Hi Laura! I enjoyed your topic choice and think it is great for a Wellness 10 class. Your rationale included a variety of learners that might struggle in the traditional physical education classroom and an online option would allow them to successfully get their required credit. I also appreciated your consideration that all students might not be successful taking an online class and would be required to take a survey and meet with a guidance counsellor before enrolling. Your statistic that half of all high school courses may be online before 2019 is mind boggling (Daum&Bushner, 2012, p. 97). This is great for remote learners, but will be a huge learning curve for both the teachers and students involved in these online classes.
I could relate to your information on many students feeling uncomfortable in a physical education setting. I was an average athlete, but I still felt uncomfortable having to wear the physical education uniform and share the gym with the boys’ physical education class. However, some of my favourite physical education experiences are group and team activities such as volleyball that could not be replicated through an online class.
Your wiki layout was visually appealing and included a good combination of text and photos. I thought it was great that you outlined the objectives of the wiki for your students at the beginning. I was unable to respond to your poll (site temporarily unavailable) or ask a nutrition question on your wiki. I am not sure if this was because I was not signed in and was viewing it as a guest? I thought the Food Inc. video was very informative and engaging. I had no trouble accessing it because I already have a Netfix account. Do you think requiring your students to sign up for a netflix account, even though it is a free trial, would be an inconvenience or issue for any students? Is this video available other places? The viewing questions that went along with the video were great to focus in on particular issues. Further instructions may be needed on how to respond to your Food Inc. video questions. I was unsure what I was supposed to do once I had responded to the questions. Should I upload them to the wiki somehow, should I email them to you? Using the Canadian Food Guide website is a great resource. The high fibre Mayo Clinic resource linked me to a different page in your wiki instead of the Mayo Clinic site. I typed in the link and was able to find the website. There is some great information on how much fibre is in some of my favourite fruits and vegetables. Your grocery store activity provided a great hands-on aspect to your module, requiring your learners to get active and learn about the foods they eat. The grocery store questions are a great way to get your students to explore some of your resources with a purpose in mind. Again, further instructions would be needed on what to do when finished the activity.
Great topic choice Laura, I hope you have success with it!
I had written my response before I saw your questions on voicethread. Perhaps you could have a list of options of where the Food Inc. video would be available at the beginning of the course for your students to choose from. Some may feel comfortable signing up for the Netflix trial or may already have an account, which is a great option for them. I went on the public library site and there are 26 copies of the Food Inc. video available which would give your students an option to borrow it for free.
Hi Melissa, Thank you for your suggestions. I think the public library is a great resource I had not thought of because I wanted it to be accessible online but that is a good option. I should have put instructions about the assignments with them. I would like to be emailed to me. At school I have a dropbox icon for students to hand in assignments. Maybe with a more educational geared program I could do this.
Hi Laura, Great narrative, I really liked your topic choice, and think that it is so timely. Really good topic choice and fits nicely with the class you intend to use it for. I have children ranging from 8-18, and really feel strongly this is information they should be exposed too, having the information available outside of a face to face class room setting might see it more widely utilized! I absolutely loved the idea of being able to master a skill and then submit a video! Really, all of the people that that would assist in the long run, its quite mind boggling that some many kids are excluded from the joy of a movement because they might not "fit" into a particular sport. Or in the case of my kids education, be a great dodge ball player :) Anyway I just wanted to mention how great I thought your topic was and that it is something that is so important for kids to learn I loved that this module would give access to those who might benefit from it the most! Your wiki was well laid out and had good use of pictures, unfortunately, I could not get the poll to work but I do think getting them to access their own habits before setting them into the world of exploring Food Inc is a great idea. With the recent issues our own country has had with beef, having them access that information, as a Canadian perspective might be quite interesting. I wonder if you could seek out recent news articles and link them to those? They could watch the webcasts and get some information that way? I have seen the show before but do not have netflix account, unfortunately, I do not have any suggestions for the question you posed in your voice thread about the availability of video elsewhere! The netflix is not ideal but I can see why you used it and if you were to do the module for students you would have lots of time to explore other options. I do like the questions you posed as they are very thought provoking and would elicit quite a bit of feedback. Because your questions are so great I wonder if adding a social learning aspect might be good? Having the students discuss some of these things with each other or maybe asking them to go out and find information on the subjects and share them in threaded message board so everyone could explore each others research?
