Looking Forward, looking back

I haven’t written much lately – I’ve honestly been smashed off my feet being back at school after a time away at PLANE. I did write a couple of posts earlier in the year about some ideas that I’d used in my teaching – an Inquiry approach for my senior class (“No Spoons”) and a … Read more

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Testing is…testing

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

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What is Physical Education pedagogy?

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

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Degrees of separation

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

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Research, The Olympics and some stuff in between.

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

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Visualise tweets…

I found this site the other day and just love what it does with a twitter search. It would make a great backdrop to a workshop or display with tweets coming up as they’re received. Unfortunately WordPress.com blogs don’t allow iFrame embeds, so I can’t make it look funky. Click on the image to see … Read more

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Inspiration and influences

Read any column about musicians and they’ll invariably be asked about their inspirations & influences. Listen to their music and you can probably hear the influences they mentioned. I got to wondering about where I get my inspiration and influences from for the work I do. Do I just derive previous work in PE, or professional learning, … Read more

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TweetPost #1

I don’t know about you, but I don’t always have time to check out links from Twitter, especially when I’m in the run. I really appreciate the Favourite function, which allows me to come back and read stuff later that looked intriguing. So, once a week, I’m going to do a short post on a … Read more

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Question Time in the house.

Communism–  a political and economic theory proposing the replacement of private ownership of goods or capital with common ownership and distribution upon need. (“Communism.” -Ologies and -Isms. 1986. Encyclopedia.com. 25 Feb. 2012) Capitalism  – In a capitalist economic system most productive assets are held by private owners, and most decisions about production and distribution are made by the … Read more

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