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I’ve been playing around with a cool little app on the DER laptops that are in schools in NSW. Tracker is a free video analysis and modelling tool, designed originally for physics classes, but perfect for analysing movement in PE classes too. While not being an uber sport scientist geek, I found the app to … Read more
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,300 times in 2010. That’s about 8 full 747s. In … Read more
Recently I’ve been looking for an easy website creation plan so I could get my Yr9 PDH class to develop Health related websites as part of a community health unit. It boiled down to 2 distinct approaches: Use a dedicated website creation tool like Dreamweaver. Specifically Dreamweaver, because the DER laptops in NSW come loaded … Read more
A larger than normal group of kids not changed for practical lessons required a plan to keep them occupied on meaningful work. It ended up being a great discussion lesson, using technology to make it engaging, instant and stimulating. Off to a room we went, me carrying a laptop and a copy of the … Read more
It’s time to give a shout out to the sources of my inspiration for 2010 in my Edublog Award Nominations . Let me start by saying that it was extremely hard to nominate just one person or blog in each category. And the more I thought about it, I realised that I have a PLN … Read more
One really simple way of using QR Codes in everyday teaching is to put them on an excursion note. In this case, the code leads to a Wallwisher wall, where I can leave up to minute information about the excursion for the students and their parents. If the weather is dodgy, for instance, I can … Read more
At the recent NSW PDHPE Teacher’s Association conference, apart from an inspiring keynote from Ben Jones (@benpaddlejones on Twitter) on 21st Century opportunities in PE, amongst other brain snapping concepts, the rest of the workshops dealt with technology solutions I was pretty much familiar with. Still, it was good to have my knowledge … Read more
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
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
WARNING – HONEST LANGUAGE I made a self diagnosis this week. I’m worn out. Jaded. It started with a symptom that I like to call “a case of the non specific shits”. I felt listless and grumpy, prone to fits of blah, with no easily identifiable source. I mean things shouldn’t have been that bad. … Read more