March 22, 2012

Lesson overview of the overhand serve:

Each student was required to demonstrate the overhand serve during one of our class periods. During that time I was videoing each student for self analysis. At a later date I posted the video clips of my students on my class blog. For homework the students were required to watch their clip and compare it to a college students demo serve. They were to write some corrections that they felt they could make on the class blog. In addition a former student of WHB that is currently playing volleyball in college is going to blog the students and give some positive suggestions. I also included a rubric of what was expected of them for this lesson. I included my class blog link below for your review.

http://mrparryphyedblog.blogspot.com/

March 15, 2012

For my final project I am doing a video analysis of my students volleyball overhand serve. My students will review the video clip of themselves and discuss it on the class blog that I setup. I included a youtube clip of a college players serve for comparison. I am also in contact with a former graduate of Westhampton Beach High School who is currently playing in college and she is also making blogging suggestions and or corrections to my students.

March 8, 2012

Westhampton Beach is a district that has been ahead of the curve for over 5 years. After reading the article  "Making the Case for Social Media in Education" I believe that we need to lift or get rid of the way we filter what our students look at. By preventing our student from using social media as an education tool is hindering the learning process. Social media can and should be another tool that our students can use in the education process. However our school district and others need to develop more current ways to monitor student use. This can be a very powerful tool if used correctly. I welcome your thoughts.

March 1, 2012

During todays class we discussed the class book Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed. The topic was "cyber morality". Todays youth are very comfortable communicating in many different way on the internet. Unfortunately they need to be more educated in Cyber Morality. Cyber bullying and trash talking are the norm for many kids. It is very easy to do this because there is no personal contact and or threat.  If the Cyber Bully were to be face to face as it was 10 to 20 years ago there would be less bullying because there is always the possibility of confrontation from the person being abused. I think the personal communication skills of todays youth is lacking because of the internet. It is a situation that we as educators need to always correct and be aware of. Our students personal communication skills will be as important if not more important then internet skills in the work force.