PE Page has been updated 26/9/2011

Please have a look at the latest on the Track and Field unit on the PE page.
Below is Jason jumping over a rope in a warm up activity. As the rope gets higher, Jason and many others in the class had to, and did,  overcome their anxiety to succeed. 

Grade 7 Shot put pictures

These are pictures taken of I block PE class engaged in shot put.

Using Mobile technologies in teaching...

Recently I attended a confrence in Shanghai called Learning 2.011.
The main focus of this conference is to share ideas and collaborate on how to use a range of technology and tools in our teaching.
I met some inspiring people and learned a lot.
Since being back at school after Chusock, I have been using a fantastic app on my iPad in class called Burst Mode. It takes up to 25 frames of pictures per second, meaning I can capture a students moving frame by frame with a set of pictures. This is a very handy tool to analyze movement and to help students to see the strengths and weaknesses in their movements.
Coupled with the program called Comic Life, students will be examining a comic strip of their Triple Jump from this week to look at key factors in the success of jumping well.
Below are a couple of examples of the product students will analyse.(Triple Jump)

This comic strip was made by selecting from the 25 pictures taken of Lisa's Triple Jump using Burst Mode on the iPad.

Students will use their comic strip and a set of criteria to look for important physical traits in their pictures.
A very useful tool for self improvement in track and field.
as they say... a picture tells a thousand words!
Here is the link to the pictures on Picassa:
http://tinyurl.com/6bfrkdb

Grade 7 App for smart phones coming soon...

I have been working on creating a Smart Phone mobile App for Grade 7 students and parents at TCIS. It should be ready to launch in about a week.
I will let you know how and when you can get it...

PE Page has been updated 9/5/2011

Please click on the PE page to find some new pictures of students involved in their new unit of Track and Field Athletics.

Picture taken at the World Athletics Championships at Daegu. Start of the men's 400m.

Open House

Thank you to all the parents who came to Open House last Thursday evening. It was great to meet you all and share some of what we do with your children on a day to day basis.

If you have any questions from the evening, please feel to contact me via email.