Learning Specialist/Instructional Designer Proposal Refelction Part 1

Learning Specialist/Instructional Designer Proposal Reflection Part 1 

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I have really enjoyed the process of this project so far. I believe that having a projector in the gym would be beneficial for many reasons. In my physical education classes, I teach many drills and skills, teamwork, communication, respect, etc. However, since my classes do play various games often, students have started to see physical education as another "recess" rather than an actual class. I really try to make sure that the students understand that physical education is another class that they need to be ready to learn and to try to do their best. 

I'm still very excited about this topic. I think that the most positive aspect of this journey for me has been the idea of how much I could do with a projector in the gym in order to make my lessons more fun and engaging for my students. I think that researching this topic has opened my eyes to just how much potential this type of technology could have for my school and for my students. My hope is to use technology to reach more of my visual learners. All students learn differently and I need to make sure that I am providing all students with the necessary resources to be successful in my class. The projector would allow me to put up videos of demonstrations, key words, cues, descriptions of activities and for students to be able to share their work or projects with the class. This technology could also be used for other activities in the school such as the walkathon, holiday sing, field day and all assemblies held in the gym.

There haven't been many challenges for me so far. However, I think that it will be difficult to get support for all of the people that would need to okay this change in our school. I think that researching the district goals, the school goals, and the national PE goals helped because our school has moved to a 21st century type of learning. Technology is used in the classroom now for almost everything. I think that having the knowledge and the ideas of what a projector in the gym could be used for will really help support this change.

I think that the roles of the technology specialist seem challenging now that I have had the chance to research ideas for a technology change. There is so much technology out there and having to choose what they think will be best for all students and staff can be a challenge. They need to make sure that they have support, it falls in the budget for the district, and that it will have a positive impact on all students' learning experiences.