Top 10 Apps for Physical Education Teachers

Physical education involves more than playing games all period long. As a PE teacher, you are also responsible for teaching students to develop healthy habits and realize the importance of making physical activity a regular part of their lives. Through the top 10 apps for physical education teachers, you can help your students see physical education as more than a fun period during the day.

C-Fit Dance

C-Fit Dance is designed to get students up and moving. Using the app, teachers can access lesson plans that relate to the videos and moves contained within the app. Step-by-step instructions help students learn new moves. PE teachers can incorporate everything from West African dance to Latin fusion dances in their classrooms.

Daily Workouts

Daily Workouts takes the work out of coming up with workouts and exercise routines for students. With the app, teachers can create a routine to target a specific area, such as legs or cardio and set the time for the routine. Videos show how to perform each of the more than 100 exercises included as part of the app.

Sports Rules

Sports Rules makes remembering the rules for the different sports you play in PE easier. The app is fairly simple, free from a lot of and graphics so you can get straight to the rules. Rules for 18 different sports are available through the app.

Teen  BMI

With Teen BMI, you can help determine whether students have a healthy BMI or need to work on developing a healthier lifestyle. The app includes information to compare where a student’s BMI falls compared to others his age and offers a weight tracker. A version of the app is also available for children.

VCE PE

VCE PE offers podcasts and videos related to popular physical education topics. Teachers can have students use the videos and charts as part of an independent study program or incorporate them into PE class. Topics range from recovering from injury to the aerobic energy system.

Short Sequence

Short Sequence: Kids Yoga Journey is a way for PE teachers to introduce yoga to their students. The app features 7 basic yoga positions children can do and helps teach them the principles of yoga. Images in the app feature kids in the various yoga poses.

HealthStar Tracker

HealthStar Tracker works with the popular MicroFit HealthStar Manager software to help PE teachers track student progress. With the app, teachers are able to access their class rosters and data right from their smartphone or tablet. From there they can check off goals students meet, mark their progress on fitness tests and monitor their heart rate and steps taken.

Kiddy Keep Fit

Kiddy Keep Fit makes exercising fun for children. PE teachers can incorporate the fun songs contained in the app into their regular curriculum. Six fun songs are included with the app and each song focuses on different body movements.

Timer+

Timer+ allows physical education teachers to run multiple timers at once. With the ability to create preset timers, teachers can automatically turn on timers for specific activities or keep track of periods in a game. It can also run in the background while using other apps so you can track of class time or other activities while using other apps in class.

PE Plus

PE Plus is a go-to app for PE teachers. It features over 100 different games in 10 different categories to encourage children to get moving. Also included in the app are special lesson plans for physical education teachers, ranging from short activities to lengthier lessons.

Physical Education

• “You don’t stop playing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop playing!!!”
• “The game is never more important than the people you play with.”   Debra Demaline Maxted
• “It’s not about winning and losing, it’s about how you play the game.”
• “If you can’t play FAIR…then don’t play!!!”
• “Every winner was once a beginner”
• “If at first you don’t succeed, try something harder.”
• “Blessed are the flexible for they are never bent out of shape”   Bill Stainbrook
• Each child comes to school with a dream, do we help them to realize it or destroy it?   James Anderson
• “If you had FUN, then you won!”
• “Share…it shows you care”
• “The mind is like a parachute: it works much better when it’s open.”
• “Be cool…Play in School!!!”
• “PE is Powerful Education”
• “Exercise and recreation are as necessary as reading.  I will rather say more necessary, because health is worth more than learning.”   Thomas Jefferson
• “Seven Days without exercise makes one WEAK!!!”
• “There is no better exercise for strengthening the heart than reaching down and lifting up another.”
• “If you don’t take care of your body, where will you live?”
• “Those who think they have no time for exercise will eventually have to make time for ILLNESS”  Edward Stanley
• “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything." Steve Bartkowski (Former NFL Quarterback)
• “Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.”  John F. Kennedy

A Healthy Beginning

The original SPARK Physical Education (PE) study was supported by the Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. A team of internationally known researchers and educators were funded to create, implement, and evaluate new and innovative approaches to physical education content and instruction, then test them in “real world” settings. - See more at: http://www.sparkpe.org/physical-education/#sthash.N14JSl7V.dpuf