I was excited after reading the article "Ticktrack" It is essentially a self tracker of a fitness and eating program combined. I have always wanted to do something like this, but the idea of tracking my food on one site and my fitness goals on another seem too time consuming. The program boasts that it is easy and even whole job sites are offering incentives to jump on board the program. I want to try it.
I really enjoyed watching and listening to the lecture by Wade Gilbert, a PH.D in the Kinesiology Dept at Fresno State. It was entitled "Infinity and Beyond." His first point which made his lecture title appropriate was based on the Buzz Light year character and his famous words of "Too Infinity and Beyond" We should not set limits. We have all heard the saying "the sky is the limit" well no, it isn't, and so we should look even beyond that. His discussion centered around three main points to being successful. After you set a goal, you must 1) strive for a need 2) strive for mastery in action 3) have the right setting.
His quote of "It's what you learn after you know it all that matters." really stuck with me. Being in the academic setting, I am a firm believer in being a "life-long learner."
I really appreciated his "3 Movement Breaks", and will definitely use them in the classroom: 1)"Apple Picking" 2) "Do the Twist" and 3) "Full sit-1/2 sit. My second grades and I would benefit from periodic movement breaks like these.
The last two points I wanted to mention that I valued from the lecture, was his explanation of the "fixed mind-set" vs. "growth mindset." The "fixed mind-set", Wade Gilbert described as either you have it or you don't, and when you fail you move on to something else, whereas the "growth-mind set" is the idea that anything is possible, and to be great at something, you must fail a lot initially. Many times my students will view things as "well it is easy for you, because you are the teacher, and you know it already", but I have spent so much time trying to explain that everybody starts at the beginning sometime. It is a journey, and I may be further along than them currently but it takes time, patience, dedication, and work.
I really enjoyed watching and listening to the lecture by Wade Gilbert, a PH.D in the Kinesiology Dept at Fresno State. It was entitled "Infinity and Beyond." His first point which made his lecture title appropriate was based on the Buzz Light year character and his famous words of "Too Infinity and Beyond" We should not set limits. We have all heard the saying "the sky is the limit" well no, it isn't, and so we should look even beyond that. His discussion centered around three main points to being successful. After you set a goal, you must 1) strive for a need 2) strive for mastery in action 3) have the right setting.
His quote of "It's what you learn after you know it all that matters." really stuck with me. Being in the academic setting, I am a firm believer in being a "life-long learner."
I really appreciated his "3 Movement Breaks", and will definitely use them in the classroom: 1)"Apple Picking" 2) "Do the Twist" and 3) "Full sit-1/2 sit. My second grades and I would benefit from periodic movement breaks like these.
The last two points I wanted to mention that I valued from the lecture, was his explanation of the "fixed mind-set" vs. "growth mindset." The "fixed mind-set", Wade Gilbert described as either you have it or you don't, and when you fail you move on to something else, whereas the "growth-mind set" is the idea that anything is possible, and to be great at something, you must fail a lot initially. Many times my students will view things as "well it is easy for you, because you are the teacher, and you know it already", but I have spent so much time trying to explain that everybody starts at the beginning sometime. It is a journey, and I may be further along than them currently but it takes time, patience, dedication, and work.