XBOX KINECT for PE...isn't that a video game?

With Zumba growing fast as one of the top workouts it is now just not a class that you have to leave your house for. You can now get a game that is both on the PS3 Move and the Xbox Kinect. With this there is no stopping to learn any new steps your just go in and start. So this is a great way to get the kids moving. Also the kids will enjoy this I feel because they won’t be worried about others watching them dance because the other kids will be watching the screen trying to follow the dance moves. Also with this students will want to lead their classmates to get a chance at actually playing the Xbox Kinect. I also feel like with this type of learning the students would be willing to also do this during a study hall or even have it going on before the first bell rings for classes. This will be geared more towards the kinesthetic learners that are more of the hands on learners. They will really like this because they are just doing the activity. The other type of students that will do well in this kind of teaching would be the visual learners. They will be able to see the moves that they will be performing so they can get them down easier. The dances are in sequences so the students will see the pattern over and over to learn the dance.  

Here is a link for more information on Zumba and how it was made

http://www.zumba.com/about/ 

Year in Review

EDU 255 Final

RockstarPE B-Boys and B-Girls

Wut up Class?!  getting into the part

 Top rocking is looking good. I think they can take on some of the talent on American's best Dance Crew(ABDC)

This lesson didn't go as I planned. I thought that the six step would be easier to pick up for the students and I was going to have them Battle on a cardboard stage like the original b-boyers did. Also another thing that i would change is that I would introduce some different top rocking and transitions from top rocking to the ground moves before teaching the ground moves. Also i wanted to teach them the basic freeze called the baby freeze.

ZUMBA!!!!!

 The Salsa Travel

 The class is moving as one! Yay

I felt really good after I did this lab because of the work that I put into getting ready for it. But after watching the movie there are so many things that I wanted to say but didn't. I wanted to list the different kinds of Dances used in Zumba also I wanted to say how it was made. It was actually made by mistake by a aerobics instructor that forgot the music and had to use the salsa music out of his car. He then started to use the music more in his classes and in 1999 brought it to the US where two entrepreneurs told him of their idea to make a workout plan and DVD for it. Another thing I forgot to put my watch on I had it, but it was in my backpack. I also rushed the lesson for the reason I didn't have my watch. Also at the end i actually started counting the steps with them from 10 down to 1. I also want to try to get the class to move to the beat of the songs a little better. Another thing that I need to remember to do is break my habit of just saying "alright" for my CFU and actually ask what the class is suppose to be doing. But on a positive note I have been looking for Zumba classes in Oneonta to take during the summer so I can add on to my lesson plan and try to implement this into my Student teaching if I can.  

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Push Up and Mule Kick in a Jump rope?

There are a few things that I need to work on for Lab C. First I need to make sure not to say the wrong information about Jack Lalanne's push up record. I miss spoke and said 133 and its suppose to be 1033. Jack Lalanne records  Also my time management is poor I spent to much time on giving information. Also I need to give more congruent feedback to more students so that it reinforces my ques of the skills being taught. Also I should have at the end have them try the push up and mule kick by themselves with a single jump rope
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Technical Difficulty with the Wing Ding

There are two big faults in this lesson. One of them was being able to get the music working correctly and the other was the big slip up where I lost my train of thought explaining the skill to the class. What I want to work on for lab B2 is to either turn the volume down on the iPod or increase my voice so that the class can hear me better. I also would like to have students that find a way to make the task easier have them demonstrate it for the whole class.

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