What kids are eating these days is currently a hot topic. Recently, national changes have been made to school lunches so as to promote healthy eating among kids. Yet whether or not these changes are effective remains to be seen. While healthy foods are being placed upon the lunch trays of young school children, a good amount of these food items are later being tossed into the wastebasket. This occurrence raises many questions. For example, is it better to provide kids with meal options that they will actually eat, even if the food items are not particularly "healthy", or is it better to continue to provide kids with healthy food items and hope that, eventually, they'll start eating them?
No matter which position you take on the issue, teaching kids how to make healthy choices is always a good idea. Below I have embedded an Animoto video titled Kids Can Make Healthy Choices. In the second grade, students learn about nutrition. I would this video in my classroom at the start of a unit on the topic, sparking discussion among my students on what healthy choices are and how these choices can benefit our overall well-being. Ideally, this video would be projected using a Mimio or a Smart Board. Yet even if these technologies are not available in a given classroom, a regular desktop computer would work just as well.
Kate, I think this was a perfect Animoto for your students. I especially like the way you updated with great picture choices. They are ten times better than the old nutritional pictures. I also appreciate that this video is "what's trending now" and consistently reminds the children that everything they place inside their body will be with you forever. You only have one body so why abuse it? Great Job!!!
ReplyDeleteI think you did an amazing job of taking an area of study and putting it into an appealing visual presentation for students. While nutrition can be a heated topic in education, I feel that this presentation you have created is very kid friendly. Students would enjoy watching the short video, and seeing the positive benefits of good nutrition.
ReplyDeleteAlthough you could obliviously explain importance of nutrition without technology, I bet that through this form of media, more students will retain the information and be interested in what you are presenting to them since they are such "media-centered kids."