Jeff Dyke’s Web Index Page

 

 

Dropins

 

 

Dropin 1-  This activity would be used as an introduction to a unit on baseball. The website associated with this activity is filled with all the baseball

vocabulary that is necessary to understand the game. This activity is great because it provides students with all of the vocabulary needed          for the unit and it incorporates writing into the physical education curriculum.

 

Dropin 2 –  This physical education activity would be great to use in the very beginning of the school year.  The activity requires students to explore a

web page associated with the Olympic Games. This activity is great because it allows students to explore a wide variety of physical    activities. This activity encourages students to find physical activities that they are interested in and therefore promotes life long physical fitness.

 

Dropin 3 –  This web activity would be great to use at the beginning of a unit on tennis. The activity allows students to explore a web page that is

devoted to tennis and the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament. By exploring this website students gain important vocabulary terms and see what tennis is like at the professional level. This activity also includes a player stats chart. The students use this chart to calculate player winning percentages.

 

Dropin 4 –  This web based activity would be great to use during a cardiovascular unit in physical education. The activity requires students to read and

compare to health articles on childhood obesity. The articles inform students of several ways to help prevent childhood obesity and maintain     a healthy style of living. This is a great activity because it has the students create their own personal fitness plan that they can incorporate into their daily lives.

 

Dropin 5 –  This physical education activity would be great for the introduction of a track and field unit. The web page that is used during this activity

provides students with all the vocabulary and event information that will be covered during the track and field unit. The activity is great because it allows students to see all of the activities that are available in the sport of track and field. Letting the students pick the events they are interested in will increase participation and promote lifelong physical fitness.

 

Electives

 

 

Filtering Elective –  This elective provides the learner with several pros and cons of internet filtering.

 

 

 

Games Elective –  This elective provides the learner with information on the various types of online gaming available on the web.

 

 

 

Online Shopping Elective – This elective provides the learner with descriptions and recommendations of various online shopping sites.

 

 

 

Translation Elective – This elective activity provides the learner with several beneficial uses of online translation programs.

 

 

 

Email Elective –

This elective activity provides the learner with tips on how to communicate effectively through email. The list is intended for middle

                 school students grades 6-8

 

 

 

Teacher Created Websites – This elective activity provides the learner with two examples of extremely well put together teacher websites.

 

 

 

Lesson Plans Elective –  This elective activity provides the learner with the best available lesson plan pages for physical education teachers.

 

 

 

Instructional Modifications –   This elective activity provides the learner with instructional modifications for children with visual and hearing

     impairments.

 

 

Clipart –  This elective activity provides the learner with several of the best available web pages that provide clipart.

 

 

Course Module

 

 

Course Module 1 -  The course module activity requires students to become familiar with various online travel agencies. The module asks students to

                      explore several online travel websites and then create a top five travel site list.

 

 

Search Engine Activity

 

 

Search Engine –  This activity provides the learner with the best search engines according to category. Meta search engines, news search engines,

                  shopping search engines, travel search engines, and general search engines are all included on this page.

 

 

Web Bibliography

 

 

Web Bibliography This assignment consists of an extended list of recommended links on the game of baseball. This list would be great for all

                        physical education teachers or anyone who is interested in learning about America’s favorite pastime.