Google Tools Reflection

Documents/Presentations/Spreadsheets - I would definitely use a spread sheet to keep track of role, and use it to check off student assignments

Forms - Forms can be used to have permission from parents as well as having student sign off on their own goals

Calender - Helps me realize whether it is an A or B day, and helps me keep track of what I want accomplished during the day in a brief statement

IGoogle - IGoogle is a great place for teachers know anything they want to. You design your own page and are able to know up-to-date things that surround what interests you

Blogger - A place to put down knowledge. Like a personal journal to share what you learned or whats going on in your life

Reader - Allows a teacher to subscribe to websites so new content comes to you immediately after it's posted

Google Maps - Helps with directions to a particular place. You can get a map to anywhere you want.

Google Earth - A great way to see the planet online. One minute you could be looking at your own home, the next you could be looking at the pyramids in Egypt

Groups - Mailing Lists an Discussions groups used to help eachother become more knowledgable in a particular subject.

Google Custom Search Engine - Allows you to break down exactly what you are looking for when searching google for a subject or image.

Scholar - Helps you search for a professional paper on a subject. If I wanted a a good paper on George Washington, I would just need to come here and it would give me a whole bunch of very well written papers (A paper on his farewell adress and another on his life)

Sites - A great way to help you stay in contact with your students and allow them to access prior knowledge as well as keep in contact with the teacher

Conclusion - As a PE teacher, I don't think many of these would be appropriate for the class. I would definietly use a spreadsheet to keep track of things happening in class. I would need to use forms for approval of certain sports played in class. I would only use a calender for myself to allow me to stay on track with the core as well as help me remember the lesson plans for the day. IGoogle, google maps, and google earth are not something I would use because of computer use. Blogger could be a good use for classes surrounding just conditioning or a specific subject. Group work would be done in class with eachother, not online. The only other thing I would use is sites, and that would be for the students to check outside of class for what we are going to be doing for the rest of the week or month. It is difficult to use any computer during PE classes, because my goal as a teacher is for the students to work by moving.