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Invasion Games – Designing a Game
Koi by David CC BY NC Simplicity really is key to a unit that runs smoothly and I continue to aspire to be able to keep things simple to eliminate the stress that I feel when I can see the end of a...
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APPEC – TGfU and Visible Thinking Routines
November 15-16th the first Asia Pacific Physical Education Conference will take place in Hong Kong at the HKIS campus. There is a lot of buzz around this conference and I am looking forward to going...
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APPEC – Screencasting
For those who are coming to my Screencasting Presentation at APPEC in Hong Kong November 15th, here is the Slideshow for follow up or prior reading! You can read about the other Screencasting work I...
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APPEC – Why did the chicken cross the road?
Six Days Old by normanack CC BY Why did the chicken cross the road? This old riddle was the opening question posed to us by Dr Graham Dodd of ACHPER at the APPEC conference in Hong Kong in November....
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Monkey on my back
Snow Monkeys 16 by P.Fabian CC BY SA NC For many months now I have been mulling over some ideas that sit poorly with me. I feel like I am a bit of a fraud but to be honest but I think I am a little...
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Transition – moving on
Urban Red by Mike Gabelmann CC BY NC Are you happy in your workplace? Recent data from Forbes suggests and a staggering number of people are unhappy in their workplace. I cannot imagine being...
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Action Research Project – Student Movement
Berlin – The Walk 017 by Daniele Civello CC BY NC Over the last year I have had the opportunity to listen to Dr Graham Dodd and his almost mantra about the importance of human motion on brain and body...
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Action Research Project – Motion – Part 2
An Evening Stroll by Doug Waldron CC BY SA In January I blogged about all of the ideas that were swimming and growing in my brain to do with an Action Research Project I would like to do. I have had...
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Shifting tide
I have just read and spent time digesting @Sporticus’s post on ‘Endling‘ which is a very good read about the shifting tide of non-PE teacher coaches and the dwindling number of them in schools. Over...
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Communities, Leadership and me
I have just completed a unit with Grade 10 students and it has fast become my favourite to date. We looked at Community as our central focus and looked through the lens of problem solving in...
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Spontaneous Dance Mob
Our Grade 9 students all take PE at the same time, so we have 65 students and three little spaces to play. Our PE department made the decision a few years ago to do Dance at the same time as to share...
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Thoughtful Strategy can lead to Success.
Eyes on the Prize by Alan CC BY NC SA Thoughtful strategy can lead to success. In PE our team has been working hard to develop Key Concepts of study that could be used in any context – not just PE....
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PhysEdSummit 5.0 – Putting the Feed-back into Feedback
The physedagogy team have been hard at work and last weekend the PhysEdSummit 5.0 rolled out around the World. This initiative aims to provide quality Professional Development to PhysEd teachers...
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PhysEdSummit 5.0 Student voice, participation and leadership in schools
The physedagogy team have been hard at work and last weekend the PhysEdSummit 5.0 rolled out around the World. This initiative aims to provide quality Professional Development to PhysEd teachers...
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Professional Learning + Data = analysis student learning – Part 1
Algorithms by Kevin Dooley CC BY I am grappling with the direction of my professional growth and defining a SMART goal for the next academic year. The focus of course is Student Learning in Physed...
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ConnectedPE – Screencasting presentation – Dubai
Dubai desert by Leonid Yaitskiy CC BY SA NC This post shares the Workshop notes and links that I gave at the ConnectedPE 2016 Inaugural Conference in Dubai, UAE. A big thank you to all involved in...
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ConnectedPE – Teaching Games for Understanding/ Visible Thinking Routines
This post shares the notes and links to resources from my ConnectedPE 2016 Master Class on Teaching Games for Understanding and Visible Thinking Routines. I presented this in Dubai, UAE on Friday...
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Analysis of Parent-Teacher Conferences – making an impact
Sharing learning with Parents Last week was our school Parent-Teacher conferences. Like every school, these happen a few times over the course of an academic year. This past month I have been reading...
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Professional Learning + Data = analysis student learning – Part 2
Last month I began the journey of discovery about Professional development for this academic year. Part one in my reflecting is here. I have taken more time to reflect on this and also chatted to...
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Professional Learning + Video – Part 3
Special Report by Brian Rinker CC BY This academic year one of the Middle School Professional Learning aspects is to have a video taken of you (me) teaching a class. It is any class you choose (so...
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