Health
- Concept based learning, feedback, Health, MYP, pegeeks, Research, Teacher Reflection, Technology in PE
Training – Running and Fitness
This week I have caught up on Jarrod Robinson’s (aka The PE Geek) podcasts and it has been a little while so I had many episodes to choose from as I have picked up my training this last 10 days so more time to listen to ideas and see what appeals in my current thinking and planning of units. If you don’t listen to the podcasts, think about adding them as a resource of about 20mins/ fortnight to your calendar. I am in the midst of cramming my brain full of Training Principles and ideas for my Grade 10 unit. I want to have them leaving the unit considering How…
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Tracking student Movement – not just a PE teacher’s job
This week three different stimuli have sat with me and they blend into one big issue – a much more sedentary life (which is killing us!) and that everyone needs to play a role in fixing it. Movement education and Wellness are not just the responsibility of the PE teacher or coach in the after school programme, like literacy, we are all responsible for educating our students and sharing best life-long practice! I like to think that I am an active lifestyle person and a good role model. I have my Fitbit on and this week received a new Flex (my One got eaten by the washing machine and…
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Are you checking in?
As a Teacher at an International school, the medical coverage is particular to the school and the country in which you live. We have been very fortunate to have had access to a very high standard of care in each of our locations and every summer we are required to get health checkups (or prior to the new school year). A #physed teacher and coach need to take care of their bodies and health – you rely on full health and an injury free existence for a great teaching day. As #physed teachers, it is very important that you take your health checks seriously as any issue can be compounded…
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Downtime – a careful balance
Strom? by MawazeFL CC BY Every summer I have grand plans of all the things that I want to do and there are several lists. My family ultimately wins (as they should!) and so there is a holiday to organise with the kids so that we all feel that we have destressed from the juggernaut that school is for all 5 of us. Then there is the personal downtime and goals – training, racing, gear to buy and of course people to see. And then the professional goals. This summer I had grand visions of re-doing my blog, website, updating apps and writing some articles as well as a Physed…
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#PhysEd – what is it? Time for change!
083of365[NTR23] by NTR23 licensed CC BY NC SA Like other #PhysEd teachers connected on twitter, I have also pondered @jessicaolien‘s article “Dodgeball Should Not Be Part of Any Curriculum, Ever” and read about the first 100 comments associated with her article and have been left scratching my head. I have read @PENathan‘s blog post “Being a #PhysEd role Model” and also watched/read and listened to most of the articles, podcasts and videos that he mentions (small World sometimes!) and I am left feeling there is a serious disconnect between what I see going on in many PE classrooms and what I read about what other’s experiences were in their…
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Nutrition: what do you eat? How do you teach kids about food?
Food Chain by The Slushey One licensed by CC BY NC Nutrition is a big focus in our curriculum at UNIS Hanoi. I teach this unit to Grade 7 students every year and the challenge is to figure out what to teach and how to spend our precious 10 hours or so. The last two years, I decided to do too much take a different direction and try and step out into some new territory or to share familiar topics in a new way. My inspiration came a little from watching Jamie Oliver’s TED talks speech where he was awarded a prize from TED for his work. If you haven’t…
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Noun Project – ideas
The Noun Project was first suggested to me by @chamada for icon and style ideas while developing some app icons. I now use it as my go-to for any picture, icon or for inspiration along with flickrcc to collect ideas for my classes. I like to use Word Galleries* in my lessons as they keep students moving and talking. I am moving in a big way away from me talking and having as much student voice as possible in my lessons. Anyway, I have decided to use the Noun Project in my Grade 8 Alcohol unit. I will use this as a part of the process of us creating…
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Giving Feedback on a Presentation
Speech bubble by Alice Bartlett CC BY NC How do you evaluate your Presentations? I have struggled with finding meaning from student presentations especially if they aren’t very good. How do you face public humiliation in the moment of knowing that what you presented was not up to par? And why should this process of giving feedback only be up to the teacher? I have worked with index cards, asking students to confer with peers and just asking for verbal feedback but often this becomes teacher directed and students choose very trivial focus points (eg. “They had good slides”) and it can be hard to bring out meaning to the…