Contemporary Uses of Technology in K–12 Physical – Policy, Practice, and Advoca…

Contemporary Uses of Technology in K-12 Physical EducationPolicy, Practice, and Advocacy\nAuthor(s): Steve Sanders, Lisa Witherspoon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781617359606, 978-1617359606\nSynopsis\nWhat do teachers, principals, school administrators, superintendents, state policy makers, and parents need to know about the growing trend to use technology in physical activity environments? How can technology be used to increase not only fitness levels but academic learning in todays youth? How can kids benefit from increased use of technology in physical education? These questions and others are answered in this volume of the series Educational Policy in the 21st Century: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions.\n\nAn entire generation is growing up without the benefits of daily physical activity. The daily experiences of our children are centered on the use of technology driven, mostly sedentar.