COMPUTER – A VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HEALTH, FITNESS AND WELLNESS

Dr. D.M. Jyoti

ABSTRACT

The era which is created in this new society that is being formed is called IT - information technology. IT is simply the tools and methods used for the identification, organization and manipulation of facts that we call data. The real power of technology comes when we tie the individual machines together through the medium of a network. The computer and the software that it runs is an essential element in the new societal paradigm and it is a key to success for the modern sports and in promoting the Physical activity, Health , Fitness and Wellness of an individual.  It is this piece of equipment that has taken the Sports, Competitive Games  and Physical Activity to a transformed phase with a giant leap. The computer serves as a viable instructional tool in this process of educating the physical being of each individual student. By the very nature of activities related to physical education, the role of the computer is supportive in nature with respect to the curriculum. Physical education implies physical activity, and normal computer use is not characterized as a physical activity.