Long Presentations Con't

In class on (4/19) the last three groups presented their long activities.  We started off the day doing team sports, we did a variety of different activities while working in a group.  My favorite activity was the spider web game where we had to pass the hula hoop through our group while we are all linked hands.  It really challenged us when we came together as a group and some of us had to balance on one foot while everyone else had their eyes closed.  This is a great activity to use with groups of people because it really focuses on people working together as a team.  Following team sports the next group presented drama, where we started off making a commercial based on a random item then wheelchair dancing.  Wheelchair dancing was really fun because it was an innovative activity that a majority of us haven't tried before so it was something completely new.  It also gave us the chance to be in a wheelchair and try it out to understand what its like to be in a wheelchair.  Finally my group presented relaxation where we started off making stress balls out of balloons and sand, followed by guided imagery and breathing techniques.  We really wanted to stress the breathing techniques because its an important aspect in relaxation and you can focus on breathing anywhere in any place and it can relax you.  We also showed guided imagery because it can benefit any population and put anyone in a better mood and relaxed state, its also really easy and doesn't involve much planning.  We thought this could benefit the geriatric population, or youth population especially youth in the hospitals because its a really new unfamiliar environment and peoples stress and anxiety levels are usually increased.  Also making stress balls was really easy, fast, and cheap.  Its definitely useful for finals coming up!