Technology can be a tool for better health
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Sport is vital for the whole development of a child. It offers the chance for children to enhance their physical and social skills. It teaches them about winning and losing, about how to develop strategies for winning, cooperation, problem-solving and teamwork, and studies have shown that participating in sports improves students’ attentiveness in class.
That’s why sports programs in schools are so important. At YCIS, our PE classes offer a safe environment in which students can really push themselves, and sports takes them outside the four walls of a classroom, physically and mentally.
However, with the onset of technology, including iPads and mobile phones, more and more young people fall into a sedentary lifestyle with days filled with texting and selfies. Exercise is vital for the complete development of a child, so it’s of utmost importance to find ways to inspire our children to get up and move.
We have found a surprising answer for our community with regard to a super positive use for technology: Using the mobile phone itself to boost physical activity!
We utilize an app called Sworkit, which gives basic workout ideas, sets times and reminders to do the workouts and all of the lessons on the app are self-regulating and can be done at home. Both students and staff alike are using it and finding it very motivating.
Another way in which technology is changing sport is that there has been a massive shift in the types of sports boys and girls are playing. Team games are becoming less important as there has been an enormous growth in personal fitness. Our sports faculty now offers even more co-curricular activities, so students get to go beyond traditional sports and discover new interests and new ways to keep fit, and in PE classes, we are looking at individual sports and sports that support life-long participation. These are ones that are simpler and don’t need a lot of equipment.
And we offer more individual training plans and are bringing technology into the curriculum itself. We use the iPads wherever we can, from “self-taught” lessons where students scan QR codes to access activities, to practices and drills and athletics. Technology allows us to really get the students on board and access sports at their level.
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