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Denetria Middleton

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Dr. Corey Lee

17 April 2017

Physical Education Review

In the Physical Education world, normally after we teach each lesson there is a review to

follow in the next lesson. At times it maybe simple questions and answers, an instant activity, or

even a warm up. Typically, a review is no longer than five minute. Kevin Tiller, a Physical

Education teacher from Andover, Massachusetts. He has been a Physical Educator for over

twenty years. Within his tenure he has been Physical Education teacher of the year in his state

and also have presented at many state conferences. This critique will review Mr. Tillers website

and all the resources it has to offer to Physical Education teachers.

Mr. Tillers website was established August 15th, 2012. His vision was to help Physical

Education everywhere in their classroom. The main goal of the website is to review music,

books, and equipment related to the field. However, the website has grown over the years. The

name of the website is PhysEdReview. It can be found at the following address,

http://physedreview.weebly.com. After I explored the website I found some negatives and

positives and negatives based of multimedia principles and learning theories. These learning

theories in this critique will focus on the teacher as the student this time.

POSITIVES

One positive about this multimedia source is there are e-learning opportunities.

According to Clark (2014), e-courses are more effective than traditional classroom settings if
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there is an adequate amount of prior knowledge. It was also found that adults, prefer learning

through an e-course. This gives the learners the ability to pace themselves. Adults can also access

e-learning anywhere as long as there is a computer/mobile device and internet. I think this

multimedia learning theory would work best for the Assessments section. In the

Assessments section Mr. Tiller gives Physical Education teachers tons of resources they can

use to assess various locomotor skills and game tactics. One YouTube video I liked on his

website was the Plickers Update video.

Figure 1: Plicker Update Video

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For any Physical Education teacher that hasnt heard of Plicker they can watch the video and get

a brief synopsis of what it is. Not only did he provide a review of the assessment program, but

also gave a great assessment that can be used as well.

Figure 2: Plicker 2nd Grade Cognitive Assessment

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Another positive this Phy Ed Review website had was it included video and audio. As a

learner, students who receive both auditory and visual modalities learn more (Daniel, et. al,

2004). According to Daniel et. al (2004), research has shown that computer based multimedia

can improve learning and retention. On the website there is a YouTube Video section. Within

this section there are tools teachers can use to learn a game for themselves or show the students

the video to serve as a reinforcement. For example, there is a video in this section that focuses on

rhythm and movement video by Matt Pomeroy. There is a routine that the teacher can memorize

and teach their class, however the teachers assistance along with the video will help retention.

Another video that was great on Assessment section is Mike Grahans YouTube Channel. This

video embraces the learner control principle. According to Scheiter (2014), the learner control

principle givers learners control over their instruction, which includes pace, sequence, and select
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information aids. In the Mike Grahams video he is demonstrating how to hop. The video breaks

down each component of a hop and slow the animation down as well. If the learner for some

reason need to rewind or would like to review it again they can. Also another positive is this

website is readily available and is free.

NEGATIVES

Although there were a couple positives there were some negatives. As I first viewed the

website it was a bit overwhelming. There are over thirty hyperlinks to choose from, not including

the subset of hyperlinks. They were all great topics Physical Education teachers would want to

know more about, but this can turn you away from wanting to explore the site. According to

Mayer & Moreno (2010), extraneous material can cause learners to reduce their retention rate. In

order to eliminate extraneous processing, multimedia presentations need to exclude extraneous

material. This extraneous material can be anything from poor layouts, material not related to the

lesson, or even giving too much information. Mr. Tiller violated the extraneous material

principle. In Figure 3, pictured below is the the column that shows all the different topics that

Mr. Tiller covered. As a teacher, deciphering through all the links to finally get what you need

can turn a teacher away from the site.

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Figure 3: Extraneous Material Tiller Website (2012)

REDESIGN

If I were to re-design this website to appeal more to multimedia principle, the first change

I would make is the layout. The layout is not very appeal to the viewer at all. When I first saw

the website I immediately became overwhelm by how many links were in the column. I would

find some way to categorize subjects that belong to each other. This would alleviate how many
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different links are on the site. Another suggestion would be to create a different website that also

had similar things as well. For example, all of the YouTube videos that related to locomotor skills

I would group them together. On the website, there were links that had locomotor skills under

assessments. Other than that minor detail I would not redesign anything else.

SUMMARY

My overall impression of the website would be an eight out of ten. Mr. Tiller created a

website that is a great resource for all Physical Education teacher no matter what age or how

much experience you have. There is something on there for everybody. My favorite resource

from the website was the Plicker videos. There was a library full of videos that students can

watch and be tested. As a Physical Educator, assessment is the area where most struggle. The

Plicker library had several videos that tested cognitive abilities based on the major skills. It was

also great that the videos were broken up by grade level as well. PhyEdReview website loss

those two points because of how overwhelming the site was. It was not very user-friendly if you

were not a Physical Education teacher. There were tons of information but so little space to put

everything. I also liked the fact that when I did click on a video it did not take me to a third party

site. Each video focused on what the title was and kept the viewers attention.

Work Cited

Clark, R. C. (2014). Multimedia learning in e-courses. In R. E. Mayer (Ed.), The Cambridge

Handbook of Multimedia Learning. (pp. 842-881). New York: Cambridge.

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Mayer, R.E., & Moreno, R. (2010). Techniques that Reduce Extraneous Cognitive Load and

Manage Intrinsic Cognitive Load During Multimedia Learning. In J.L. Plass, R. Moreno,

& R. Brunken (Eds.), Cognitive Load Theory (pp. 131-152). New York: Cambridge.

Scheiter, K. (2014). The learner control principle in multimedia learning. In R. E. Mayer

(Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning. (pp. 487-512). New York:

Cambridge.

Tiller, K. (2012). Phys.Ed.Review. [Website]. Retrieved from

http://physedreview.weebly.com