Photo retrieved from GoNoodle.com
After some quick discussion, our learning pod decided to go with the application GoNoodle for our group evaluation.
GoNoodle is a free application for educators to use within their everyday classroom. This program revolves around the use of videos to promote healthy activity and mental wellness in young students. The videos provide engaging narration and pictures to grab the attention of students and lead them through different exercises. There are many different channels and categories to choose videos from and there is something for almost every focus. Educators can choose videos based on what they need for their class whether it be for relaxation, to cover academic subjects, for brain breaks, or to practice mental and emotional well-being.
Here is a GoNoodle video that was loved by the students in my Wednesday field experience visits.
The choice to evaluate this application was an easy decision for our group. After reviewing each other’s individual application evaluations, we quickly decided to go with GoNoodle. Each of us have had our own experiences using GoNoodle in various settings and all have been positive. We have had the chance to observe students of various ages participating and engaging in the active videos during field experience opportunities, classroom volunteering, or even our own classes. From what we have observed, these active videos have been received positively by the students and educators. However; we want to explore this program further. To what extent does this program benefit students physically? Mentally? Academically? How secure is it in terms of privacy and security? How accessible is it for use in varied settings?
We see GoNoodle as a positive and engaging educational tool that can be beneficial to the physical and personal well-being of students as it promotes active movement and healthy thinking. We are looking forward to looking at this application more in depth and discovering how effective it is for students’ growth and how much it benefits their development and learning.