Explorer Scavenger Hunt Assignment

I found DJ and Freddy's lesson eye opening with regards to use of technology and inter-disciplinary teaching. My favorite part of the activity was making the flags because I thought it did a good job combining creativity and art with physical education. You don't see these other subjects integrated into the field very often. The ways that they integrated other subjects into their teaching is something I can definitely take from the lesson and apply to my future teaching lessons. I think this is an underrated aspect of teaching in any subject, and that it is important to learn how to do. This type of teaching is so effective because it often presents information in a different way to students (learning about explorers through activity, and actual "exploring"). This type of teaching also reinforces ideas and information outside of the regular environment they would learn it in (i.e. the classroom). Overall, I enjoyed the lesson , and I found the inter disciplinary teaching aspect very interesting. I also liked the way they used technology in their lesson, although I do not know if I would ever use this type of technology in a school setting, just because I do not know how effective/easy it would be to set up. Also, I am not the best 'texter' in the world.
Activity wise, I don't know if the lesson really kept me active. Once I left the gym, there wasn't much motivating me to keep moving. I did the tasks, but I didn't push myself at a fast rate. My HR got up, but not as high as it could have if I had pushed myself more during certain parts of the scavenger hunt. The data supports my ideas about my activity levels. My HR was under the target zone for nearly all of the activity, and I think the only time it was above the zone is when I had to get go to the stadium complex, and I jogged there. I forgot to wear my pedometer so I can't base it on my step count. Although, I think that I did take a decent amount of steps, and that I also probably took more than most of the other people in the class, even though my HR never went up.