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Communities, Interaction and Problem Solving
Gif from YouTube clip of Tag Rugby Mixed Super League Round 5 (Autumn 2014) – The Tuggas v Hippos Global Context: Identities & Relationships Key Concept: Communities Related Concept: Interaction Statement of Inquiry: Group problems are often not ‘stand alone’ issues but rather a complex interaction of multiple facets that require the community to interact with each other in order to solve them. Assessment – Crit A, C, D Year 5/Grade 10 Sport/Focus – Invasion Games – Turbo Touch and Touch Rugby This year the focus for our Grade 10/Year 5 MYP students has been Leadership and they have worked very hard on planning and sharing their own workshops (mini workshops to…
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PhysEdSummit #1 – It’s a Wrap
Last weekend ago I was so excited to be a part of the PhysEdSummit which was hosted as a series of Google Hangouts late into my Japanese night (breakfast time for USA #Physed folk) by the very amazing Physedagogy team. If you didn’t tune in, don’t panic! You can catch up on the program here and if you want to see my Google Presentation without the Google Hangout session narration, you can see them here. I am planning to do some more PD and watching over the next month. I wanted to share that the progress being made in PE is a great step for those in the profession…
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Asking the right questions – #2
Empire State Pigeon by ZeroOne CC BY SA A few weeks back I started blogging about the journey that I am on as I evolve from an ‘old-school’ PE teacher into what I believe (and have for some time) is the PE revolution – concept based learning embedded in physical activity. I am working with some very talented people and this is fuelling my intrinsic desire to be a better teacher, and to learn more from those around me. I am not an expert, but am enjoying learning more and feeling more fulfilled on this journey. I want to look at the questions and the question progression that I am…