I plan to determine if technology that is used in a Physical Education setting will increase the activity levels of junior high students compared to those that do not.

For my qualitative approach my research questions could be as follows:

1. Would you be interested in physical activity more if you could use technology during class and outside of class?

2. Do you think that technology is a motivating factor for physical activity?

Quantitative approach:

1. Are there ways to improve student activity levels through the use of technology? If so what kind?

2. What technologies are available that will allow school to home collaboration?

Methodology

As a result of the different questions I will be researching I will be using the mixed-method approach. This will help me to introduce technology into the gym and see which students have improved activity levels or not.

General Problem Statement

Problem/ Purpose Statement

I plan to determine why students in junior high are becoming obese and/or why they have a lower activity levels, also I could research what they would like to do to increase their activity level and if technology could play a role in this (eg.. pedometer, Ipods, Wii, Iphone apps, heart rate monitors).

Who: Junior High Students
What: what they would like to do differently and if technology would play a role in this
Why: students becoming obese and have lower activity levels