Article Review: Physical Education and Technology

McLaughlin, C. (2012). physical education and technology. Children's Technology & Engineering, 16(3), 2.

Today, technology is evolving and changing everyday. The problem is that most technology is indoors and creates sedentary children. This is the complete opposite that physical educators believe in. The struggle is the push for technology within our schools and the sedentary actions of our students. Technology is suppose to help our students, but in reality is it harming them? Luckily, some physical educators have taken this challenge and embraced it to them best of their abilities. Some of these things include, tracking runs using a GPS system along with pace training, diet logs, and the use of apps. Using technology in the physical education setting, can also motivate students to perform the best of their abilities which is the overall goal of a physical educator. Another issue that PE teachers are facing is including other disciplines within their classroom with technology, such as using STEM. 

I fully agree with this issue within physical education. Our schools are throwing all this technology at us expecting us to use this technology 24/7 but teachers aren't fully aware of all the technology available for their discipline, As far as physical education, is it extremely hard to use technology aka laptops in an active classroom where students are running around, bouncing balls, etc. This now becomes a safety issue for our laptops and our students. I do believe that including some technology in our classroom is great but needing to include it, isn't necessary. 

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