in the class such as in class workouts. There are many different types of technology you can use in your classroom, these are just some.

Incorporating Spanish in Health and Physical Education classes

Being a dual major in Health and Physical Education and Spanish Education I think it is important to combine the two when it comes to teaching. How can you combine the two if your not a dual major? Well recently I have found some great technology to help you incorporate Spanish into your Health and Physical Education classes. Since the language is growing I've discovered some great online technology tools that you can use to incoporate Spanish in your teaching such as Livemocha.com, studyspanish.com, and open culture. You can use this in your classroom by having your students use higher order thinking by counting in Spanish during their activities or naming parts of the gymnasium in Spanish and then sending them to stations in those areas so they learn the word. In Health class you can give the students key nutritional vocabulary words or in any topic that you are teaching them and give it to them in Spanish. This could keep the students interested and focused on your lesson. You also never know when you are going to have a Spanish speaking student in your class! There are many ways you and your students can learn Spanish these are just come great resources.