E QUIPMENT AND S OFTWARE U SED IN P HYSICAL E DUCATION. By: Veronica Rhea

CD/MP3/S TEREO A music playing device is a must in physical education. Physical education teachers need this equipment for.. Teaching dances Warm ups Background music in game play Fitness activities → Teachers can use music whenever they are not talking to motivate students.

L AP TOP Every teacher will need a lap top to complete lesson plans and to use to look up resources to use in the classroom. Teachers can look up how to do activities on YouTube and other sites to use as visual aids to show to students.

P ROJECTORS This piece of equipment goes along with the lap top. Projectors hook up to the lap tops and allow teachers to project what is on the screen on to the wall or a board so students can see images enlarged.

IT UNES ITunes is a piece of software created by apple. ITunes will allows teachers to download movies, clips, podcast and music to share with their students. example: Teaching students how to do the chicken dance, Teachers will have access to ITunes to download the song and a visual aid of someone else doing it from ITunes.

WII The WII is a very great tool to use in physical education class. It has many accessories Tennis rackets Baseball bats Boxing gloves Golf club Etc..

The WII also has a game called WiiFit This game has many different benefits such as yoga, palates, balance exercises and many more benefits that are related to health and physical education.

The Wii Can also be used if a student can not fully participate in a physical education class with other students. Example: a child in a wheel chair can not run around with other students, the Wii will allow him/her to bowl, play baseball, tennis and many more games while sitting in his chair.

B ENEFITS : WII – Every kid loves video games, this is away to get them moving an active while doing something they love. ITunes- Easy way to access music for any type of lesson

Projectors – Makes it easy for students to see visuals when learning about something new. Laptop – Easy way to organize all the information needed for a lesson in one place CD/MP3/Stereo – Easy way to play music for students when they are participating in lessons.