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alone! Please continue to encourage your colleagues and students to
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teachers. It is a very time consuming task tracking these folk down
yet most are delighted when they discover the resources available through
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Central Washington University
The
new "PE-Forum"
is now up and running - well maybe just jogging! We are so used to
exchanging ideas via the listservs that the idea of using a message
board may take a while to catch on. If you think about it there are
many advantages of a forum. Postings are permanent, organized by topic,
and easily accessible. Give it a try and the next time you have a
question invite folk to post responses on the PE-Forum.
Visit
the PELINKS4U Video Store
(Storekeeper hit
tree on ski slopes-ouch! but shop still open!)
(Mike
Metzler)
Now featuring 13 separate video interviews with
some of today's most respected physical educators,
plus a video on assessing learning in PE
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Lisa Kelly
is the creator of a Health-Fitness program
that includes an interesting Health
Assessment Project.
PE
2000: Climb Rocks, Not Ropes
Gym class was dull drills, a waste of academic
time, a flop at keeping kids fit - until new sports like mountain biking
rode to the rescue.
What
should parents look for in a school's physical education program?
Lyle J. Micheli,
Chairman of the Massachusetts Governor's Council on Physical Fitness,
believes that PE should be mandatory for students K through 12.
University/College
Teachers!
Interested in sharing class teaching
ideas and resources? If you have online course materials you
are willing to share, email
the URLs to PELINKS4U and we will start compiling a list.
Here is a start.
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Exemplary
PE Program Ideas
Integrating
PE into the Classroom
PE Central presents
ideas for the classroom teacher and the physical educator who want to
teach using an integrated approach to learning. These ideas incorporate
academic content areas with physical movement and can be conducted in
either the classroom, gymnasium, or other appropriate areas.
Did You Know?
Smoking kills one out of 10 adults
worldwide
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Physical Education on the Move
Two popular attitudes have been and still are bedeviling PE as
a school subject. One is the attitude, popular in lay circles
that PE is a time for free play, just roll out the ball and run.
The other attitude, popular among various medal mongers, is that
PE should be a direct preparation for adult, elite sport and a
minicopy of them irrespective of developmental stage of children
or students. An article by J.W Psaila
from Malta.
NEW
Preschool PE Section On PE Central
A new Preschool
PE section is now available for all PE Central visitors. This section
includes lesson ideas, links to other top early childhood PE sites,
recommended books for the preschool PE teacher, and a place to ask questions
to an expert Steve Sanders of Memphis University
coordinates this resource.
The
Heart: An Online Exploration
From the moment it begins beating until the moment it stops, the human
heart works tirelessly. In an average lifetime, the heart beats more
than two and a half billion times, without ever pausing to rest.
John Williams provides this link to explore the functioning of
the heart.
Lessons
Learned About Student Portfolios
The idea of going beyond test scores to collect more substantive evidence
of a school's curriculum and teaching initiatives seemed innovative
a decade ago. What they didn't know then was that the process of selecting
samples of work and assembling them into a portfolio is profoundly
important to children.
Nutrition
Expedition
Provides information
(including lesson plans and student assignments) about web resources
that can be used to enhance teaching.
KidsHealth.
Org
KidsHealth.org has information for
parents, teens, and children on infections, behavior & emotions, food
& fitness, and growing up healthy, as well as cool games and animations!
Finding
Time to Exercise
If being fit and trim is a high priority
for you, but you don't have the time or just don't want to go to a
gym to work out, here's some good news: you can get fit and trim without
joining a gym or without practicing Taebo three hours a day.
Middle School PE News
Most US middle schools have physical activity areas --
but few students visit these areas outside of physical
education classes, and many of those who do visit just
"hang out" rather than exercise. With teen obesity levels
rising, researchers suggest that a valuable opportunity
to encourage kids to exercise at school is being lost.
More structured programs and supervision to encourage
more physical activity could help.
(Full report, Preventive Medicine, 30, 70-77.
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Caffeinated
Kids
Over the past few years, caffeinated
soda consumption among children has increased. Concerns are increasing
about health effects now and later.
SPARK
PE Summer Institutes
Location: San Diego State University, San
Diego, California Dates: July 10-14, 2000
Location: West Virginia University, Morgantown,
West Virginia Dates: August 7-11, 2000
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Gender
Equity in Sports
An excellent resource for descriptions of the legal issues related
to Title IX. Coordinated by the University of Iowa Gender Equity
in Sports project.
