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jennifer pace (Pacer)
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Username: Pacer
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 8:58 am: |       |
Does anyone use heart rate monitors? How do you use asessment with them? Where did your school get the money to pay for them? |
Paula Summit (Summit5)
Junior Member
Username: Summit5
Post Number: 6
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 10:03 am: | |
I used HRM in my elementary classroom. Grades 3-5 kept a journal where they recorded their above, in and below HR zones whenever they wore the HRM. I had 12 HRM and allowed the kids to purchase their own strap that was kept in an expandable folder for their class. There were also the straps that they could use and I would wash. Everyone wore either their own or a clean strap. The kids washed the HRM transmitter before they left class. There was a rotation with the HRM, pedometers, and exercise equipment that could be used during the warm up phase of class.
I started with 1 HRM that was rotated to a different wearer each class, and did a presentation to the PTO/PTA to request funding for more HRM. They were impressed with the presentation and the feedback they got from their kids. They gave me money to purchase 5 more HRM. We later received a grant that allowed us to purchase the remaining 6 HRM. |
Scott Tomassetti (Scottt40)
Junior Member
Username: Scottt40
Post Number: 13
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 3:06 pm: | |
I use HRM's on a daily basis, and log exercise parameters on a log/journal. I also have students calculate their Target Heart Rate, and the self evaluate their ability to reach their zone at assessment time. Students are required to achieve their THR on a daily basis, and a rubric is set up, and self assessed as part of the grading process.
I have both bought HRM with donated moneys, grant money, and school funds. I also held an adult 3 on 3 BB Tournament and raised about $600. I have many resources posted for the use of HRM's on http://pe1.org
Scott |
Carrie Casoni
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| | Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 10:16 am: | |
As a future Physical Educator, I am learning about the use of heart rate monitors in the Physical Education classroom, and I think they are a valuable tool for assessing student effort and documenting improvement. So far, we have used them in a variety of different games for elementary students. We have also taken traditional sport skills and put a fitness spin on them to create a game that encourages more movement and activity. We have done these activities while wearing the heart rate monitors to create fun and original ways of assessing activity. Before the activities, a goal is set for students to be in their target heart rate zones for an allotted amount of time. At the end of the class, the teacher checks to see if each student has met that goal. If the goal is met, the student is given the full amount of points for that day. |
Leann J. Hastings (Ljh5429)
Junior Member
Username: Ljh5429
Post Number: 4
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 9:55 am: | |
I am also a future Physical Educator and have had the experience of using heart rate monitors. When I was a student in high school, our school was able to purchase heart rate monitors in order to assess the amount of time each student was in their target heart rate zone. Twice a week each student had to stay in their target heart rate zone for 20 minutes while either using fitness equipment or by participating in other activities thorughout the gym. If you had been in your zone for 20 minutes, you received 20 points for that day. If you did not reach your 20 minutes of being in your zone, you recieved the amount of points that you were in your zone (15 minutes was worth 15 points, 10 minutes was worth 10 points, etc.) I thought that this was a great way to get the students active, however, one of the downfalls was that the student athletes had to work extra hard in order to stay in their zone because they were more in shape than the other students. |
Ryan James Johnson (Ryan44)
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Username: Ryan44
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 4:10 pm: | |
Hello, I am soon going to be a Physical Educator and I was wondering about the heart rate monitors. In class do you seem to get more out of students by using the heart rate monitors or do you think its about the same. |
Scott Tomassetti (Scottt40)
Member
Username: Scottt40
Post Number: 27
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 9:10 am: | |
Depending upon the grade level, heart rate monitors can be a great help with motivation, but also with implementing a strategy for collecting physical activity parameters that could mean something to the students' current and future health dynamics. Using a heart rate monitor with Target Heart Rate can help to focus students on "What is a satisfactory level of exercise?", What Does intensity mean?", "How hard should I work?" "How much effort do I need to put in to begin to show results?". Students also can use this information in a log/journal and you can then look at the data over time to help the student progress as they accomondate to exercise and intensity.
I hope this was helpful.
