Jarrod: The Promise and Messy Realities of Digital Technology in Physical Education

Abstract

Although there is currently a great deal of interest in the use of digital technology in physical education, there is the clear and as yet unaddressed risk that the transformative potential of digital technology will be squandered. Drawing on a practitioner narrative of an Australian physical educator, which presents a retelling of how he uses digital technologies to support learning, we consider the promise and messy realities associated with digital technologies in physical education. After analysing the narrative through multiple lenses (students' eyes, educational policy, effective instruction and critical pedagogy), we argue for a democratic and critical re-imagineering of physical education along digital lines.