Physical+Education

The first meeting at William Colenso offered the opportunity to catch up with old friends, meet new colleagues and share a number of interesting ideas and things we are trying in our Physical Education Classes. The amount of laughter substantiated the theory that physical educators realise the value of making lessons fun. Greg, Suzie, Jason, Aaron and Helen were able to share a number of interesting activities and projects that they have been working on or trialling. As well as contributing a number of suggestions to the **I-CONNECT** model and teachers toolchest, we were able to spend a little time on two soapboxes. One being the limitations of teachers being able to incorporate ICT ideas into their teaching without adequate equipment at their fingertips. As a group we agreed that access to **YOUTUBE** is an essential part of the teachers toolchest and we should lobby whoever is necessary both in our schools and the ICT providers to at least allow teachers access.

Helen gave us an informative overview of **ULTRANET** and some examples of how she uses it with her classes. An interesting discussion was built around the use of heart monitors as a teaching and training aid. Trials are being done witthe online version of Silicon Coach and there are opportunities for us to share our findings.


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