Elective Activity Subjects:

 

1.            Instruction

·       Worksheets for Instruction – A list of 10 sites that health and PE teachers can find worksheets to use as supplements in their classes.

·       Lesson Plans – The top 5 sites I found for health and PE lesson plans.

·       eLearning – A brief synopsis of two cyber schools that I visited and my opinion of them along with how they would rate on the Maryland State Checklist for online courses.

2.            Communication

·       Email Distribution List – I created a distribution list of all members of my SLM 521 group to provide a quick way to communicated with everyone in the group at one time.

·       Email – “Top Ten E-mail Suggestions for High School Students”.  Provides students with dos and don’ts when using e-mail.  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/reddingd/emailsuggestions.html

·       Keypals – Included with this activity are ideas for using keypals/epal in a high school health/physical education classroom.  Also with this activity you will find recommended sites to implement the ideas.

   http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/reddingd/keypals.html

3.            Utilities

·       Hoaxes & Myths – After viewing the recommended sites, I wrote a brief description of my feelings toward hoaxes and myths and of my past experiences.

·       Research Journal Article Database – I used the Hoover Library of McDaniel College to find journal articles relating to a topic.  I chose to research the designated hitter and included are five citations of relating articles.

   http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/reddingd/journalarticles.html

4.            Miscellaneous

·       Safety – This is a letter to parents regarding internet safety in school.  Also provided is a contract that can be used between parents and children regarding internet use.

5.            Legal

·       Filtering – This elective describes 5 pro’s and con’s to internet filtering.  It also states my opinion on filtering as a teacher.

6.            Multimedia

·      Clip Art – This web page provides students with free clip art resources.  Included are five sites for downloading free clip art and descriptions of each. 

·      Webcams – Webcams can be utilized in the classroom as reinforcement, visual aides, and supplementary learning tools.  This activity discusses five ways that a physical education teacher could use webcams.

 

 

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