What Are the Best Heart Rate Monitors for Schools? Why Educators Choose Heart Zones. In classrooms, gyms, and physical education programs, educators are increasingly embracing technology that helps them understand student physical activity and wellness in real time. Heart rate monitor... PE teacher PE tech assessments health heart rate monitors Sep 30, 2026 Physical Education
Not all school technology is created equal…especially in PE There’s a growing push to reduce technology use in schools, particularly smartphones, tablets, and laptops because of concerns about screen time, distraction, and sedentary behavior. But should wearab... PE teacher heart rate monitors physed wellness Sep 28, 2026 Physical Education
Heart Zones Launches Professional Development Program for Technology Integration in Physical Education Heart Zones is excited to announce the launch of its new Professional Development Program designed to help physical educators effectively integrate technology into teaching and learning. We have heard... PE teacher PE tech heart rate monitors physed Jun 30, 2026 Physical Education
How PE Teachers and Principals Can Team Up to Fund Heart Zones with CA’s New Budget California’s school funding landscape has just shifted in a major way. According to a detailed report by EdSource on Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised state budget proposal, public schools are receiving... PE teacher PE tech funding heart rate monitors physed student May 21, 2026 Physical Education
Rising Hill Elementary School - Kansas City, Missouri " By bringing in the Heart Zones technology, students now had real time data to help them understand what their body was doing during our warm-up and lead game. It was very easy to continue our dynamic lessons in PE and just embed the Heart Zones into what we were already doing. " - Matt Barrows, Rising Hill Elementary PE teacher PE teacher PE tech funding health heart rate monitors model school physed student Apr 15, 2026 Model Schools
Beyond the Quick Fix: How Data-Driven PE is Winning the Fight Against Childhood Obesity In the recent national conversation surrounding childhood obesity—highlighted by recent discussions in The Hill regarding the roles of the CDC, FDA, and medical interventions—one thing is clear: the f... PE teacher PE tech assessments health heart rate monitors wellness Mar 10, 2026 Physical Education
More Than a Brain Break: Why Movement in the Classroom is the Key to Student Success In today’s fast-paced educational environment, it’s easy to prioritize desk time over "do" time. However, as highlighted in a recent ETR article , physical activity is not just a break from learning—i... PE teacher PE tech assessments health heart rate monitors Mar 4, 2026 Physical Education
North Country Union Junior High School - Derby, Vermont " The use of heart rate monitors in PE classes empowers students to take ownership of their learning and well-being by providing real-time feedback on their physical activity. " - Edie Flores, NCUJHS Principal PE teacher PE tech assessments funding health heart rate monitors model school physed student Jan 26, 2026 Model Schools
Celebrating Excellence: How Missouri’s PE Teacher of the Year Uses Heart Zones to Champion Lifetime Fitness We at Heart Zones are thrilled to extend our biggest congratulations to Matt Barrows, a Physical Education teacher at Rising Hill Elementary in the North Kansas City School District, who was just nam... PE teacher PE tech health heart rate monitors physed student Nov 3, 2025 Physical Education
Will AI Robots Replace PE Teachers? My Answer Might Surprise You. At Heart Zones, we're asking the big questions about the future of wellness. I recently predicted that human-like robots enabled with AI will one day replace school teachers, including in Physical Edu... PE teacher PE tech physed Oct 28, 2025 Physical Education
Empower Your PE Students with SEL: Download Our Free Heart Zones Guide Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is more critical than ever. While many resources focus on the traditional classroom, physical education is a perfect environment for students to explore these vital... PE teacher assessments health physed student Oct 28, 2025 Free Resources
Need New PE Tech? Here are 14 Steps to Getting it Funded by a Hospital One of the great, but often overlooked, ways to get funding for PE technology is through your local healthcare foundations. This is how PE teachers, Eric Scheunemann & Jacob Breunig, were able to secu... PE teacher PE tech funding heart rate monitors physed Oct 17, 2025 Physical Education