Hot wheels in the classroom

Never discount anything as useful in your PE classroom, as I re-discovered today. My son was riding up and down the street on his bike. “How fast do you reckon I’m going, Dad?” he asked. I toyed with the idea of strapping my bike speedo on his bike or getting him to look at a … Read more

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21st Century…. sport?

I had a post planned on EdTech in schools being like rock band allegiances. I’ll save that one for later. What has really grabbed my attention lately has been the Commonwealth Games in India. Not just the competition and the spectacle, but what I think are implications for PE in schools. Two events caught my eye … Read more

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Mobile devices in my classroom – Nuts & Bolts (Part 1)

I’ve been looking for a way to authentically use mobile devices in class. This post is about the nuts and bolts – what devices will do the job in my classroom. To actually use videos and images created by kids on mobile devices initially seemed simple – shoot the images, dump them somewhere to look … Read more

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Gaming linked to learning authenticity

In the near future, my family and I will be going on a trip to Italy. During our conversations about what we would like to do and see there, my eldest son had a request about our visit to Florence. He began to rattle off names of landmarks and historical figures associated with Florence and … Read more

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My near (teaching) death experience

I’ve always prided myself on being prepared for lessons. This week though I found myself in a situation from which I was able to extricate myself relatively painlessly, with the help of an interactive white board (IWB), my DER laptop and some fast thinking. For some reason I thought I had Year 9 Outdoor Recreation. … Read more

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Moodle for the PE teacher

In that sea on Web 2.0 stuff that I’m drifting in at the moment, one really cool application that I’ve started using consistently is Moodle. While it’s not exactly Web 2.0 (its been around for a while), I’m using it as a vehicle for delivering Web 2.0 learning tools to my students from one convenient … Read more

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