http://www.thephysicaleducator.com/index.htmlThePhysicalEducator.com's Blogenthephysicaleducator@gmail.comCopyright 2011 Joey Feith2012-02-25T21:11:50-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:44:30 -0500thephysicaleducator@gmail.comResources2012-02-25T21:11:50-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thephysicaleducator/~3/1tLOR4j0KQU/ipad_gradebooks.htmlhttp://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/ipad_gradebooks.html#unique-entry-id-18Physical Education lesson plans. However, that’s not all I use it for.

We just completed our second term here at my school and, as I was entering my students’ grades into the system, I realized I never shared how I create grade books on my iPad. It’s really simple, so I figured I’d take a few minutes to show you how I do it (I also made a video of how to do this, of all you video-type people out there).]]>http://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/ipad_gradebooks.html#unique-entry-id-18thephysicaleducator@gmail.comNetwork2012-02-25T16:38:29-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thephysicaleducator/~3/kZfPXR8ryDk/pegeeks_logo_winner.htmlhttp://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/pegeeks_logo_winner.html#unique-entry-id-17
Thanks to everyone who took the time to take part in this process. I think its awesome that we were able to get this done together. ]]>http://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/pegeeks_logo_winner.html#unique-entry-id-17thephysicaleducator@gmail.comNetwork2012-02-20T22:54:49-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thephysicaleducator/~3/dUTXjSaQpsA/pegeeks_logo.htmlhttp://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/pegeeks_logo.html#unique-entry-id-16A few nights ago, I was toying around with the idea of designing a logo/icon to represent the #PEGeeks hashtag. For those of you who are not on Twitter, the #PEGeeks hashtag is what us techno-savvy Physical Educators use to help tag our tweets to make them easier to find and to facilitate discussion on Twitter. The hashtag is pretty popular and it represents a rather awesome network of professionals. ]]>http://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/pegeeks_logo.html#unique-entry-id-16thephysicaleducator@gmail.comInfographics2012-01-22T16:02:02-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thephysicaleducator/~3/PDnSYp-nP34/28d8f52e2fb7fdbadf2d3727cef962d0-15.htmlhttp://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/28d8f52e2fb7fdbadf2d3727cef962d0-15.html#unique-entry-id-15I’m currently wrapping up a fitness unit with my elementary students. During the unit, the students were taught the components of fitness, what physical tests to perform to evaluate their own level of fitness, how to train to improve each component of fitness, and how to set a personal fitness goal using the S.M.A.R.T. principle. ]]>http://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/28d8f52e2fb7fdbadf2d3727cef962d0-15.html#unique-entry-id-15thephysicaleducator@gmail.comPedagogyNetwork2012-01-18T21:03:47-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thephysicaleducator/~3/LajSTTGrols/crowdsourcing_unit_plan.htmlhttp://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/crowdsourcing_unit_plan.html#unique-entry-id-13When I was in University, so much emphasis was placed on lesson/unit planning. Don’t get me wrong, I think planning is an extremely important part of the teaching process. It pushes you to think about new ways of presenting material, helps you prepare in advance for situations in your gym, and allows you to reflect on your lesson and grow from those reflections.

But let’s be honest: planning doesn’t usually rank high on teachers’ “favourite things about teaching” list. You won’t ever hear about a teacher who would turn down a Friday night out with friends because they were “just too excited to get lesson planning for next week”.

Its just not the way things are.
]]>http://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/crowdsourcing_unit_plan.html#unique-entry-id-13thephysicaleducator@gmail.comResourcesPedagogy2011-10-21T00:40:12-04:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thephysicaleducator/~3/3Oj_yglfWNs/responsibility_badges.htmlhttp://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/responsibility_badges.html#unique-entry-id-12]]>http://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/responsibility_badges.html#unique-entry-id-12thephysicaleducator@gmail.comResources2011-09-10T14:24:31-04:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thephysicaleducator/~3/V-QdkizuhVg/ipad_lesson_plans.htmlhttp://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/ipad_lesson_plans.html#unique-entry-id-11One of the request I receive the most when I show people the resources we create for ThePhysicalEducator.com is for Lesson Plans. Today, I’d like to officially state that I’m never going to create lesson plans for ThePhysicalEducator.com.

Sorry.]]>http://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/ipad_lesson_plans.html#unique-entry-id-11thephysicaleducator@gmail.comResources2011-09-08T12:21:03-04:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thephysicaleducator/~3/9C4yJwbm_-g/qr_skill_posters.htmlhttp://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/qr_skill_posters.html#unique-entry-id-10A while back we decided to start creating Skill Posters that used QR Code technology to add video content and to personalize student learning.

The posters broke skills down into different steps and each step had a picture and learning cues associated to it. On top of this, each poster had a QR Code on the left hand side that linked to a YouTube video of the skill being demonstrated at both normal and slow-mo speeds. On the right hand side were three QR Codes, each linking to a practice activity of different degrees of expertise (one novice, one intermediate, and one expert). ]]>http://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/qr_skill_posters.html#unique-entry-id-10thephysicaleducator@gmail.comNews2011-09-06T10:06:09-04:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thephysicaleducator/~3/s6Zqf71ztWk/thephysicaleducator_3.htmlhttp://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/thephysicaleducator_3.html#unique-entry-id-9Welcome to the latest version of ThePhysicalEducator.com.

Over the past few months, I’ve been working on redesigning ThePhysical Educator.com to make it as easy to navigate, to look at, and to like as possible. Today I’m launching that site and hope that you’ll agree that it has significantly improved.]]>http://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/thephysicaleducator_3.html#unique-entry-id-9thephysicaleducator@gmail.comCPD2011-08-23T12:19:50-04:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thephysicaleducator/~3/5QeIJ4Vrh60/Project_PEPitch.htmlhttp://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/files/Project_PEPitch.html#unique-entry-id-1When Google+ popped up a month ago, one of the features that caught my eye was G+ Hangouts. The idea of easily setting up a video conference between 10 people seemed almost too good to be true. Alas, G+ Hangouts is a reality and, after having put some thought into it, here's an idea I had on how PE teachers can be using it for networking:
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