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Last week physical educators from around the country
converged in Portland, Oregon for the 20th Annual Northwest Conference
on Children's Physical Education K-8. Read
some of the highlights from the CCEPE Conference that included presentations
by Chuck Corbin, George Graham, Don Hellison, Bob
Pangrazi, and many more exemplary physical educators.
Will you be attending AAHPERD in Orlando? If so
please visit PELINKS4U at the Central Washington
University booth #223. Regular drawings will be held throughout the
conference to win t-shirts and videos!
Contribute
to e-mail reduction by participating in the new PE-Forum!
Ongoing discussions on topics of general interest belong on bulletin
boards rather than e-mail exchanges. Postings are permanent, organized
by topic, and easily accessible. Visit the new PE-Forum and see the
start that has been made.
"I am smart. I care about myself
and others. I am Physically Educated!" Lisa Fogg
and Carolyn Merry share their web site and
invite you to sign up to receive "PE-Mail."
Nominate
an Exemplary PE Teacher
Nancy Pudas and
Janelle Schumacher were recognized last year
as outstanding physical educators at the annual Disney Teacher Awards.
Is there someone you would like to recommend for this year's awards?
Everything I Learned in Life I Learned
in P.E.
Play by the RULES. BEHAVE or you'll not get to play. Dress
out properly. Lock up your stuff. Be POLITE. Warm-up. STRETCH
a lot. Take Turns. Share. Make friends. Tolerate DIFFERENCES
of others. Consider the FEELINGS of others. Give everyone
a CHANCE. Get along. Be humble. COOL DOWN. Cheaters never
really win. Winners never cheat. Don't tear up the equipment.
Put stuff back where you got it. Show SPORTSMANSHIP. Shake
hands. Practice to get better at anything. Know the score.
NEVER GIVE UP! TRY YOUR BEST always and in ALL ways!
(Written by Mike Minks, Bowie Middle
School, Irving, TX)
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Exemplary
PE Program Ideas
"Best
Practices"
PE Central presents
the newest "Best Practices" including a variety of fitness
and family oriented activities.
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
us with your name and type "Subscribe" in the Subject
line of the message. And
please send the addresses of colleagues who might also be
interested in PELINKS4U.
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400,000
Americans die each year from tobacco-related illnesses
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Fit
For Life - 2000 Challenge!
Crescentview School,
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada invites teachers to participate
in its latest physical education/social studies/technology project for
grades 3-5 due to start April 15 and end in Sydney, Australia in May.
Lake
Spokane ES March Challenge
On the third week of each month, from September through May,
Lake Spokane ES holds an athletic challenge via the Internet. The event
is either a physical activity (relay race, throwing contest, etc.) or
a fitness event. (sit ups, pull ups, rope climb, running event)
FamilyPlay
Web site with a variety of family games and activities
Shape
Up America Site
Dr. C. Everett Koop,
the former US Surgeon General, and founder of Shape Up America, has
a new cyberspace Support Center where people can get individualized
help on a 24-hour basis to deal with their weight control struggles.
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A study of 8,040 teenagers found that those who are regular
smokers are roughly twice as likely to suffer from headaches,
neck pain, and shoulder pain than non-smoking peers. (Am.
J. Epidemiology, 2000: 151 : 148-155)
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Blood
Warning!
The American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP) is warning students, teachers, and coaches to be aware of the
risk of contracting hepatitis from blood exposure during and after
athletic events.
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In the USA, 55% of the population
is overweight with 1 in 4 adults considered obese. A decade
ago only 1 in 8 adults were considered obese. A report
in October's JAMA described obesity as a US epidemic.
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Injury
and Violence Prevention Resources
Here's a great list of links to sites containing
information about children's safety issues. If you are looking for statistics
here's the place to start!
Kid
Safety: The Police Notebook
These pages are presented in a "slide-show"
fashion and contain questions and answers to help kids protect themselves
and handle emergencies. Good resource to stimulate discussion with kids.
Physical
Activity and Sport in the Lives of Girls
This report brings together research findings--and practical suggestions
for implementing findings from three interdisciplinary bodies
of knowledge: physiological, psychological and sociological. An
additional section explores the relationships among physical activity,
sport and the mental health of girls.
Sport
and Exercise in the Lives of Women
"The experiences and meaning of Sport and Exercise in the lives
of women in some European countries" - this is from the ICSSPE
research section - you can download this by clicking on the Awards
& Research link on the left hand blue menu.
Vibrant
FACES Program
Vibrant FACES is a program designed to promote a healthy and active
lifestyle to adolescent females in grades 7 & 8. The program addresses
issues such as perceived incompetence, low self-esteem, poor body
image and lack of motivation. When you order your FREE Vibrant
FACES resources you will receive a Teacher/Leader Event Guide
and a Student Kit which contains a Student Guide and product samples
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Olympics and Olympism |
PELINKS4U brings you more sites and information
to share with your students about the Olympics.
OIympic History
The first Olympic
Games were held in 776 BC. They began as a religious festival,
were held every four years and continued for a thousand years.
They were held in a sacred, fertile valley of Ancient Greece at
a place called Olympia.
Olympic
Highlights
The IOC has a site that brings you weekly
highlights of Olympic events around the world.
Humanitarian
Olympics
Can sport become a means for positive change? In most humanitarian
situations children have no structured, supervised activities
in which to take part, and no outlet to take their minds off
their problems. Sport helps to overcome idleness and boredom,
and to build friendships, tolerance and understanding: universal
values which form the core of Olympism as it is defined in the
Olympic Charter.
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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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Brain
Awareness Week - March 13-19
A great opportunity to highlight the most important three pounds in
the human body--the brain!--is here. March 13-19, 2000, has been designated
as the fifth annual Brain Awareness Week by The Dana Alliance for
Brain Initiatives. Lots of resources including movies and quizzes.
