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Welcome to the Technology and Physical Education section of PELinks4U. This publication is partially dependent on your contributions and ideas, so please send me your contributions and ideas. Thank you.  In this issue:  •  PE Professionals Web Pages •  Free Web Page Hosting •  Creating your own web site  •  Web Site tools and resources •  Why Have a Web Site? •  and Much More...  I would like to send out a big thank you to all of you who kindly sent me the URL to your own web sites, and to your favorite web sites of other PE Professions. Your contributions to this edition is greatly appreciated. Keep sending me your feedback!  Sincerely, Gerry Cernicky Section Editor

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Web Creation To create a web site (a collection of web pages) you will need a web editor. Web editors literally come in all shapes and sizes. Some are free; others for a sometimes hefty cost. Choosing an editor is primarily based on your needs and your familiarity with other programs. It is possible to create pages without an editor, but you would first need to know the programming language HTML (Hypertext Mark Up Language), which is good to know, but very time consuming and quite tedious. I don't recommend it unless you want to take web creation as a career. So, you want to find a program that is WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). This way you don't have to preview the page every time you want to see what your page looks like. Another consideration is your familiarity with other programs. If you use Word a lot, you might prefer FrontPage. Both being produced by Microsoft, they have a similar layout and use the same icons. Adding Features Adding features to your web site can do two things. First, it can make your site attractive and eye catching, resulting in an aesthetically pleasing site which people want to flood back to. However, adding features can also make your site very slow to download, causing people to get bored and actually never end up seeing your site. Flashing words and bright colors can also put people off, resulting in the visitor never coming back to your site again! So, a word of advice, try and find a middle ground. Only use graphics that really enhance the usability of your site. Try to have 50% of your site as just "white space" and ask people to review your site for you Featured Web Site Creation After finding a web host editor , the next step is to decide what needs to be placed on the website to attract subscribers . Here are some more ideas to increase interest and promote a viewer base : Online chat groups . . .  Integration . . .  Slideshow  . . . click on teaching tips Homepage . . .  drag and click teachnology . . . FTP . . . use to download files by transfer . . . file transfer protocol Interactive websites  include: health; books; science

Example PE Web Sites

PE Professionals Web Sites Many teachers have their own web sites to promote their teaching and physical activities. Mr. Mike Rogala Mrs. Melissa Marks Mr. Gerry Cernicky   Mr. Gerry Cernicky's Schoolnotes   Mr. Gerry Cernicky's Home work Page      Other PE Web Sites of Interest PE Central   AAHPERD PE Lesson Plans PE Zone   PE Net

Ideas for Using the Web Everyday! Schemes of Work Keep your students and teachers current on what activities and lessons will be covered each term or semester. If a student is away, or knows they will be away, they can still keep up with what they are missing by knowing what will be going on in your lesson. This allows parents to get involved with their children by giving them advance notice of the activities that will be taught, allowing the parent to provide additional experiences for their child. Lesson Plans http://www.lessonplanspage.com Additional Resources Whatever your philosophy regarding the purpose of physical education, it never hurts to provide your students with additional resources to complement your lessons.  http://www.bigchalk.com Encourage Outside Partnerships Each year the students can participate in an integrative and fitness competition with other students across the United States and the World. The events are as follows: 50 meter 400 meter/800/1500 Long jump/running long jump Tennis ball throw http://ofcn.org http://www.uen.org/2002/ . . . Winter Olympics.   Promote Your School Teams If you have school athletic teams, or groups that are associated with your department, make a separate section to highlight their accomplishments and future events. This will provide your community with advance notice so they will be able to come and view events, and may also act as an inspiration to students and parents alike. Promote Your Students' Activities To increase the viability of the technology program , chose some students to be a section editor for the school homepage This will promote the overall effectiveness of the school curriculum through an integration with language arts , reading , writing and creative thinking. An example of this category can be found by clicking on Lynall's Place  from the following school homepage: Cernicky - Family Education

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If you have ideas, comments, letters to share, or questions about particular topics, please email one of the following Technology PE Section Editors:

 

	Debby Mitchell
	Mike Dumin
	Ruth Morey Sorrentino
	Gerry Cernicky
	Mike Imergoot