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MONTHLY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2016 As our discipline continues to change and evolve, so should the manner in which we engage students with content. A frequent request from health and physical educators is greater access and exposure to technology that can inform their instruction. However, training and information to guide the use of technology in physical education is just a click away! Thepegeek.com is a website that is designed to provide information and training to support physical educators’ use of technology. The PE Geek features physical education specific apps, podcasts and free webinars. Hundreds of resources are posted to meet a wide variety of needs on a diverse topics including: • The iPad in PE • Motivating PA with Technology • Google Chrome Apps in PE • QR Codes & Augmented Reality • Planning Purposeful Tech Integration • Help! I lost my gym! • Top Apps in PE The PE Geek to the Rescue! The information featured on thepegeek.com can be used by individual teachers to update their instruction at their own pace, based on student needs and available technology. It can also be used during department meetings or professional learning time to guide the direction of an entire department. Check it out! STD/HIV Overview for Educators at SDCOE on November 17! The San Diego County Office of Education and the California STD/HIV Prevention Center are teaming up on Thursday, November 17 from 8:30 – 3:30 for an “STD/HIV Overview for Educators”. This one-day training is designed to provide an overview of Ed Code, local and national STD/HIV trends, common STDs including symptoms, the relationship between HIV and other STDs, high-risk behaviors for STD and HIV transmission, appropriate risk-reduction messages and strategies to appropriately respond to student questions! See the attached flyer for more information and visit http://sdcoe.k12oms.org/918-116171 to register. Contact Jeanne Salvadori at 858-569-5300 or at jsalvadori@sdcoe.net with questions. Health Framework Contributors Wanted! The California Department of Education (CDE) is about to start the process of revising the Health Education Framework. CDE is currently accepting applications for people to serve on the Curriculum Framework and Evaluation Criteria Committee (CFCC). The CFCC will meet six times from May 2017 to January 2018. Applications can be found at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ he/cf/ and are due on December 15, 2016. Cardiio is the next generation heart rate monitor. Using a smartphone or tablet, Cardiio can monitor heart rate by simply covering the camera with a finger. The app can help estimate VO2 max and can produce a fitness level rating. It can also improve fitness through a 7-minute high-intensity circuit training program that includes 12 exercises. (Free!) 4
MONTHLY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2016 Register Now for the 2017 CAHPERD Conference in San Diego! Registration is now open for the 2017 CAHPERD Conference taking place at the Town and Country Hotel here in San Diego on February 23-25. Early bird rates apply until January 20. 3 reasons to attend this year’s conference include: 1. Social and Emotional Learning: • Linking content standards to life-skills • Setting and achieving SMART, positive goals • Accessing and creating learning environments and physical spaces that support learning • Working and interacting effectively with others • Communicate and advocate clearly for the needs of teachers and students 2. Standards & Skill Based: • Learn to apply skill based instruction concerning content standards • Authentic assessment • Pedagogical methods to teaching physical and health literacy • Engaging students in learning • Use of planned and sequential framework to instruction 3. 21st Century Learning: • Ideas you can modify to provide personalized learning • Innovative learning methods that use supportive technology and higher-order thinking • Balancing technology-based formative and summative assessments • Teaching 21st-century skills within subject matter • Teaching 21st-century skills across subject matters Also…don’t miss the special one-day Play-It-Safe Self Defense certification for physical educators being offered for an additional $75 on Thursday, February 23. For more information about the conference, and to register visit www.cahperd.org. SDCOE FIit 2 Learn, Fit 4 Life Website Resources to support standards-based, Common-Core aligned, high MVPA physical education including unit/lesson plans, assessments, video snapshots, links to standards and more. fit2learn.sdcoe.net CAHPERD Advocacy Toolkit Resources to advocate for quality health and physical education programs including reasearch, articles, appropriate practices, policy examples, parents resources and more! http://www.cahperd.org/Public/Advocacy/Physical_Education_Advocacy_Toolkit.aspx SHAPE America Teacher Activity Toolkit Check out the many resources, including easy activities, specifically for March. http://portal.shapeamerica.org/publications/resources/ teachingtools/teachertoolbox/Teachers_Toolbox.aspx 5
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