History of the Net and Cyber Bullying..Let's Make it History!

This week we were treated to presentations from our own classmates and colleagues. The initial presentation involved a cyber bullying survey and video that were both informative and creative. The survey was great because it forced us to follow along and focus on the presentation. Its no secret that it can be hard to hold the focus of our class for any period of time especially with the volume of PE. majors we have. The video was an interesting twist although I'm not sure why the word "Juice!" flashed across the screen. Perhaps its the nickname of a certain cyber bully who hath learned their lesson? At any length, I enjoyed the presentation very much.

The second presentation involved much new information to me about the history of the Internet. It was nice to hear said info to better develop my base knowledge of the net to solidify m foundation. It was easy to follow and the group used Picasa, another new technique learned in class. Well done guys!

It was fun to see our classmates taking advantage of the new material and techniques they've learned in class. With that I'm certain Mike can concur.

Until next game...

Coach T

Manitoba Web CT

Last week Mike showed us the the Web-Based Courses from our Province. I found this very useful and was baffled that I hadn't been shown this yet. This resourse is extremely useful and provides simple and settled pre-packaged lessons for free. Thank you Mike, I will tweek and use this.

Justin T.

Google Apps, Very Appetizing!

Last Wednesday our class was treated to a presentation on Google apps by Shawn Kleebaum . It was very useful to see how we could get around school fire walls to take advantage of google apps such as calendar using Google Apps Education. I will use this app when I move into my first full time position as I believe the opportunities are endless. Everyone can be involved, including parents, with the use of Google Education. You could set up different calendars and documents for classes and sports teams under different email addresses. The applications are easy to use with instructional videos. When searching around I also noticed that google education will do your marking for you! What an amazing application and it's all free.

I like Picasa although I can't see it catching on among my friends. The only reason I'm still on facebook is because everyone is and I like to see everyones photos as well as share mine. I like the privacy that comes with Picasa over Facebook much much more.

On a side note I'll have to speak about the challenges to providing fair playing time in my next post.

Until next game...

Coach T.