Loved the grocery store adventure, after all the learning they had done, it would be really interesting to send them out on a "real world" task. Its really neat to imagine how a typical student might see the world of food after being exposed to insight into their own habits and food Inc. When my older girls watched it they stopped eating fast food for almost 6 months, it has crept back in, but only a bit! I almost want them to answer your questions and do the grocery store activity just to see what happens :)
I think your work was good and hope you get the opportunity to grow on it and expand it because its a really worthwhile topic and you have an excellent sense for imparting the information.
Thanks for the feedback and positive comments. Great idea to add more Canadian content on what is happening with the beef industry in the news. Love the idea, the kids would like that too. It would really tie in well to a lot of the content in Food Inc. As a parents of teenage girls I have a question for you. I wonder if you think parents would take their kids to the grocery store or allow them to go without supervision? Is this an okay thing to ask of students in your opinion? I will see what I can do to get the survey back up.
I would absolutely let my teenage daughter go to the grocery store without supervision, especially for something as valuable as this, they need to learn how to do "stuff" and to me anyway, grocery shopping is a learned skill, I have been sending my 18 year old since she got her drivers at 16. When she was in grad 9 or 10 I just would have brought her with me when I had to do my shopping and she could do her assignment then, since its something we all have to do, I do not imagine it being too difficult for parents to engage and take their kids along.
I am happy to hear that, and think it is great that you teaching this skill to your children. It has been great getting to know you this semester hope to see you again soon in a future class!
Hi Laura! I enjoyed your topic choice and think it is great for a Wellness 10 class. Your rationale included a variety of learners that might struggle in the traditional physical education classroom and an online option would allow them to successfully get their required credit. I also appreciated your consideration that all students might not be successful taking an online class and would be required to take a survey and meet with a guidance counsellor before enrolling. Your statistic that half of all high school courses may be online before 2019 is mind boggling (Daum&Bushner, 2012, p. 97). This is great for remote learners, but will be a huge learning curve for both the teachers and students involved in these online classes.
ReplyDeleteI could relate to your information on many students feeling uncomfortable in a physical education setting. I was an average athlete, but I still felt uncomfortable having to wear the physical education uniform and share the gym with the boys’ physical education class. However, some of my favourite physical education experiences are group and team activities such as volleyball that could not be replicated through an online class.
Your wiki layout was visually appealing and included a good combination of text and photos. I thought it was great that you outlined the objectives of the wiki for your students at the beginning. I was unable to respond to your poll (site temporarily unavailable) or ask a nutrition question on your wiki. I am not sure if this was because I was not signed in and was viewing it as a guest? I thought the Food Inc. video was very informative and engaging. I had no trouble accessing it because I already have a Netfix account. Do you think requiring your students to sign up for a netflix account, even though it is a free trial, would be an inconvenience or issue for any students? Is this video available other places? The viewing questions that went along with the video were great to focus in on particular issues. Further instructions may be needed on how to respond to your Food Inc. video questions. I was unsure what I was supposed to do once I had responded to the questions. Should I upload them to the wiki somehow, should I email them to you? Using the Canadian Food Guide website is a great resource. The high fibre Mayo Clinic resource linked me to a different page in your wiki instead of the Mayo Clinic site. I typed in the link and was able to find the website. There is some great information on how much fibre is in some of my favourite fruits and vegetables.
Your grocery store activity provided a great hands-on aspect to your module, requiring your learners to get active and learn about the foods they eat. The grocery store questions are a great way to get your students to explore some of your resources with a purpose in mind. Again, further instructions would be needed on what to do when finished the activity.
