Bryce Nickels

                When it comes to teaching kids it can be a little difficult at times if you’re not well prepared.  One great way to come prepared as a teacher is to have a rubric. As someone who wants to be an educator in the field of Physical Education, at times it’s hard for me to see how to properly use technology within that particular field. Although there are many benefits to using a rubric. By providing kids with a rubric you’re allowing them to see what they have to do so they can visualize and implement when the time is right. For example if I were to give my class a rubric that says “run a mile in a certain amount of time” and on the paper I have what each times grade will come out to the children will be able to follow the instructions much easier and they will understand what they have to work towards.

                I found a rubric online that I believe could be of great value to a future educator like me going into the physical education field file:///C:/Users/Chiquita/Downloads/Cardiovascular_Exercise_Rubric.pdf. This rubric clearly states the amount of points you get toward your grade and what the actions the students have to take to achieve a good grade; maybe in the future I can model one of my lesson planes after this rubric to ensure the class understands exactly what must be done.

                In conclusion teaching is definitely a challenging thing to do especially in this day in age. Technology is a very useful tool to use when you’re in school; even as a college athlete we use televisions to show the amount of sets and reps that needs to be done. Even in an instance such as that a rubric can be extremely useful to help students further understand what it is and how it is that they’re supposed to do something.  Not only is a rubric something rather simple, it’s also extremely affective if used the correct way.

Work sited

Bryant, R. R. (2013, October/November). Health & Physical Education / Physical Education Rubrics. Retrieved September 25, 2016, from http://www.spboe.org/Page/6046

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc