The first post. How exciting. This past week was our first class of Innovative Activities. I must admit that I was not particularly looking forward to having a three hour class but, (thankfully!), it did not feel that long! The class focuses on activities, equiptment and facilities that can "enhance functional skills and foster meaningful recreation participation" for persons with additional needs. One of our projects for the semester that I am looking forward to are the workshops that different groups will present to the class on different kinds of adaptive equipment/activities. My group was assigned to do our workshop on adaptive golf. I think that this project will be a great opportunity to network with professionals in the field, broaden our knowledge on the variety of adaptive equipment and activites that are available to different populations and lastly help us prepare for the kinds of professional interactions that are soon to come our way! Now as far as what we did in class last week....one of our in class tasks we had was to pick two random object out of a box and make some sort of game/activity using BOTH objects together. It was awesome how innovative everyone was with their objects :) It really showed me how you can make something out of nothing, and what's more, use it to acieve a specific goal! I think that this activity is just the 'tip of the iceberg' of what is to come in this class and I can't wait to see how it unfolds!
Until next time,
Katie
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