Trash, Tricks & Technology II Michael Messerole, PhD University of Nebraska Omaha Deb Stephenson Council Bluffs Community Schools

OUTCOMES 1.Benefits of using Audacity in your PE program 2.Understanding how to use Audacity 3.Learn how to re-purpose household items 4.New or modified ideas for circuit stations 5.Generate and share additional ideas

What is Audacity? Suggest you use Google Chrome or Firefox. audacity.sourceforge.net

Enabling I-tunes to create an MP3 In I-tunes click on edit in toolbar. Go to preferences and click on ‘Import settings’ At the top of the import settings window you will find ‘Import Using’ pull down to ‘MP3 encoder’ then click OK (this step will only need to be done at the initial set up)

Converting music to MP3 Still in I-tunes click on the song you want to use to create the MP3 version Right click on the song, click on Create MP3. A second version will appear. Control + I tells you which version is the MP3

Editing Options Inserting Silence Voice Breaks Inserting sound effects Merging songs

Once you finish your track make sure you save it to desktop In iTunes account go to ‘File’  ’New Playlist’ it will create a new file in playlist. Name this track then drag your new track from desktop.

Using Audacity: Things to Remember I-tunes account needs to be open Must convert from MP4 to MP3 before you can drop into Audacity Remember to rename your new file immediately to avoid confusion with the other open songs. Can use Audacity to edit out inappropriate language but still keep the rest of the song

Using Audacity: Things to Remember You can put verbal cues into your track. Intensity of your music can dictate the intensity of the movement.

QUESTIONS

Considerations for Circuit Training 1.All students are active 2.All students experience success 3.Allow for student choice 4.The order of stations is important 5.Rest is not a bad thing 6.Any exercise can be made fun it just takes a little imagination

Stations Stations can start with 1.Upper Body 2.Lower Body 3.Core 4.Cardiovascular 5.Rest/Stretch (low intensity) 6-10 Repeat 1-5

Station Ideas Upper Body –Planks –Push ups (not what we grew up with) Lower Body –Squats –Lunges Core –Superman –Spiderman –Sit ups Cardiovascular –Burpees –Jumping (Jacks, rope, lines, boxes, etc.)

Equipment Ideas ½ gallon & gallon plastic jugs filled with water or sand. ½ tennis balls Jump ropes cut in ½ Noodles Bean bags Yarn balls

Questions & Ideas Fit Deck Cards Add other curriculum areas to game mats Monopoly (roll dice) Have partner doing cardio while one is doing station and other is running at change they switch positions Deck of cards – each suit represents an exercise – trying to collect same suit

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