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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 19,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many … Continue reading →

Check out Orange Slice Rubrics by Matt Buchanan, who is a high school physics teacher. This has got some great potential in physical education.   Interview with Matt Buchanan   How could you use this in your current program?

So about 18 months ago I read a great post from @KenForde about how he had used Collabracam in his lessons (click here).  I thought to myself I would love to use that, but at the time did not have the tools at my disposal (lack of devices).  In Ken’s post he shows this example (click here), … Continue reading →

  In the past few months the four C’s for me have been Conference Conference Conference Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, Creativity all mixed into one.   Conference 1 In the summer I was fortunate enough to be invited over to the US for the National PE Institute in which I presented a session on Plickers (link). … Continue reading →

Click here to see the image in action One of my classes is currently doing circuits and I need to miss a lesson.  How can I show them what I want them to do without being there? Not just plan the lesson but also use GIFS to allow them to visualise the movement.  So much … Continue reading →

Ever thought it would be really cool to make your own app to make your life easier? It could be something in your social life or even in the classroom? If you know how to use Google Sheets you can!! You will need to use an add-on called AppSheet. So you can see the magic … Continue reading →

It is great to back, but it has certainly been a busy summer and first few weeks back.  The summer was hectic with me attending three professional development conferences (International PE teacher conference in Oxford, PE Institute in North Carolina, then the PhysEd Summit while traveling back), but great to back doing what I love … Continue reading →

So over the past few months appearing on twitter #Physed Teachers have been experimenting with gifs.  I think these are great to show students how to perform a skill without necessary a great internet bandwidth. New Blog Post: Looping Skill Demos in #physed https://t.co/iASDxuONjm #pegeeks How I've been using Animated Gifs pic.twitter.com/g7LDFTIe7y — The PE … Continue reading →

As I have just come back from my amazing America trip, in which so many people from the #physed community where there, it also gave me time to reflect and think about what I want to take into the new year, but also think about what do I want.  It was so nice to interact … Continue reading →

So this evening I was thinking of items that I need to get done for the upcoming year, yes this year has not yet finished and already throwing ideas around! Now I had seen praise postcards used in subjects along with PE but how could I incorporate them into my practice using GAFE. An old university … Continue reading →

@SchleiderJustin recently wrote his #slowchatpe blog about “How I Use Social Media in Professional Development Using The Samr Model” but as 21st Century Educators how do we use technology in practice?   Technology is constantly getting smaller, quicker more advanced year on year, but as educators it is essential to keep up with the trends.  Not … Continue reading →

For the majority of the year I have received emails from various IT sources about TTT (Tech Tips Tuesday). Today I was setting up my class and thought how can I get my pool noodles to stand up…… BRAINWAVE! These do not happen too many times in a week! But occasionally they do! After going … Continue reading →

Do you use use rubrics in #Physed? Would you like a supplementary report card for PE? Could you be working a little smarter? A new add on allows you to create a rubric and email the grades straight to a students email so they can have instant feedback.  I sent out this tweet Then started … Continue reading →

So after a great sporting weekend in which I flew over to the other side of the country and my teams achieved bronze and silver, I thought I would write another post while sitting at the airport.  So next week I will be discussing with different schools in my district how they can incorporate technology into … Continue reading →

As Jo Bailey put it on Voxer “Very Slick!” I had used Flubaroo in previous short quizzes in class, but I had not used it for a few months and thought it was about time I pulled it out of the woodwork to help me grade my short answer/multiple choice.  I set it up on … Continue reading →

So as I sit here watching the 6 Nations Rugby I thought how great would it be to travel from my school all the way back to the UK ready for the Rugby World Cup in September.  Is that possible? In reality yes but no, I cannot see my kids achieving this personally but collectively … Continue reading →

So recently I was part of the #physedsummit round table discussions in which shared a lot of good practice (http://goo.gl/Q1ryyi) , and since then a small Voxer group has formed to carry on that sharing. As I have said previously Voxer is great to carry on those discussions about different topics. Part of the districts … Continue reading →

So teaching in a K-12 school I wanted to try and get as many people active outside of school as well as in school. Now opportunities to take part in sport outside of school here is limited, so trying to provide as many opportunities for my students is key for my role.  Now I like to … Continue reading →

Now this is GENIUS! I have not seen anything like this before, it is brilliant. The Voxer group I am part of have been speaking and using it for the past few weeks.  Certainly the driving force behind using this in classrooms for other subjects and of course PE! The team that invented this is … Continue reading →

