Health blog

This assignment has both be extremely useful for me and i think will be a great tool to use in a classroom. Students love using computer and technology and i think this would be a great way to incorporate technology into my health classroom. It can be a way to promote discussion.

What do you guys think about incorporating blogging into your classroom.

HECAT

how helpful did you PE teacher find the HECAT class? I actually found this class to be very helpful and something that i will use in the future. Even if you don't have the best curriculum with the HECAT guide you can gather different curricula and resources to make remarkable lesson plans.

Making conditioning fun

Every Thursday my PE students have conditioning. Conditioning day doesn't need to be a day that students dread. i have my students play charades, answer trivia questions, and have fun conditioning relays that allow my students to have fun while conditioning.


Does anyone else have any great ideas for conditioning that will allow studnet to get a good work out but still have fun.

Swearing in class

I have read quite a few post of this topic. This goes back to our many discussion on the issue and topic of being consistent. We need to be consistent on how we uphold our language in our classes. I don't think it is appropriate to use such language in my classes as i find many of the other teacher at the school i work feel the same way. My students know the standard that i have in my class and there for i seldom have to deal with this issue. When a student swears in my class i give them the choice of Wednesday school or push ups.

Non Traditional Games

I want to teach my students some of the non traditional game, such as games that are played around the world. The problems is i have extremely large classes and i fear that it will take so long to teach them these games that my students will be loosing the time they need in class to be physically active.
Is this something that should be taught in an elective calls instead of a freshman PE class?

ANY THOUGHT?

Vocab

There are quite a few vocabulary strategies you can use but one in particular that i would like to use is the Word Wall. I think this would be beneficial and easy to set up. What is nice about this strategy is that you can literally have 5 minutes at the end of class where you can review the vocabulary for the unit.
When you have a new unit you can write up your new vocabulary on sheets of paper and place them around the room on the wall. With these vocabulary words around the room you can both review and play games. It takes minimal set up but you can use the words on the wall the entire unit.
Has anyone used this strategy? Was it useful? What were some of the games and activities you used with this strategy?

Big Class

I'm starting at the middle school shortly and i will have between 60 and 80 kids for each class. How do I teach a new lesson to them and keep them focused, on task, and active. Any thoughts?