Crowdsourced Survivor Unit
I wrote a blog post a while back about getting a bunch of #PEGeeks together to crowdsource a Survivor themed leadership unit. After a lot of teachers provided feedback, ideas, and activities, I felt like I had enough material to put together a short leadership unit for my students. Today I'd like to share that unit with you. Read More...
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Nutrition Infographic
29/03/12 01:37 Filed in: Infographics
Its Nutrition Month at my school so I thought it would be fun to create an infographic for it.
Click the image to view a larger version of the infographic or click here to view a printer friendly version of it. Read More...
Updates: All The Way Across The Site
08/03/12 10:29 Filed in: News
If you were one of the unfortunate people who visited ThePhysicalEducator.com over the weekend, you may have noticed that the site was acting all screwy. Well, in my attempt to make some changes to the site, I accidentally published it with the wrong code AND deleted my backup file (don’t ask how, I have no idea). Read More...
Facebook Timelines for PE Programs
07/03/12 14:11 Filed in: Social Media
Facebook just recently launched Timelines for Pages which, as you may have guessed, brings Timelines (Facebook’s virtual timeline of your life) to Brand Pages (Facebook’s online space for brands).
Why is this interesting for #PEGeeks? Well, I know that some of us have set up Facebook Pages for our PE programs. If you’re able to convince your admin to let you use Facebook for your program, Pages is a great option since it allows you to communicate with your students through your “brand’s” (your program’s) image. Read More...
University Outreach Program
f you’ve ever spent any time checking out our Resources page, you may have noticed a Social Media section there. If you ever took the time to dig deeper into the section, you may have noticed that its empty.
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Solutions Summit 2012
"Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions" - Anthony Robbins
Today I asked the #PEGeeks network to identify the main obstacle (money excluded) that is preventing them from creating the Physical Education program of their dreams. The responses I got back were pretty familiar: not enough PE time for students, not enough space for activities, not enough innovation from IT, and not enough support from staff. You probably recognize a few of these problems as you've probably found yourself complaining about them from time to time (I know I have). Chances are that you could add a few more to the list as well (again, I know I could). These problems aren't new (which, in itself, is a problem as well). They've been around for a long time, haunting Physical Education programs everywhere. Read More...
iPad Gradebooks (In 9 Easy Steps)
25/02/12 21:11 Filed in: Resources
A while back, I blogged about how I use my iPad to create my Physical Education lesson plans. However, that’s not all I use it for.
We just completed our second term here at my school and, as I was entering my students’ grades into the system, I realized I never shared how I create grade books on my iPad. It’s really simple, so I figured I’d take a few minutes to show you how I do it (I also made a video of how to do this, of all you video-type people out there). Read More...
#PEGeeks Logo Winners
25/02/12 16:38 Filed in: Network
After a week of designing, sharing, discussing, and voting, we have finally decided on the official #PEGeeks logo and icon.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to take part in this process. I think its awesome that we were able to get this done together. Read More...
One #PEGeeks Logo To Rule Them All
20/02/12 22:54 Filed in: Network
A few nights ago, I was toying around with the idea of designing a logo/icon to represent the #PEGeeks hashtag. For those of you who are not on Twitter, the #PEGeeks hashtag is what us techno-savvy Physical Educators use to help tag our tweets to make them easier to find and to facilitate discussion on Twitter. The hashtag is pretty popular and it represents a rather awesome network of professionals. Read More...
Fitness Infographic
22/01/12 16:02 Filed in: Infographics
I’m currently wrapping up a fitness unit with my elementary students. During the unit, the students were taught the components of fitness, what physical tests to perform to evaluate their own level of fitness, how to train to improve each component of fitness, and how to set a personal fitness goal using the S.M.A.R.T. principle. Read More...
Crowdsourcing A Unit Plan
When I was in University, so much emphasis was placed on lesson/unit planning. Don’t get me wrong, I think planning is an extremely important part of the teaching process. It pushes you to think about new ways of presenting material, helps you prepare in advance for situations in your gym, and allows you to reflect on your lesson and grow from those reflections.
But let’s be honest: planning doesn’t usually rank high on teachers’ “favourite things about teaching” list. You won’t ever hear about a teacher who would turn down a Friday night out with friends because they were “just too excited to get lesson planning for next week”.
Its just not the way things are.
Responsibility Badges in Physical Education
For the past few weeks, I have been working on a behaviour management system that I am calling the Responsibility Badges in Physical Education.
Lesson Plan Templates
10/09/11 14:24 Filed in: Resources
One of the request I receive the most when I show people the resources we create for ThePhysicalEducator.com is for Lesson Plans. Today, I’d like to officially state that I’m never going to create lesson plans for ThePhysicalEducator.com.
Sorry. Read More...
Revised Skill Posters
08/09/11 12:21 Filed in: Resources
A while back we decided to start creating Skill Posters that used QR Code technology to add video content and to personalize student learning.
The posters broke skills down into different steps and each step had a picture and learning cues associated to it. On top of this, each poster had a QR Code on the left hand side that linked to a YouTube video of the skill being demonstrated at both normal and slow-mo speeds. On the right hand side were three QR Codes, each linking to a practice activity of different degrees of expertise (one novice, one intermediate, and one expert). Read More...
ThePhysicalEducator.com 3.0
06/09/11 10:06 Filed in: News
Welcome to the latest version of ThePhysicalEducator.com.
Over the past few months, I’ve been working on redesigning ThePhysical Educator.com to make it as easy to navigate, to look at, and to like as possible. Today I’m launching that site and hope that you’ll agree that it has significantly improved. Read More...
Over the past few months, I’ve been working on redesigning ThePhysical Educator.com to make it as easy to navigate, to look at, and to like as possible. Today I’m launching that site and hope that you’ll agree that it has significantly improved. Read More...
Project #PEPitch
23/08/11 12:19 Filed in: CPD
When Google+ popped up a month ago, one of the features that caught my eye was G+ Hangouts. The idea of easily setting up a video conference between 10 people seemed almost too good to be true. Alas, G+ Hangouts is a reality and, after having put some thought into it, here's an idea I had on how PE teachers can be using it for networking:
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