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Design Process
In my process in designing a logo for my capstone website, I wanted to incorporate an image representing a student running, a smartphone or device, and a clipboard/graph representing progress.
1st image: I found the first logo of the student running through the red finish line on logomaker.com and knew this would be the foundation of my logo. I added the text "Running Apps in PE," but wasn't totally in love with it with ultimately decided it would be cleaner with no text. 2nd image: I added in the images of the device with the rainbow design and the black and white clipboard with Google Slides. 3rd image: With great feedback from cohort, my next step was to find an image with a clipboard/chart which had more color, and ideally a red line indicating progression, to match with the red in the device as well the finish line. Fortunately I found the perfect image of a rainbow bar graph to match the rainbow device, on a clipboard and with a red line representing progression. 4th Image: The last step was using an online PNG converter to get my logo to be in vector form and with a transparent background. Much cleaner! |
Research Project Recap Video
SITE Analysis - Who are my learners and what do they need?
My end users are middle and high school general physical education students. While some students naturally love PE, many reluctantly attend and dread the concept of exercise. Secondary PE students are oftentimes unmotivated to be active and refuse to see the big picture regarding long-term health and fitness. With the effective implementation of fitness trackers and personal goal-setting in PE, I aim to see if we can cultivate more enthusiastic learners who are willing to take ownership of their health and fitness.
In addition to PE students, I anticipate physical education teachers might be able to benefit from my research as well. Have you ever heard of a PE teacher or coach “stuck in their ways?” I think PE teachers have always attempted to spark that passion for health and fitness within their students. Perhaps there is a need for more innovative teaching strategies in this space and the appropriate use of tools and good teaching strategies can help with our students’ desire to be healthy.
Sociocultural: Secondary PE students come in all shapes and sizes! For some students, PE is the best class and being a successful, motivated PE student comes naturally. For many others however, PE is a dreadful place and the idea of exercising is not a fun one. Many teenagers naturally tune out once long-term health and fitness are being discussed, and it can be challenging to find the correct way to go about encouraging them to take ownership of their health and fitness.
PE Teachers are old-school! They aren’t always necessarily going to be the most welcome to the idea of new technologies in their classroom. Many PE teachers have run their class the same way for a long time and are resistant to change. In order to effectively help these teachers and coaches with new technologies and help them become effective online physical educators, the technologies and strategies presented have to be very clear cut, tangible and effective. PE teachers like action, not theory.
Informational: PE students are aware that exercise is good for them, but don’t necessarily know how to go about getting started on a routine or even how to set appropriate goals for themselves. They might not possess enough background knowledge regarding what qualifies as healthy exercise… I speculate that most middle and high school PE students do not know about the benefits and capabilities of fitness trackers, although a small percentage do and are already utilizing them.
PE teachers possess knowledge of concepts relating to sports, games, physical activity and health. Classroom management skills. Ways of implementing good assessment and effective feedback into class. Most PE teachers know of fitness trackers, but have also not yet considered practically using them with their students.
Technical: PE students have the basic tools and knowledge to be able to complete their workout plan within the spreadsheet template that they are being provided. They will also have the option to transfer their workout plan template over to pen and paper (or posterboard) if they prefer to do it that way. PE students will also have the opportunity to use fitness trackers in class if they choose to.
PE Teachers will need basic computer skills to be successful in implementing strategies presented in this action research… Microsoft Office, Google Sites & Classroom, Docs, Sheets, Forms. They will need to familiarize themselves with 21st-century fitness tracking tools as well, such as Fitbit and Nike Run Club.
Educational: The goal is to make the implementation of fitness trackers and personal goal setting in physical education a means of supporting student motivation and ownership of their health and fitness. Do our students, having grown up immersed in technology, have the background knowledge necessary to be able to adapt to this new model of physical education? Can it help them be successful and healthy PE students?
In addition to PE students, I anticipate physical education teachers might be able to benefit from my research as well. Have you ever heard of a PE teacher or coach “stuck in their ways?” I think PE teachers have always attempted to spark that passion for health and fitness within their students. Perhaps there is a need for more innovative teaching strategies in this space and the appropriate use of tools and good teaching strategies can help with our students’ desire to be healthy.
Sociocultural: Secondary PE students come in all shapes and sizes! For some students, PE is the best class and being a successful, motivated PE student comes naturally. For many others however, PE is a dreadful place and the idea of exercising is not a fun one. Many teenagers naturally tune out once long-term health and fitness are being discussed, and it can be challenging to find the correct way to go about encouraging them to take ownership of their health and fitness.
PE Teachers are old-school! They aren’t always necessarily going to be the most welcome to the idea of new technologies in their classroom. Many PE teachers have run their class the same way for a long time and are resistant to change. In order to effectively help these teachers and coaches with new technologies and help them become effective online physical educators, the technologies and strategies presented have to be very clear cut, tangible and effective. PE teachers like action, not theory.
Informational: PE students are aware that exercise is good for them, but don’t necessarily know how to go about getting started on a routine or even how to set appropriate goals for themselves. They might not possess enough background knowledge regarding what qualifies as healthy exercise… I speculate that most middle and high school PE students do not know about the benefits and capabilities of fitness trackers, although a small percentage do and are already utilizing them.
PE teachers possess knowledge of concepts relating to sports, games, physical activity and health. Classroom management skills. Ways of implementing good assessment and effective feedback into class. Most PE teachers know of fitness trackers, but have also not yet considered practically using them with their students.
Technical: PE students have the basic tools and knowledge to be able to complete their workout plan within the spreadsheet template that they are being provided. They will also have the option to transfer their workout plan template over to pen and paper (or posterboard) if they prefer to do it that way. PE students will also have the opportunity to use fitness trackers in class if they choose to.
PE Teachers will need basic computer skills to be successful in implementing strategies presented in this action research… Microsoft Office, Google Sites & Classroom, Docs, Sheets, Forms. They will need to familiarize themselves with 21st-century fitness tracking tools as well, such as Fitbit and Nike Run Club.
Educational: The goal is to make the implementation of fitness trackers and personal goal setting in physical education a means of supporting student motivation and ownership of their health and fitness. Do our students, having grown up immersed in technology, have the background knowledge necessary to be able to adapt to this new model of physical education? Can it help them be successful and healthy PE students?