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All teched up, where to from here?
Ultra-modern Cabot Place by UGG boy UGG girl licensed CC BY Last post on our iPod Trial at UNIS… The school year is almost done and so finishes our iPod trial in the MSHS. Before I go into the end products, it is important for me to thank Ed Gilbreath and the Tech team (especially Mr Long) for the opportunity to trial mobile tech in PE and for my own professional growth and learning during this process. I would also like to thank Clint Hamada for his never-ending patience and wise sage-like advice at times of despair and for sharing our home computer with 4 iPods and related issues. And…
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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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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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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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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…