Do your students know that you appreciate them? How do they know? I give thanks to my students often. I am fortunate to work in a school where the students come to class eager to learn and behavior issues are very rare and just as I am supported by the leadership within my building, the …
Welcome to the inaugural Student Voices blog post from one of my sophomore students. When it comes to attending to the health skill of advocacy, I use YRBS data to allow my students to tailor their message to a health concern that affects them and/or their peers. One of the advocacy assignments asks students to …
Some of my students create such amazing #healthed content that it is deserving of a wider audience. If you follow me on social media you know that I often tweet student work, share their podcasts, I embed their creations in my eBooks, and have even turned my favorite student quote into coffee mugs! …
I was recently given an Amazon Echo for my birthday, you know, the gadget powered by 'Alexa' and was impressed with how useful it has been around the house. I can check the weather, play a news update while getting ready for work, and control the music around my house using my Sonos speakers. Immediately …
BreakoutEDU's have gained in popularity, and while I've considered trying one with my health students, I've never got around to doing it. While I tend to look at Mark & Becky Foellmer, and Charlie Rizzuto in the USA as my go-to experts, I'm delighted that Pat Coleman from Tasmania, Australia has provided this week's …
Expressing gratitude will make you happy. Don't believe me, check out this short video from Soul Pancake and their 'Experiment in Gratitude'. For this week's #slowchathealth blog post I reached out to friends in my PLN and asked them for what are they most thankful? Oh, and stick around to the end as there is …
I'm delighted that our guest blogger this week is a health professional who I hold in the highest regard. Brian Griffith, a secondary health/PE curriculum specialist for Frederick Public School, Maryland, has the habit of dropping bombs of knowledge into every online health conversation on social media, and he's as impressive in real life. He's …
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Sometimes the subtlest of changes in your language can have an effect on your teaching, the classroom environment and the eventual outcomes. I used to ask "Any questions?" and now I ask "What questions do you have?". A simple change from a closed question to one that, sometimes with 'wait time', can elicit a more …
When Joey Feith asked me to write a guest blog post for his awesome site http://www.ThePhysicalEducator.com he suggested that I might like to consider writing about my teaching philosophy. I have to admit, I hadn't really taken much time to sit down and reflect on the related beliefs that shape the way that plan my …
This week's blog post presents you with 5 reasons to attend your state AHPERD convention. Although I have used my state of Illinois as the subject of the post, feel free to copy, paste and adapt it to suit the needs of teachers in your state. It's conference season, so let's encourage as many of …
I recently discovered Podcast Brunch Club, which is like a book club but for podcasts. Each month they collate a themed playlist of podcasts and provide discussion questions to help you discuss your thoughts. Some recent themes of note have included: Representations & Stereotypes in Pop Culture The Future of the Human Body Climate Change …
Health Literacy Month is a time for organizations and individuals to promote the importance of understandable health information and this week, SHAPE America introduced its first ever Health Education Youth Empowerment Series to help students develop the skills they need to make decisions and implement change in their own lives and the lives of others. The first unit, …
Fall sees a drop in temperatures, baseball playoffs, the return of ice hockey (Go Blackhawks!) the chance to wear the latest #sendateacher hoodie and also a glut of #physed conferences! And for many #physed and #healthed teachers it's time to renew membership of your state organization because, well, you have to be a member to …
I've been back to school for a few weeks now and am already celebrating the small victories that I'm experiencing on a daily basis. These have included: Seeing 3 girls, in Mexico soccer jerseys taking a selfie with a Mexican flag celebrating Mexican Independence Day. A great way to kick off #HispanicHeritageMonth Playing whole body …
I want you to close your eyes for a minute and think back to your high school or junior high health education experience. What do you remember?...if anything? More importantly, what “Letter Grade” would you give yourself today, right now, if we did an accurate assessment of your health and well-being? Anyone not get …
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With increased pressure on academic scheduling it's important that health educators get the most out of their time in the classroom and these 5 steps should have your students running to your class, eager to learn.
This week's blog post comes from an anonymous author writing about an anonymous club that is working to empower students and spread positivity around the building. You'll see why the author chooses to remain anonymous and there is an opportunity for you to reach out and collaborate with them at the end of the post! …
With one eye reluctantly on the return to school, no doubt you are looking for some great ideas to start the year off with a bang. Well, have I got some ideas for you! Courtesy of the good people at Sanford Health I'm going to share with you a great interactive idea that can be …
This week's blog post is an update of what you might have missed over the summer. It has recommendations for podcasts to check out, blog posts you might have missed, and some great links for professional development opportunities....and it's available in magazine format. Download this week's #slowchathealth blog post in interactive digital magazine format here. …
The #PhysEdSummit is back! August 26th sees the return of one of the most amazing examples of the #physed and #healthed community coming together as a global community to give back to their own. This free online conference, led by the amazing Physedagogy team, provides a world class digital professional learning opportunity for health and …
