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My name is Chris Morr and I am looking to be a secondary education PE/Health teacher. My background and experience concerning 21st century technology is very strong. I grew up learning and working with technology. I like to think that my school was one of the more technically advanced schools in the area and therefore I have always had a high exposure to 21st century skills as required in this job. I enjoy working on computer and dealing with new technology and am able to learn and adjust to new… Continue

For our little project we decided to make a video on the techincal and saftey aspect of weightlifting. One of us played the expert in the video that demonstrated the lift. Then we did a voice over to explain everything we did. All this is tied in with important issues that are a concern in the world today, a major one being obesity. Young students need to be taught how to work out properly so that they can do it themselves and carry on doing it when they get older as the population gets literall… Continue

When I think abouyt digital story telling, I can think of several ways that they could be benefital in my classroom. Many teachers think that P.E. is just a play time and students don't learn. Digital story telling can teach students about the history of sport, different events and rules, as well as important personalities of sports that have changed the way we play and view sports today. Videos can also be used to keep track of student development. The teacher can film students performing a cer… Continue

This is a very interesting and informative article. I have often found that I would be working on another computer other than mine, in the library for example, and wasn't able to find websites and information that I was going to use for my research or work. Social bookmarking can solve this problem and be a useful sharing tool for teachers and students. Teachers can post the links that they want their students to read on these sites instead of wasting tons of paper to print those articles out, j… Continue