Girl
Power - There are No Limits
Links to information specifically addressing the needs of females
interested in sports and fitness.
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Female Interest
in Sport Rising?
It was reported that when Buffalo
Bills quarterback star Doug Flutie's daughter. Saw
a recent Gatorade advertisement with Michael Jordan
and Mia Hamm, she asked her father: "Who's the guy
in the commercial with Mia Hamm?" (Ottawa Citizen
- November 20)
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Girls
and Play
Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and
Physical Activity and Nike sponsor the Canadian "girls@play"
site, a network to help Canadian girls get active and enjoy being
active.
Send
articles, letters ideas, conference dates, conference
reports, links, comments, etc.
to PELINKS4U
Support success-oriented physical education by becoming
a site contributor!
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National
Sportsmanship Day, March 7th
More than 12,000 elementary,
middle and high schools as well as colleges and universities in all
the 50 US states and 101 countries will participate in the annual National
Sportsmanship Day "Dare to Play Fair" program on Tuesday March 7th.
Participating schools are provided with a free sportsmanship poster
and instructional packet containing suggested activities, role playing
scenarios, sports and motivational quotes. Visit the NSD Site and sign
up there.
International
Conference of Sport Technology - Cancelled!
With great regret the International
Conference on Sport Technology has been cancelled. For inquiries please
contact Dr. Larry Katz at katz@ucalgary.ca
World
Summit on Physical Education
The International Council
of Sport Science and Physical Education has now published its recent
conference findings on the web.
Celebrate
- February is Heart Month
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The American
Heart Association has three different programs promoting
healthy hearts: HeartPower, Jump Rope for Heart, and Hoops for
Hearts. Lots of FREE stuff! |
Healthy
Heart Events
Five ideas how you can organize
"Healthy Heart" events to educate your community about the
importance of being physically active and enjoying the benefits of
having a healthy heart.
Healthy
Heart Night by Joanne Woodworth, Suzannah Coelho,
and Suzy Horne
Healthy
Heart Interdisciplinary Unit by Nancy Davidson
Heart
Day by Stephanie Faulkner
Heart
Fair by Ron Ramspott
Heart
Rate Monitor Warm-up by Paula Summit
Online
Unit Plans
Mountain biking, water safety,
canoeing, cooperative games, and other online unit plan
information has been posted on the
PE-Forum
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Kick Butts Day - April 5
Start something. Spark change.
Be a force. Kids across the nation will do exactly that when they stand
up to tobacco on Kick Butts Day 2000. Tens of thousands of kids and
adults will unite on Kick Butts Day - the largest, youth-led anti-tobacco
initiative in the country. Stand up with young people who are leading
the fight against youth tobacco use. Order free materials!
PELINKS4U is now mailing a regular
digest of it's contents to professionals in the physical education,
health, and fitness fields. If you would like to be added to our
mailing list please e-mail
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Unlimited
Long Distance - Free!
Untried and untested but maybe a PELINKS4U reader
will be brave enough to report whether it is really true that you
can make free long distance phone calls through your Windows computer.
We await results!
Sports
and PE Clip Art
John Williams shares
some excellent resources for anyone looking to enhance a web site
with sport and PE clip art
Specialty
Paper Supplies
If you
print certificates of award, achievement, etc., and are looking
for an inexpensive source for your supplies, Chuck
McNevich recommends this site
Using
Technology to Improve your Health and Physical Education Program
Bonnie Mohnsen, Facilitator. May 1, 2000
- Fresno, CA May 2, 2000 - San Jose, CA May 3, 2000 - Sacramento,
CA May 4, 2000 - Spokane, WA May 5, 2000 - Seattle, WA. Click
on the above link and enter State and city information.
Product
Specials
PELINKS4U site sponsors are offering some specially
priced products. Check them out!
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CoolText.com
A totally free online service which provides
real-time generation of graphics customized exactly the way you
want them. Lets you create neat font logos for your websites.
In
Search of Brain-Based Education
John T. Bruer
writes that the brain-based education literature represents a
genre of writing, most often appearing in professional education
publications, that provides a popular mix of fact, misinterpretation,
and speculation. That can be intriguing, but it is not always
informative...
Brain
Based Teaching & Learning
Amanda Hill
describes how she implemented what she learned from a class with
her kindergartners. Lots of links to related sites for those interested
in this topic.
