Technology Conundrum!

     Growing up, I always wanted the latest and greatest in technology.  Whether it was the original Gameboy, the Sega Dreamcast, the first iPhone, no matter what it was, I wanted it just like everyone else.  But at the same time, I grew up playing outside until dark with all of the neighborhood kids.  I treated the technology in the house as something special and only used it at special times.  Unfortunately, kids do not see it that way in today's world, and neither does our society.  We are constantly using technology and not playing nearly as much as we used to.  Which brings me to my conundrum.  I love that we are now a 1:1 district and every single student from 2nd grade and up has their own personal Chromebook.  I love seeing how innovative and creative students can be with their technology and how excited they get when they teach their teacher something new.  I also love all of the new possibilities and opportunities that we could incorporate the technology into PE class.  But that is what I struggle with at the same time.  I am proud to be a Physical Education teacher and love teaching kids how to move and have fun and create their own enjoyment through movement and sport.  As PE teachers, our biggest enemy is the technology outside of the school that is sucking all of our free time out of our lives.  We are constantly trying to promote fitness and lifelong healthy habits for our students.  I have a hard time telling my students to bring their computer to PE class and then give up that precious time that I have with them and instead use it to work on a computer.  I might look at this a little differently if I saw the same classes every day of the week for 30 minutes but in our district, and common around the country, I only see them 2x a week.  I also know that using technology in PE class wouldn't need to take up the entire class time but I am also a realist and know that even the most simple google form could take much longer in class when 25 kids are all taking it on their own devices.  I have challenged myself to use more technology in my teaching by using Google Slides and adding Gifs to slides for different warm-up movements or using pictures and animations for directions.  I feel like I am in constant battle with technology because I want to stay current and use technology with the kids to keep engagement high but at the same time I want to promote activity and less screen time at home!  What a conundrum I tell you!  Does anyone else have similar feelings about using technology too much and feel that we are overly committed to using technology in education?  Or do you think we need to stay on the bandwagon because that is where the future is going in education?  It's crazy to think one day we will look back and ipads will be a thing of the past!