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Online passion for
fitness
A new web-based software application, soon to
be available for Health and Physical Education
teachers, will make it possible to track a
student’s fitness test results from primary right
through to secondary school.
Teachers will soon be able to use the Passion for Fitness software to
create fitness programs for students that include the tests they would
like students to complete. It also gives them the capacity to create new
tests. Students will be able to use Passion for Fitness to enter their
own data and receive meaningful graphical, numerical and comparative
feedback on their fitness test results. Students will also be able to
compare their own results over time or compare their results with
students in other schools by age or year level.
The original prototype of Passion for Fitness was developed through
a collaborative project between Swinburne University TAFE and the
Yarra Valley eLearning Community Secondary Schools. This prototype
is currently being upgraded thanks to the assistance of a Telematics
Trust grant. The Telematics Trust grant will enable this to be developed
into a completed version ready to be implemented in schools in the
Eastern Metropolitan Region later this year.
For more information on Passion for Fitness contact Pennie White,
Ultranet Coach, Eastern Metropolitan Region on 0403 274 253 or
email white.pennie.l@edumail.vic.gov.au
Term 2, 2009
Professional Learning Workshop Programme
Leading Staff Teams with a Focus on Learning
Neville Johnson – Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Friday 24 April, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Dealing with the Hard Class
Bill Rogers – Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Monday 11 May, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Managing Mathematics Classrooms for
Graduate Teachers (Prep to Year 6)
Michael Ymer – Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Monday 11 May, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Rich and Balanced Approaches to
Mathematics (Years 3 to 9)
Charles Lovitt – Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Friday 15 May, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Communication that Prevents Conflict
Karen Stammers & Yvonne Willich
Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Monday 18 May, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Planning Powerful Units of Inquiry for and
with Primary Students
Kath Murdoch – Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Monday 18 May, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Counselling Skills
Andrew Fuller – Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Friday 22 May, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Open Ended Problem Solving in Maths
(Prep to Year 2)
Rob Vingerhoets – Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Monday 25 May, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Towards Independent Learning: Scaffolds,
Structures and Strategies for the Middle
Years Classroom
Darryn Kruse – Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Friday 29 May, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Difficult Conversations in Schools
Rollo Browne – Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Friday 29 May, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Enhancing your Learning Programme,
Incorporating New Technologies
Paul Smith, Joanne Blannin & Toby McIlrath
Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Saturday 30 May, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Assessment of Thinking
Clinton Golding – Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Friday 5 June, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Managing Parent Expectations and
Developing Positive Relationships
Karen Stammers & Yvonne Willich
Australian Institute of Management, St Kilda
Monday 15 June, 9.30am – 3.30pm
For application forms and further details please contact
Marta Macindoe on t: (03) 9524 6222, e: seminars@edpd.com.au
or visit: www.edpd.com.au
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