Finnigan
Family Juggling for Success
This program will visit schools in the Eastern half
of the US in the Fall of 2000. To schedule for Fall
2000, contact Dave Finnigan at 407-566-0381 or davefinnigan@yahoo.com.
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| The
Olympics and Olympism |
PELINKS4U brings you more sites and information
to share with your students about the Olympics.
Kids Zone
Based at the the
Official Site of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, this is a special section
for Kids and Sports
Olympic
Trivia
Among the activities at the Kids Zone is
an Olympic Trivia Challenge. In the Olympic Trivia Race you
must try to answer 10 Olympic-themed trivia questions. What
makes this game different is that if you don't know the answer
to a question you can skip it, take a wild guess, or click the
underlined link within the question to receive a clue.
USOC
Online
Sports A to Z. Double-click on the sport of your choice Enter
your e-mail address to receive the USOC e-newsletter. Other
features include: In the News, Athletes, The Games, Goodies,
Athletes in Training, About the USOC, Online Store, and Search.
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Did you know that almost every
state has a State Olympic Committee and many have
an Olympic Alumni group? The
USOC can get you in contact with them. The Athletes,
especially, are usually very willing to come to
talk to students about their experiences
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| Conference/Workshop/Events
Calendar |
- Eastern District 2000 Convention,
February 22-27th, Adams Mark Hotel Philadelphia,
PA. Contact :
Dr. Robert R. Davidson.
- POLAR Heart
Rate Monitor Workshop - February
28th, Moorsbridge Elementary School, Portage, MI. Contact
John Duncan.
- NW Conference on Children's Physical
Education February 24-26, Portland,
Oregon. Contact Karen
or Barb for
details.
- California AHPERD, 67th Annual State
Conference. March 2-5th , Westin
Hotel, Long beach convention center. Contact: Cahperd office
- 916/922-3596, or 1-800-499-3596,(ca. only), or cahperd@aol.com
for information
- Dupage
County PE Institute, March
3. Naperville North H.S. Naperville, IL. 35 miles west of
downtown Chicago. Speakers include, Sandy
Queen, Beth Kirkpatrick, John Hichwa, Nancy Raso-Eklund
and more. Contact Paul
Zientarski
- Women
In Sport Conference, March 6-8, Paris. A unique opportunity
to analyze the accomplishments and future challenges of Women
in the Olympic Movement and sport
- University
Instructors' AMTP Course just
a day before the Orlando Convention. George
Graham
- AAHPERD
National Convention March 21-25,
2000
- 13th Annual "A Total Commitment,"
March 31 - April 2, Gateway Education Center, Greensboro,
North Carolina. A national conference for teachers working
with special populations. Currently accepting workshop proposals
for this conference. Please contact Jim Rich, at (336) 375-2575.
Fax: (336) 621-1922.
- AMTP
Pedagogy Workshop, March 31st - April 1st, Rockford,
IL
- AMTP
Pedagogy Workshop, April 6-7, Hastings, NE
- Project
ACES, May 3rd 2000. At 10.00 am local
time, join millions of student from all 50 states and 50 countries
who will participate in the PROJECT
ACES (All children exercise simultaneously).
- VIII
World Sports for All Congress May
18th- 21st 2000 in Quebec,Canada
- 8th
International Congress on Physical Education & Sport,
May 19-21, 2000 Komotini, Greece. Contact ICPES.
- Sport
and Society 2000 Congress June
8-10, 2000, Helsinki, Finland
- Tool,
Retrain in Physical Education Technology Camp
June 12-13th, Fargo.
- The International
Conference of Sport Technology, Taming Technology: Challenges
For The 21st Century June 4 - 6, Calgary,
Canada - CANCELLED!!!
- Southwest AHPERD/Hawaii AHPERD Convention,
June 21-24th Turtle Bay Hilton - North Shore, Kahuku Oahu,
HI. Contact: Bobbie Perry 808-845-7434
- National
Physical Education Conference
Linking Physical Activity and Fitness July
20-22, Baltimore, Maryland
- 8th
Annual California Middle School Physical Education Workshop
(CMSPEW), July 30 - August 5, California State University,
Fullerton.
- 27th Annual
Elementary PE Workshop, August 6-11, Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo. For more information contact Pat
Koren
- Pre-Olympic
Congress, Sept. 7 -13, Brisbane, Australia
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