PHYSEDAGOGY

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Adam Howell

Voices of #PhysEd

I want to write about something deeply personal today. Over the last couple of years, I have been blown away by the people who are part of the online digital physical education community. The passion that so many physical education professionals exude digitally is contagious and I am continually motivated and inspired by these connections. I can say the same for PHYSEDagogy. The relationships I have–professionally and personally–with Matt, Naomi, Collin, Jonathan and Sarah have been so empowering that I no longer feel isolated as a physical educator within the boundaries of my classroom walls. I am forever grateful for this community.

Andy Vasily talked about Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The Tipping Point, in his keynote for #PhysEdSummit 1.0. As a digital physical education community our tipping point has arrived as evidenced by our greater influence within our profession. We can tangibly see our impact on state and national organizations, programs, businesses, and even politicians. This growing influence has fueled my desire to finally address what I feel is an “elephant in the room” within our digital community.

As our influence continues to grow, I want to ask the question:

Do we have the equity of voice our profession needs as part of the discussion?

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Posted on March 3, 2015 by Sarah Gietschier-Hartman

Standards-Based Grading: Preparing Our Students for the “Real World”?

About two months ago, my husband brought home his annual review (or employee evaluation) from work. I glanced over it and when I got to page three, I was shocked to find out his employer uses a standards-based assessment system to evaluate its employees.

I ran into the kitchen and exclaimed, “Wait! This is standards-based! This is standards-based grading! This is how I assess my students! Do other companies use this?” My husband said, “Uh, yeah, this is how every company I’ve worked for evaluates employees.”

It is? Corporate America uses standards-based grading to assess employee effectiveness? Read More

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Posted on February 23, 2015 by collinbrooksie

Augmented Reality Webinar featuring Collin Brooks and Naomi Hartl

Hey

everyone! Recently Naomi Hartl (@misshartl) and myself (@CollinBrooksie) gave a SPARK webinar on bringing augmented reality to your physical education classroom.

The following is a brief description of the webinar itself.