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iPod Trial – Update
Contest /B mode by Granada Turnier CC BY Pioneering new ideas or changing to new ways of operating takes time. People look at you a little differently and can often expect rapid shift or change in a short amount of time. If this sounds familiar, keep going! It has taken a while to get really into the trial with my MS HS students. My initial excitement is not waning but it has taken time to work out how we are going to use these devices to really engage student learning and to ensure that they will work. A few notes of the process over the last few weeks: • iDevices…
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Screen-casting in Gymnastics and Dance
Dancing Troopers by Kalexanderson CC BY NC SA I have mentioned on twitter about using technology in my Gymnastics and Dance classes and thought I would delve a little deeper into this in a blog post. Last year I began my Gymnastics unit with Grade 7 students. This unit really focuses around Floor routines using balances and other tumbling and so I pitch it to the students with the importance of Team work and also on giving lots of feedback as the routines are very aesthetic and require students to think and be more aware of presenting themselves and on proprioception within their routines. I was using the typical…
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Mastering skills in Badminton – enhanced by Tech!
I have written previously about a Badminton Unit I trialed last year with Simon Mills where we focused on Mastering skills starting with basic and then moving to progressively more difficult skills as the unit went along. I should add that these skills came from a book (yes a book!) from our office – Badminton: Steps to success. This unit was harsh – we expected students to Master a particular skill before they could progress and we pushed them hard on peer coaching and had frequent teacher assessment as part of this unit. This year I am taking my G8 students a step further. Many of these students were a…
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PE app for Badminton Class
A hard days work by Kalexanderson CC BY NC SA Everyone tells me that I spend too much time on work. I don’t feel the same way. Robert Appino got me thinking more about Game based learning and Jarrod Robinson and Liz Halina inspired me this week with the work they are doing on App building and on recent data that suggests the Video Analysis of student work is enriching technique and confidence. So I decided that I would work a little later and longer on a Badminton App for my students (and their parents) to use during our next unit. The unit itself centers around Mastering a Skill…
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Slow Progress – iPod trial
Undecided by Rafael Peñaloza CC BY NC SA Have you ever thought that things would run at a certain pace, but been amazed at the reality? That is how I am feeling about my iPod trial. I suppose because I read about the great things that other PE faculties and teachers do, I dreamed that all of this would suddenly begin for me here at UNIS. However, I am findng that it takes longer than I had originally thought. My post here is not intended to be negative or pessimistic, I am loving finding out what I could/should do with my iPods in class, but there are some hiccups that are…
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Shiny New iPods!
A few months back I began to campaign for an iPod trial in my PE classes at UNIS Hanoi. Today the final four of my new iPod 5 Generations arrived and I have spent the last hour tonight plugging them in, syncing them up and preparing them for the first day of use tomorrow. I feel like a parent preparing the children for the first day of school. “What did you pack for them?” I hear you asking. Well let me share a few of the various apps I have chosen for my first work this week. Coaches Eye – Coaches eye is one of my favourite apps in…
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Google Drive – living the dream!
Falling by coleydude CC BY NC SA I have been really reading closely some blog posts (Chris Lehmann has a good one out) and tweets this last month about ‘letting go’ or ‘doing less’ and I have been thinking about what this means to me and my teaching. The basic principle is that you have set your students up with the tools for working without you constantly guiding them. I have been working really hard in my PE lessons on peer coaching and feedback – trying to ensure that students share with each other using a variety of feedback methods (blog posts, continual formative feedback opportunities and times to reflect…
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PD session on Technology for Practical Subjects
Ken Forde (@KenForde) from WAB and I met at the PE Geeks workshop in Yokohama last year. It was clear after our meeting and chats that we are both like minded PE teachers, and so with this in mind, we discussed how we could share our love of education and learning as well as the tech revolution that is changing PE as we know it, with other teachers. We designed a workshop to present this March at the PE strand of the EARCOS conference, and it was accepted (so you can see it there if you like!). Unfortunately I am not able to attend due to school issues and my…