Great topic choice Laura, I hope you have success with it!
Melissa :)
I had written my response before I saw your questions on voicethread. Perhaps you could have a list of options of where the Food Inc. video would be available at the beginning of the course for your students to choose from. Some may feel comfortable signing up for the Netflix trial or may already have an account, which is a great option for them. I went on the public library site and there are 26 copies of the Food Inc. video available which would give your students an option to borrow it for free.
DeleteHi Melissa, Thank you for your suggestions. I think the public library is a great resource I had not thought of because I wanted it to be accessible online but that is a good option. I should have put instructions about the assignments with them. I would like to be emailed to me. At school I have a dropbox icon for students to hand in assignments. Maybe with a more educational geared program I could do this.
DeleteHi Laura,
ReplyDeleteGreat narrative, I really liked your topic choice, and think that it is so timely. Really good topic choice and fits nicely with the class you intend to use it for. I have children ranging from 8-18, and really feel strongly this is information they should be exposed too, having the information available outside of a face to face class room setting might see it more widely utilized!
I absolutely loved the idea of being able to master a skill and then submit a video! Really, all of the people that that would assist in the long run, its quite mind boggling that some many kids are excluded from the joy of a movement because they might not "fit" into a particular sport. Or in the case of my kids education, be a great dodge ball player :) Anyway I just wanted to mention how great I thought your topic was and that it is something that is so important for kids to learn I loved that this module would give access to those who might benefit from it the most!
Your wiki was well laid out and had good use of pictures, unfortunately, I could not get the poll to work but I do think getting them to access their own habits before setting them into the world of exploring Food Inc is a great idea. With the recent issues our own country has had with beef, having them access that information, as a Canadian perspective might be quite interesting. I wonder if you could seek out recent news articles and link them to those? They could watch the webcasts and get some information that way?
I have seen the show before but do not have netflix account, unfortunately, I do not have any suggestions for the question you posed in your voice thread about the availability of video elsewhere! The netflix is not ideal but I can see why you used it and if you were to do the module for students you would have lots of time to explore other options. I do like the questions you posed as they are very thought provoking and would elicit quite a bit of feedback. Because your questions are so great I wonder if adding a social learning aspect might be good? Having the students discuss some of these things with each other or maybe asking them to go out and find information on the subjects and share them in threaded message board so everyone could explore each others research?
Loved the grocery store adventure, after all the learning they had done, it would be really interesting to send them out on a "real world" task. Its really neat to imagine how a typical student might see the world of food after being exposed to insight into their own habits and food Inc. When my older girls watched it they stopped eating fast food for almost 6 months, it has crept back in, but only a bit! I almost want them to answer your questions and do the grocery store activity just to see what happens :)
I think your work was good and hope you get the opportunity to grow on it and expand it because its a really worthwhile topic and you have an excellent sense for imparting the information.
Thanks for sharing!
Laura H.
Hi Laura H.,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback and positive comments. Great idea to add more Canadian content on what is happening with the beef industry in the news. Love the idea, the kids would like that too. It would really tie in well to a lot of the content in Food Inc. As a parents of teenage girls I have a question for you. I wonder if you think parents would take their kids to the grocery store or allow them to go without supervision? Is this an okay thing to ask of students in your opinion? I will see what I can do to get the survey back up.
Laura C.
I would absolutely let my teenage daughter go to the grocery store without supervision, especially for something as valuable as this, they need to learn how to do "stuff" and to me anyway, grocery shopping is a learned skill, I have been sending my 18 year old since she got her drivers at 16. When she was in grad 9 or 10 I just would have brought her with me when I had to do my shopping and she could do her assignment then, since its something we all have to do, I do not imagine it being too difficult for parents to engage and take their kids along.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
I am happy to hear that, and think it is great that you teaching this skill to your children. It has been great getting to know you this semester hope to see you again soon in a future class!
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