After doing some reading of Jared Robinson's blog www.thepegeek.com I have decided to try a few things next year in my Year 11/12 PE class to improve student engagement in the course and their attitude towards the revision of work.
Monday, 10 October 2011
Sunday, 9 October 2011
iPhone - The Possibilities
The more I see in relation to iPhone apps the more I like it as an educational tool. Go to this link http://thepegeek.com/2009/10/21/how-to-make-powerful-virtual-learning-tours/ to watch a video explanation of an iPhone app called Runkeeper. Has more applications than for just PE - SOSE, English, Science, Maths etc.
Checkout this link http://thepegeek.com/2010/06/28/two-essential-iphone-apps-for-phys-ed-teachers/ to see two apps used for tracking students attendance in class and recording observational data on students. They are looked at from a PE teachers point of view i.e. don't need pen/paper/diary etc to take roll or record observational data during lessons which are not based in a classroom, just need an iPhone.
Both these links are to Jarrod Robinson's blog www.thepegeek.com. A great blog about IT in education with a PE focus.
Checkout this link http://thepegeek.com/2010/06/28/two-essential-iphone-apps-for-phys-ed-teachers/ to see two apps used for tracking students attendance in class and recording observational data on students. They are looked at from a PE teachers point of view i.e. don't need pen/paper/diary etc to take roll or record observational data during lessons which are not based in a classroom, just need an iPhone.
Both these links are to Jarrod Robinson's blog www.thepegeek.com. A great blog about IT in education with a PE focus.
Fun Motivates People
The more we can inject some fun into our classrooms the more we can motivate our students to learn. I don't mean fun for the sake of it, like 'free time' or an 'early minute' which might be fun for the students but has no real benefit for their learning. I mean fun that engages and makes students want to learn, deliberate planning by the teacher to make learning fun and improve the learning outcomes for students. Check out this video by TheFunTheory.com which I came across on www.thepegeek.com . It really goes to show what fun can do!
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Sifteo Game Cubes
Wow these are amazing! I found the video below on www.thepegeek.com. These little cubes have great possibilities for student learning. This video is from 2009 before they were released for sale. They are now actually available at https://www.sifteo.com/.
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Ask 500 People
A great site which allows you to ask a question and then get feedback from all around the world. Here is a question I put up that one of my Stage 1 PE students is currently asking in an issues study. When term 4 starts I'll see if she wants to use the data in her work.
http://www.ask500people.com/questions/which-is-more-important-in-reducing-obesity-nutritiondiet-or-physical-activity
What a great way for individual students or a class to find out how people around the world feel about an issue.
http://www.ask500people.com/questions/which-is-more-important-in-reducing-obesity-nutritiondiet-or-physical-activity
What a great way for individual students or a class to find out how people around the world feel about an issue.
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