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Indianola High School PE teacher showcases digital fitness platform; district to add mounted iPads next year
Summary
PE teacher Eric Kluver demonstrated a digital strength-and-wellness platform used in Indianola High School's PE classes, saying the system tracks individual workouts, offers instructional videos and will move to mounted iPads on racks next year to reduce reliance on student devices.
Eric Kluver, Indianola High School PE teacher and long-time football coach, presented the high school's digital fitness platform and described how it is being used across multiple PE course tracks.
Kluver told the board the platform provides individualized strength and wellness programs aligned with SHAPE (Society of Health and Physical Educators) national standards. He said the system records sets, reps and weights, allows teacher monitoring of logins and progress, includes an exercise video for every move, and supports differentiated instruction for non-athletes and athletes alike. Kluver said the platform is used in the school day and as a summer program and that his total-body classes currently enroll about 113 students.
Kluver also said the district plans to install iPads mounted to each weight rack next year to provide a "rack view" that will display multiple students' workouts from one tablet. The change is intended to reduce classroom interruption caused when students arrive without a charged Chromebook or phone and to keep devices off the floor in the weight room.
On curriculum, the board received updates that the district is adjusting engineering and computer science offerings at the high school and middle school. Code.org modules will be piloted at the high school in place of two Project Lead the Way computer science courses to try to increase enrollment.
Ending: Board members asked questions about teacher training and adaptability of workouts; Kluver said the platform is intuitive and vendor customer service supports district rollout.
