#PHYSEDagogy welcomes Collin Brooks

It’s my pleasure to introduce to you Mr. Collin Brooks, a new member of the PHYSEDagogy team. Collin teaches elementary Physical Education in Bend, Oregon. He is currently the President Elect of the Oregon Society of Health and Physical Educators and is constantly craving new ways to reflect on and improve his teaching practices and help other professionals do the same. Collin is very interested in creating opportunities for students to be physically active before, during and after school; implementing meaningful technology into the Physical Education classroom; creating new quality activities based upon students interests; and using… Read More

Guest Blog for ThePhysicalEducator.com: Creating Better Learning Opportunities for Students

During a #pechat in December on Essential Questions I was talking quite a bit about the work of Don Bartalo and his book, Closing the Teaching Gap. Joey Feith and ThePhysicalEducator.com asked me to write a guest blog to explore the topic more in depth. I want to thank Joey for the opportunity and hope we can create some great discussion surrounding this topic. Click it here to read my post.

The “Winning” Culture of School Sport

My first year of teaching I coached high school football. Several of the players who were a part of my position group were everything you looked for in an athlete: hard worker, competitive, successful on the field, good students. But, they stopped playing after 9th grade. Why? They had been playing tackle football since 4th grade and were burned out. After a football career of 6 years, they had had enough.  I started playing tackle football as soon as it was available where I grew up: 8th grade. I completed my career… Read More