iPads go from Ridgewood classroom to gym
Friday, November 22, 2013
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
The school gym is not the place where most people expect to see iPads; breakable pieces of expensive equipment don’t seem appropriate in a room associated with children running and throwing balls.
MARION BROWN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Students at Willard School play tag obeying the commands from an iPad.Gym teacher Michael Lucchesi is using iPads in about a quarter of his classes.Students using the iPad feel that it adds fairness to gym games and exercises.
At Willard School this year, however, gym teachers Craig Mahler and Mike Lucchesi found a way to combine the two that not only works but makes gym class more fun.
“They’re loving class. It’s pretty exciting to watch,” Mahler said.
Last week, Lucchesi’s fourth grade class engaged in a game of tag with the help of an iPad app.
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