Educate students in mind and body—and optimize their success.
There is no issue today that gets more attention and incites more debate than children's use of technology. Technology offers exciting new opportunities and challenges to you and your students. Meanwhile, movement is essential to learning—it increases mental energy and helps brain cells develop. But screen time often comes at the expense of physical activity. How do you choose?
You don't! This blended instructional approach combines kinesthetic teaching methodologies with technological resources to meet content standards, increase achievement and test scores, and enrich the learning process. Here you'll find
- A neuroscientific overview of the powerful brain-body connection
- Step-by-step instructions for balancing movement and the use of technology in the classroom
- Practical tools, templates, and vignettes to ensure successful implementation
- Classroom management tactics and useful remedies for common problems
Educating the whole child means promoting social, physical, mental, emotional, and cognitive growth. By joining two powerful teaching tools, you'll prepare students for a bright future—in school and in life—while growing your instructional expertise as well.
Industry Reviews
"Unfortunately, technology use and social isolation have replaced physical activity and interpersonal relationships in many schools. Educators need a resource to assist learners to navigate this new terrain, which can lead to increased health disparities and even premature death. Traci Lengel and Jenna Evans have developed a brilliant direct application process for today's teachers.
As a college professor in School Health Education who trains Health and Physical Education majors to be successful in the K-12 environment, I believe this book is a perfect resource and accomplishes the following: It integrates technology to change negative health behaviors by increasing movement through learning, provides a recipe for developing the whole child to decrease long term health disparities, offers a skills-based approach to teaching the importance of movements and life skills toward health literacy, and utilizes differentiated instruction through technology with a focus on kinesthetic learning.
This 21st century educational resource demonstrates the paradigm shift needed to be successful teaching in today's K-12 environment and meet the societal challenges in how youth develop individually and interact personally. The Movement and Technology Balance is a must-read for all teachers.
