Coach My Video has so many options for physical education class. Last January, Mr. Goodness made the jump into using Coach My Video to aide in the student's understanding of a concept that was being taught. The iPad video and the drawing tools provide instant feedback to the student as to what they can improve so as to accomplish a task.
While this is great, the purpose for this blog post is the following email received yesterday from Mr. Goodness.
Clay,
I just had an amazing session with a student. I was using the CMV app
with a student to help illustrate what he was doing and then used the
drawing tool to show what to change. He got it!! The best part was
that we sat down together and he was able to communicate to me via
drawing on the iPad what form was better and why. It gave me
goosebumps.
Have a great day,
Kare
Using technology is tremendous if it's used beyond "this app is cool". In the above situation, the student couldn't visualize what they were doing. However, with the use of a portable tablet (iPad) the student was able to instantly visualize what was being performed correctly and what needed to be fixed. The inspirational part was that they student and teacher were able to communicate via the drawing tools from Coach My Video.
Techcoach's need to continue to know that what they are doing is for a purpose. The purpose is to implement the correct tool at the correct time for the correct reason. This truly points our focus to the SAMR model.
I am so blessed to work with teachers who understand it isn't about the coolness of the tool, it's about how the tool impacts a student's life.
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