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Reviews on software. 1. Explain the purpose of the software program. What are the appropriate grade levels and subject areas for this software?

2. List and explain what software categories this software program falls into. The software categories include: drill and practice, tutorial, simulation, instructional game, or problem solving.

3. Describe a scenario where you would be able to integrate the use of this software program into your curriculum. What grade level? What subject area? How would the software integrate into the other classroom activities?

4. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this program?

5. What is the cost of this program? Where can it be purchased?

1. The purpose of Dart Fish is to record and evaluate any type of physical movement/activity. Dart Fish can be used at any grade level to help students better understand their movements.
 * __Dart Fish__**

2. Dart Fish can be used for drill and practice as well as tutorial, simulation, and problem solving depending on how one uses the program.

3. An example when this program can be used would be while teaching technique for volley ball serving. Dart Fish can be set to record the student serving a volley ball and delay the feedback until the student can watch him/herself actually do the action. This way a student can critique themselves and hear critiques from the teacher. This would be for middle to high school students in physical education. Dart Fish can be used for any movement the students do such as: baseball swings, tennis forehand, tennis serve, soccer kicks, basketball shots, and many others.

4. The strength of this program is that any movement can be captured and completely overviewed. The program can break down one movement completely into small sections and a student can see their own movement through every stage. The weakness of this program is that a camcorder is needed hooked to a computer so only one student can use the program at once in most cases. With the correct usage this program can be great.

5. Dartfish costs anywhere from 380 dollars to 4,700 dollars and can be purchased at []. Dart Fish can be used on any modern computer.

1. The purpose of Open Fitness is to help students create physical health goals and track their progress. This program can hold information about strength and cardiovascular workouts as well as keep a nutrition log. The program then tracks progress using charts to show students how well they are doing. This program can be used at any grade level but would be best used in middle and high school.
 * __Open Fitness__**

2. Open Fitness can be categorized as a problem solving software because students can create goals and using the program learn how to reach those goals.

3. An example when this program can be used could be in a weights and conditioning class. Students can use the program to create and track a strength and cardiovascular workout. The students can update their status every day or week to show how much work they have done. The program also allows the students to track their progress and to see how much they have increased their strength. Weights and Conditioning would be for 9-12th grade as a physical education course. The software can also be used to track diet and has a large database for many foods and their nutritional value. Open Fitness has many uses for a physical education class room.

4. The strengths of this program are that it is very interactive and easy to use. The graphs and charts are created with data the student puts in so there is no difficulty. The program has multiple functions including an exercise help menu where students can learn how to do multiple exercises and they are categorized by body part. The program also has sections for body statistics and competitions. The program does not seem to have any weak spots other than a smaller food database than a program made specifically for that purpose.

5. Open Fitness Pro Licence costs 89.95 and can be purchased at []. Open Fitness can be run on Mac as well as Windows operating systems.

1. The purpose of Wii Sports is to simulate many different activities digitally. Wii sports can help teach rules to students as well as almost trick them into thinking they are playing a video game and not being physically active. Wii sports also has many different drills as well as a fitness program.
 * __Wii Sports__**

2. Wii Sports is categorized as simulation or drill and practice software.

3. An example of when this program could be used is when learning a new sport such as tennis. The rules of tennis can be complicated for some but with Wii sports students can learn scoring and the rules of tennis after one game. This game can be used at all grade levels in any physical education class. The software can also be used for baseball, boxing, golf, and bowling to teach the rules and some practice and drills.

4. The strength of this program is that the students will feel more relaxed and less likely to fail. The program is a good warm up to learning new sports and helps students learn the rules. The weakness of the game is that proper technique is not learned through using it. Also the game can support up to four students at one time so students would either have to do something else while waiting or the school would have to buy multiple games and game systems.

5. Wii sports comes with the Wii console which is needed to play the game and can be purchased at any gaming store or online at [|www.Amazon.com/Wii]. Wii Sports can be used on any Wii system hooked to a monitor.

1. The purpose of Diet Sleuth is to help students track their diets daily. The program allows students to look up foods and record them for every meal of the day including snacks and anything else they eat. With this information a chart is created showing students how much of each nutrient they are recieving. The program also allows one to add notes to certain meals for anything that needs to be said.
 * __Diet Sleuth__**

2. Diet Sleuth can be categorized as problem solving software because students can use the program to see their current diets and use it to change and track their diet.

3. This program can be used when students are learning about nutrition and can track their diet for a couple weeks or so. After students have tracked their diet they can find out what they need more and less of and create a new diet plan. Students will learn about nutrients and how to keep a good diet with this program. This can be used in a nutrition or health class in middle or high school. The software can also be utilized just to figure out all the nutrients in any food the student would want.

4. The main strength of this program is the large food directory which has almost any food in it. The program also has a great chart that tells one how many calories they have taken in along with how many of each nutrient. The weakness of the program is that it only serves the one function of nutrition help, whereas, Open Fitness has many other aplications plus a food diretory.

5. Diet Sleuth can be found at [] and I am unsure of the pricing but there is a 30 day free trial. Diet Sleuth can be used on Windows or Mac OS operating systems.

1. Interact HSPE is a program that encompasses almost everything a physical education class tries to teach. The main thing P.E. is trying to do is to give students ways to be physically fit for a life time. This program has components of fitness, training methods, muscle groups, nutrition, and so much more.
 * __Interact High School Physical Education by XSIQ__**

2. This program can be categorized as tutorial and drill and practice.

3. I would use this program throughout the semester. The program can be used in any physical education class and can either be used to teach at home or to give out homework. Students could be assigned different interactive videos to watch at home and then report to the class about their findings and teach the class what they learned. This is good for high school physical education as stated in its title. The software can be used to teach almost every aspect of physical education.

4. The strengths of this program include: many animations, many visuals, many subjects in P.E., many videos, many lessons and many other great things. The program doesn't seem to have many weak points but an in depth look might bring some out.

5. The cost of this program for a 30 person class is $300 and can be purchased at [|http://www.swexpress.com/item/F69BA8F5854FE246852573E50054A350!opendocument&title=Interact_High_School_Physical_Education]. The program requires Mac OS or Windows operating systems.

Open Fitness, I like this program because I feel if a student can see their progress in their physical activity then they will get a sense of accomplishment!! When I was in high school I always loved looking at my logs and seeing how much I have grown from the previous weeks!! Also this program will seems like it would keep the kids on focused and give them the sense of wanting to succeed, if they had a goal set for the end of the semester!! Stephanie Zelones

Kevin I like the idea of using WII fitness. I think that it really is a good work out. Also the kids would feel like they were playing games and so it would be fun for them as well as educational in the physical field. P.E. is a difficult subject to incorporate technology so that is a good way! Laura Ballard

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Kevin

Thank you for responding to my assignment! I also thought you had a very well thought out and neat format for explaining your software. I thought that the Dart Fish application was very useful because you are able to break down and understand physical movements. As a physical education teacher or coach this can be very beneficial.

Serenity Matlock-Way _____ Kevin, I love how you thought to use WII sports to help with your students. Because a lot of children today are become lazy and just want to sit and play their video games and with WII sports the chldren are still plying their video game but they are also working out. GREAT IDEA!!! -Danielle Healy