Watching My Classes Heart Beat

In year 7 Physical Education we are learning about the different body systems that allow us to complete physical activity. This week we started looking at the role the circulatory system has in the body with a focus on heart rate and what happens during exercise to allow us too participate. To demonstrate this I [...]

21st Century Exams?

Today during my senior Physical Education class my students completed a test under exam conditions. The test was on the topic of ‘Biomechanics’ and to the naked eye it looked very much like one of the traditional tests I sat while I was at school. However look a little deeper and this exam was a [...]

Filling a Bucket or Lighting a Flame?

Friday the 15th May saw the annual Innovation Showcase at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne. It was an absolutely excellent event that clearly followed the theme of linking educators to share innovation. The first session I attended was ”Flat Classroom Walls” by Anne Mirtschin, which can be summed up as simply brilliant. Her ability  to connect her students [...]

Your Course In A Wordle

Recently I was desigining an opening page to the ‘How Fit Are Wii’ program. I needed something that summarised the intent of the program with a real quick snapshot. So I decided to copy the program outline into Wordle to see what it came up with.
The result was simply brilliant as it clearly emphasised the key elements of the program with [...]