Reshoring Fitness Technology How Heart Zones is Bringing Jobs Back to the USA for Those with Disabilities Wearable, data-driven fitness technology motivates and empowers individuals Roseville, Calif. (August 14, 2021)Â â PRIDE Industries, the countryâs leading employer of people with disabilities, will provide kitting and assembly services to Heart Zones, a pioneer in the field of…
Use Your ESSER Funding for Health and Physical Education to Promote Social, Emotional, and Physical Learning Funding is readily available for your school physical and health education program. It is easy to request. It is easy to get it. This is federal not local funding which has already been allocated to your school. Technology purchases…
One of the questions that we receive from teachers that are interested in implementing Heart rate and activity tracker into their program is, âHow easy will it be to use Heart Zones Move in my class.â My answer is always the same.
My journey as the pioneer of using heart rate sensors in the school setting begin in 1980. Since than I have been asked so many times: âWhy do you think using heart rate sensors is so importantâ? Since the first few months of this journey utilizing heart rate sensors, the most important reason I realized was that I knew I wasnât âguessingâ anymore when I would encourage students to either go faster or slow down. Before having access to wearable technology it was especially haunting each fall and spring when all 550 of my middle school students ran the mile, and then later, complete the 20 meter cardio test.
Lessons From the Heart With Beth Kirkpatrick Earlier in the year Heart Zones pleasantly announced the return of Beth Kirkpatrick to the team. Not only does Beth bring decades of experience researching, funding and implementing wearable technologies into the physical education setting, but is passionate about how these products increase the service physical educators are…
MVPA IS ONE OF THE BEST Teacher Performance Tools As a department head, leader or individual teacher, one of your goals is to develop and support an effective physical education program. One of the best ways of accomplishing that goal is to incorporate the use of wearable fitness technology like heart rate and step tracking…
Part 6. You Have Nothing to Lose Part 1. Free and Quick Money for HPE Teachers The CARES Act (1) provides Coronavirus financial funding for technology in K-12 public and private schools. Within this legislation, K-12 public and private schools are allocated $13.2 billion for emergency funding called the ESSER Fund (2). This emergency funding to schools…
Part 5. The 8 Tips to Success from Adam Otstot, HPE Curriculum Specialist When the opportunity strikes, âaskâ for it. Thatâs just what Adam Otstot, Health and PE curriculum specialist for the Hanover County Public Schools Virginia did when he first learned about the available funding for school technology and professional development training from the CARES Act. CARES Act…
How Could a Negative Experience Impact Their Lifestyle? Simply put, if you enjoy doing something, chances are that youâll do it again. Thatâs why itâs so important to create a positive PE class experience for your students. As physical educators, itâs our job to inspire youth to pursue healthy, active lifestylesâand that starts in our…
Part 4 â FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about Emergency Dollars The CARES Act is a stimulus-funded federal government emergency grant in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. These dollars aim to be an immediate injection directly into your school’s purchasing office of money to address the current crisis. The ESSER portion of the CARES Act provides…