So after being in a meeting all day discussing all the athletic competitions for the next academic year, I now have a three hour commute to get home. So I thought why not write a new blog post. Now I am all about working smarter and working with google products to help my workflow to … Continue reading →

So here is my first post of 2015, Happy New Year to everyone.  So my main focus for 2015 will not only be taking my teaching to another level, but also more reflection on how I can take my teaching from point A to point B.  I always tell my students that you never stop learning, … Continue reading →

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,100 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people. Click here to … Continue reading →

Now I read a lot of tweets, and more recently have started listening more using ideas from Voxer or podcasts.  I listen to either football podcasts from back home or PE podcasts.  Two guys that have a great conversation from different sides of the world are @PENathan and @JoeyFeith, if you don’t follow them or listen to their … Continue reading →

So recently in elementary PE we have had a Star Wars theme, working on teamwork, with various skills.  As we team teach all lessons nearly, we take it in turns planning the various lessons.  I remember seeing a great article by @physedreview about his ‘Robo Tagger’ (http://physedreview.weebly.com/unusual-pe-equipment.html). If you have not checked out his website, do so … Continue reading →

So back in September I put together an article on how the department was going to report all their fitness results using GAFE then Autocrat to make an individual report for each student (http://goo.gl/geyykn).  Now this works well but after watching@adamphowell  video this week, I have changed this ( http://goo.gl/dQeWRo).  It is a must watch, great job@adamphowell ! … Continue reading →

About a year ago I was looking for different ideas about good practice in Physical Education.  After working in one of the top 6th form colleges in England for a number of years I knew what it was like to work at an ‘outstanding’ place of work.  After leaving I certainly saw a number of lessons that … Continue reading →

I have always been a fan of peer to peer teaching, and letting students teach one another.  According to Hattie, “children learn better from their peers than from a teacher or a book”.  I have always agreed with this, especially during observations of other teachers and reflections of my own teaching.  It is hard to change … Continue reading →

So being part of a Professional Learning Community (PLC) not only makes me reflect on my own practice but also help me experiment and share ideas with others.  Three years ago I decided to leave my home country and experiment with international teaching. My background was teaching post-16 students (16-19 year olds), lecturing in a … Continue reading →

So after seeing the Daqri app, and using the daqri 4d anatomy, which is very cool (http://goo.gl/Sk8Bvm), which I read about from@mrrobbo  post (http://goo.gl/JNNGn9), it got me thinking if you could make your own. I spoke with@NicholasEndlich, and he told me that he had used it to attach videos, similar to a QR reader but was easier, … Continue reading →

So I initially bought a GoPro to film my marathon on The Great Wall of China (http://goo.gl/XffJIy), but as it was sitting on my shelf, I started to think how could I implement it in PE.  In my previous roles we had used the Flip cameras to record data for analysing, but seeing as I … Continue reading →

INTERNATIONAL BALANCE CHALLENGE The Link to the FORM is : http://goo.gl/Nsd8rH So You Think You Can Balance? Or do you think yours students can balance? So this idea came about when two Americans and one Englishman had an idea (@MrAdamPE  ,@SchleiderJustin @NicholasEndlich )! How cool would it be to have an international competition/collaboration, and first of all a dance … Continue reading →

So I had seen exit tickets used before in education, and for the most times it was paper based. Then Google Forms came about, which could be connected to a QR code, so the students could complete as they walked to class.  So this evening I thought how can we connect the two.  Please see … Continue reading →

So there may be ideas out for this, but the latest update from Autocrat takes this to a new level.  In my PLC/Voxer groups, a friend (@SchleiderJustin)  had asked about my recent experiment with Autocrat (see previous post http://goo.gl/nCo5Ch ) and how it went.  He wanted to know if it could be used in his workflow … Continue reading →

So arriving at a new school and realising that it is a GAFE school, I was so excited to start using this in my teaching.  After watching videos from @mrrobbo and @nathanhorne on how they use google apps I was excited to get started.  The school would use the Presidential youth fitness program as a baseline … Continue reading →

So I am grateful to be teaching at my current school, I have now been here for a month and so far I love it.  It is very different to the busy nightlife of Shanghai, but with this change it allows me to concentrate on my teaching, and reflect a lot more.  Hence, starting this … Continue reading →

Here goes my first blog post… So after spending two years in Shanghai, in a school environment that was all about profit, it was time for a move.  In the two years I was there, the school did not send any middle or primary staff on professional development, only high school staff that taught on the … Continue reading →