Scott |
Jocelynn Giannetti
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| | Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 2:14 pm: | |
Heart rate monitors are great tools to use in Physical Education. I know alot of schools are starting to use the heart rate monitors because they are inexpensive. You can use them for any activity. There are different types of heart rate monitors, but the one that is most comfortable is the one that is worn around the chest. The monitor reads the electrical impulses of the heart and provides a very accurate measurment. To assess the students progress you can buy software that analyzes the data and can print tables, line graphs, plot graphs, or bar charts. I know alot of schools that buy these heart rate monitors gets grant money. They are great for the classroom. I hope this was helpful. |
Todd Hart
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| | Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 9:29 am: | |
My childeren use HRMs at school in gym class. Seems to me that someone in good cardio-v shape has a dissadvantage in a grade or point system as it is much more difficult to obtain the goal. Might take 3 laps around a track for one but 100 yds would complete another person. Seems unfair to me in grading, your thoughts on HRMs in grading? Are there formulas to account for these differences? Thanks. |
Scott Tomassetti (Scottt40)
Member
Username: Scottt40
Post Number: 30
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 3:41 am: | |
Todd: I a grading rubric, since it can be customized based on personal goals, the person who is cardio vascularly in shape might set a maintenance goal for Aerbobic Fitness and have a different rubric than those that are not cardio vascularly in shape. Those that are already in shape might have a primary goal of diversifying their program to include new activities, or choose muscular strength, endurance or flexibility as their primary goals, and have a rubric that reflects this. That is why individual programming based on fitness assessment results is key. |
amy liao (Amyliao)
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Username: Amyliao
Post Number: 1
Registered: 6-2010
| | Posted on Friday, June 18, 2010 - 9:03 am: | |
I was looking for Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor for a long time,finally i find it from KYTO.
If anybody else need it, you can contact amy at kytoelectronic.com |
Mike Ludwig (Mludwig)
Junior Member
Username: Mludwig
Post Number: 4
Registered: 9-2010
| | Posted on Friday, September 10, 2010 - 6:32 am: | |
We use HR monitors in our classes with our 8th and 9th grade students. We started with 6 and now have 35. Many of them were purchased through grant money. Our students use them every other day in class during the 1st and 2nd marking period. We have developed a grading rubric and recording system for them over the years. We have even used the data they have collected in a cross-curricular activity with math using charts and precentages. It has been interesting to see the light bulb go off in the kids heads when they make different connections to the real world. |
Kayla Jo Barkley (Kaylabarkley)
Junior Member
Username: Kaylabarkley
Post Number: 2
Registered: 9-2010
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 4:34 pm: | |
I believe using heart rate monitors are a great way to assess students. I used a heart rate monitor in my Personal Physical Fitness class last semester. My teacher used them to give us our participation points. He would give us a time frame that we had to be in our heart rate zone to receive credit for the day. There were various activities we could do, such as running, abs, jump rope, pushups, etc. I believe having students wear heart rate monitors in class is a very good idea because they can keep track of their heart rate so they know when to slow down or when to pick it up. However, is it a good idea to use these monitors for grades 1-4? I believe it would be okay for grades 5 and up. |
Amy (Ateunissen)
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Username: Ateunissen
Post Number: 2
Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 9:50 am: | |
Todd....about your post that studetns that are in good cardiovascular shape are at a "disadvantage" while wearing heart rate monitors I have to disagree. If anything I think that the heart rate monitors even the playing field for all students in a class. Because of the heart rate monitors I know that all students are getting a workout that will benifit them. Each student is different and will need to work at different intensities to get a workout that is benificial. There are many times while we are doing our 20min. long slow distance runs in class where I am yelling at students that are walking to start running thinking that they are lazy. Once I started using the heart rate monitors I found that those students had heart rates that were well above their training zone and if I continued to push them at that high of level it could have been dangerous and not benificial. On the other hand putting a heart rate monitor on a student in good cardio shape showed that while they may have been jogging for 20min. they never reached their training zone and got no benifit from the workout because they didn't work at a high enough intensity to strengthen their heart. By using the heart rate monitors and having studetns do workouts in their training zone for about 20min.throughout the semester I have seen dramatic improvements in ALL students mile fitness test times at the end of the semester. |
