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Jason Stanley (Jms9726)
Junior Member
Username: Jms9726
Post Number: 6
Registered: 1-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 1:42 pm: |       |
I have trouble with the thoughts of using pedometers in school. I just think they are more useful for, say, my 90 year old grandmother. They just do not have much use in school. They can be easily manipulated, most children will forget to wear them (as I did for a college project), the fear of losing them, the fear of damaging them, and the list of reasons why they are ineffective can go on and on. How do you use them in your class? Do you think most students just lie about their results? I just think they can be a waste of time and money. |
Valerie Gray (Hoopster55)
Junior Member
Username: Hoopster55
Post Number: 2
Registered: 1-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 2:12 pm: | |
I know of a PE teacher who created a competition between the different classes of each grade, seeing how many steps that they can achieve throughout the school day. Each student is assigned to one pedometer that will track their steps for that day. At the end of the day their teacher will take down each students' steps for that day. For cheating, if the teacher sees anyone shaking the pedometer, the pedometer is taken away and their steps are not recorded. At the end of the week, month, or however long the competition lasts, the class with the highest amount of steps would get a reward of some kind. This activity might help the students take the long way to the cafeteria or play longer at recess, things that promote activity and walking. This might be a fun way of using pedometers for elementary aged students. |
Scott Tomassetti (Scottt40)
Member
Username: Scottt40
Post Number: 33
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, April 27, 2007 - 5:55 am: | |
Pedometers are a great motivator for students in class, if used correctly. They can also be used as a means to track intensity if you are using logs and journals for your class.
With younger grades, I have given pedometers to the class to wear the whole school day. They track the amount of steps they take for the day, and then create strategies of how they can increase their activity levels for the next day. In second grade we added the interdisciplinary objective of Place Value, and with 3rd grade we added, "Adding large number over 1000" and had students add weekly totals. In 4th grade we had them average their steps after adding their weekly totals. Pedometer can be more than a means to adding technology, they can create real world experiences for students in the classroom which I deem, "Experential Learning Experiences". A 'Dewy-istic' twist to the normal book learning. The end result was both more activity in the day, and better math skills for the students. A win-win in my book. |
Jake Riley (Jr19)
Junior Member
Username: Jr19
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 1:35 pm: | |
Pedometers are very useful in class. However students need to be monitored, because sneaky students will figure out easily that they can shake pedometers and have the number increase. But if used correctly it is a very effective method to assess students activity level. |
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