….there's always room for one more….
The story so far… I returned to school this year after about 18 months working in an office helping to build PLANE – a cross sectoral professional learning community. I always intended to return – many thought I wouldn’t. But I always thought that to keep something like PLANE (or any sabbatical) real, it has … Read more
I was flicking through the Sydney Morning Herald whilst Mr12 played cricket this morning, and came upon this letter to the editor: The article referred to by the letter writer is here My first reaction was that pretty much all the concerns the author mentioned could be easily argued as pitfalls of any testing, not just fitness … Read more
I recently bought some DVR glasses from Kogan. I thought they might be an interesting experiment for a PE classroom. This test was with my son sitting in the front seat of our car, on the way to his school. I noticed the .avi video quality was much better viewed straight form the memory card. Uploaded to YouTube, it seemed to … Read more
I do a lot of thinking when I ride my bike. It must be the extra blood and oxygen pumping through my head or something, but I seem to think more broadly when I exercise. That’s probably a subject for another post… Today I was riding and my thoughts turned to beer. I must have … Read more
I’ve recently reflected on why I follow Twitter users, and what criteria I use to finish following people. I’d also recently read that it’s periodically important to publicise what your social media user tipping points are, and to let your network know. So here goes:
I came home tonight to find the latest edition of Active Education (AE) magazine waiting for me. Active Education has stories on Physical Education, Outdoor Education, Coaching and nutrition for those involved in health and physical activity. It is locally produced and promotes mainly Australian venues and products but the articles have an international application. … Read more
I was out riding today, and got swooped twice by magpies. I love magpies, but they unfailingly scare the hell out of me when they do that. I know the swooping only happens at the beginning of Spring, and I’m ready for it. But I know some aren’t. So I started a map to locate … Read more
Here’s a presentation I did on the value of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) as part of a TeachMeet@PLANE online session on the 25th of July, 2012. The presenter notes DEFINITELY help you make sense of it all. You will need to visit the actual Slideshare site to see them. Just click on this link … Read more
After a recent #pechat on Twitter not long ago (follow this link to see an extract on Storify) I knew I had something to share about formal research and teaching practice, but it was hard to get the thoughts buzzing in my head and crystallise them into words. So I did what I normally do … Read more