LAURA CLINE’S WEB INDEX PAGE

This page contains an index of all of my assignments for SLM 521. ENJOY!!

ASSIGNMENTS:

The Best Search Engines- After reviewing 35 different search engines in five categories, the top 2 from each category were chosen. View this page to make sure you are using the best search engine!

Weblink Bibliography- This site provides useful websites for physical education teachers. Sites are provided in the following categories: general, fitness, lesson plans, associations/organizations, adapted PE, coaching tips, and health and nutrition.

Course Module- This site provides an instructional activity for future SLM students. After completing this activity, students will be able to successfully utilize online movie rental sites for class or for personal use.

ELECTIVES:

Elective 1- Top 3 Digital Photo Services- After reviewing 10 different online photo services, I choose the top 3 based on user-friendliness, prices of products and services, variety of services, additional benefits offered and the organization of photos.

View how the winners were chosen

Elective 2- Physical Education Lesson Plans- This page is useful for all current and future physical education teachers. This is a list of useful sites to find good quality PE lesson plans for all age groups.

Elective 3- E-mail Tips- This site is meant to provide middle school aged students with helpful tips to communicate effectively through email.

Elective 4- Online Shopping- This site is to provide basic information on five different types of shopping websites: browsing, comparison shopping, auctions, surplus and clearance, and wish lists.

Elective 6- Clip Art- This site provides 5 very useful websites to find clip art for educational purposes. There are samples of clip art provided and each site is easy to navigate and provides good quality pieces of clip art.

Elective 8- Instructional modifications- This site provides 10 useful modifications and strategies when teaching web-based instructional activities to a blind/visually impaired student or a student with attention deficit disorder.

Elective 9- This site provides a PowerPoint presentation on the topic of adapted physical education. The presentation was designed to be used as a resource for physical education teachers.

Elective 10- Current Events

Part 1- This page provides information on the two best sites for students to find current events in sports.

Part 2- This page provides an instructional activity for students to gather and compare information found in two different articles found on the current event websites discussed in part 1.

Elective 11- Educational Videos

Part 1- This page is an annotated bibliography of five websites to find educational sports videos to use in a physical education class.

Part 2- This page provides an activity for middle school physical education students learning about the fundamentals of basketball.

Extra Elective- Plagiarism- This site provides in informational worksheet to inform teachers about plagiarism and how to prevent it from happening.

Extra Elective- Publications- This site provides a bibliography of online educational publications for physical education teachers to use as a resource.

DROPINS:

Dropin #1- A Healthy Heart: This page provides an activity for middle school aged health students. The activity is meant to bring awareness to the importance of a healthy heart and how to keep the heart healthy.

Dropin #2- Exercising to Keep a Healthy Heart: This page is a continuation of the “Healthy Heart” activity. Its purpose is to educate kids about different types of exercises and activities, which can be beneficial to the heart.

Dropin #3- The History of Major Events in Sports: This page contains an activity that requires students to view a timeline, gather information, and compare and contrast the information found.

Dropin #4- Performance Enhancing Drugs: Good or Bad? This page contains an activity that requires students to visit numerous sites about performance enhancing drugs, gain information on the topic, list pros and cons, and decide which side they agree with.

Dropin #5- Rules of Sports: This page contains an activity which requires students to research the rules of a specific sport online and compile their own list of rules including a diagram of field/court dimensions, required equipment, and a graphic of an athlete performing the sport.