It's a site for teachers and parents.
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"Sports
do not build character. They reveal it." Heywood Hale
Brown
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"Sports
For All" Promoted Worldwide
"Sports For All" began as a European movement to promote
Sports for the masses! This is a venture not only being adopted by the
Council Of Europe - it is also being endorsed by the IOC. Check out
the "Sports for All" International Calendar featured on the
ICSSPE Site. The Calendar includes
comprehensive information on conferences, clinics, courses and events
organized by and/or receiving the patronage of the members of the Coordinating
Committee.
NASPE
Promotes "Sports For All"
A package supporting sport for all was featured in the latest NASPE
News. A session will be presented during the Orlando Convention on Saturday
25th 10.15-11.30am.
Surgeon General
Keynotes at AAHPERD
US Surgeon General David
Satcher, MD. will present the keynote address on the importance
of physical activity and physical education in the new millennium at
the NASPE General Session on Wednesday, March 22, 3:30 p.m. in the Orlando
Convention Center. Dr. Satcher will unveil the Healthy People 2010 Objectives
set forth by the Office of Disease Promotion and Prevention of the US
Health and Human Services Department.
International
Conference of Sport Technology - Canceled!
With great regret the International
Conference on Sport Technology has been canceled. For inquiries please
contact Dr. Larry Katz at katz@ucalgary.ca
Kick
Butts Day 2000 - April 5
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!
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Tobacco-related
illnesses are the number one preventable cause of death
in the USA and smoking kills one out of 10 adults worldwide?
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National
TV-Turnoff Week - April 24-30
The average American child
will spend more time watching TV this year than in school! Help to promote
richer, healthier, and more connected lives, families, and communities.
Request an organizer's kit or other promotional resources.
| Technology,
Facilities, Equipment |
Unlimited
Long Distance - Free!
John Williams reports
that he loaded the software, filled out the required information and
was up and running in less than five minutes. "Good connections
and clear for awhile and then there was an echo and sometimes it broke
up...seems to work better if the other person is not on a walkabout
phone...It's sort of like talking on an old cell phone or walkie talkie...I
talked for about 35 minutes and it didn't cost me anything! All in
all it's a trip and I wouldn't recommend making any serious business
calls or anything, but if you know someone and they understand some
of the problems associated with it, hey go for it."
AVANTE
Online
AVANTE is a magazine published by the Canadian
AHPERD that focuses on issues critical to the field which are discussed
in terms of theories or approaches in psychology, pedagogy, management,
history, sociology, philosophy, leisure studies or dance. Beginning
February the entire journal will be available online.
A Global Vision for School Physical Education
Early in the development
plans to host the World Forum on Physical Activity and Sport in
Canada in 1995, physical education professionals from across Canada
felt the need to draw attention to the diminishing priority of
school physical education not only in Canada but world wide.
Healthy
People 2010 Goals
Launched by US
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Donna
E. Shalala and US Surgeon General David
Satcher at the Partnerships for Health in the New Millennium
Conference, January 24-28, 2000, in Washington, DC Many people
joined the national conference via Webcast or satellite broadcast.
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More
than 3,000 kids in America become regular smokers
every day.
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Wall of Fame/Wall of Shame
Are athletes
role models? People on both sides make compelling arguments.
Tom Winiecki explains that
his "Wall of Fame/Wall of Shame" is a collection
of newspaper and magazine articles that he and his students
find.
Teaching
Kids to be Good Sports
Is sportsmanship
becoming a lost art? Unless we remind ourselves of the
essentials of sportsmanship and strive to maintain the
basics of sportsmanship will it gradually fade as other
values have done in our society. Read Darrell
Burnett's tips for teaching sportsmanship.
"Sportsmanship is the ability to: win
without gloating, lose without complaining,
and treat your opponent with respect."
(Darrell
Burnett)
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| Conference/Workshop/Events
Calendar |
- Rudy Benton, California
Workshops, March 17 and May, 1,2,3 in various CA locations.
Call 916/483-8846.
- 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. 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).
- AMTP
Content Workshop, May 5-6, Fort Washington, MD. Sue
Schiemer.
- VIII
World Sports for All Congress May
18th- 21st 2000 in Quebec,Canada
- 8th
International Congress on Physical Education & Sport,
May 19-21, Komotini, Greece. Contact ICPES.
- Brazilian
History Congress of Physical Education, Sport, Leisure and
Dance,
May 29-June 1, Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul state, BRAZIL
- Brazilian Olympic Forum - June 2-4,
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, BRAZIL
- The
International Conference of Sport Technology, Taming Technology:
Challenges For The 21st Century June
4 - 6, Calgary, Canada - CANCELED!!!
- Sport
and Society 2000 Congress June
8-10, 2000, Helsinki, Finland
- Tool,
Retrain in Physical Education Technology Camp
June 12-13th, Fargo.
- Southwest AHPERD/Hawaii AHPERD Convention,
June 21-24th Turtle Bay Hilton - North Shore, Kahuku Oahu,
HI. Contact: Bobbie Perry 808-845-7434
- SPARK
PE Summer Institute, July 10-14, San Diego, CA
- National
Physical Education Conference
Linking Physical Activity and Fitness July
20-22, Baltimore, Maryland
- Texas
AHPERD, July 23 - 25, 2000. Beaumont, TX. Information
will be posted soon.
- 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
- Sport Education Workshop,
August 7-11, PLU Tacoma, WA. Contact
Deborah Tannehill
- SPARK
PE Summer Institute, August
7-11, Morgantown, West Virginia
- Pre-Olympic
Congress, Sept. 7 -13, Brisbane, Australia
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