So You Think You Can Teach? Rockstar PE is dedicated to improving PE through powerful, passionate, and effective communications & technology. No one will give you anything, let alone an outstanding PE program. You must to strive for higher and healthier goals for both you and your students. Don't Stop Improving!
We often talk about overcoming obstacles and attaining new heights as if it were a catch phrase from a news broadcast but do we really know what its like to achieve thing most people think is impossible? This ESPN broadcast of the Gallaudet University women's basketball team is proof positive of that success has no bias. A great turnaround record of 14-12 last season was a stepping stone to a 24-3 record this season and earned them a spot in the Div. III tournament this spring. From the coach having to learn sign language to communicate with his players to his players learning how to read their opponents better, this team epitomizes what we want to instill in our students. Trust, Respect, Responsibility, Relationships, & Rapport = SUNY Cortland PE Dept Positive Learning Framework
Points to Ponder (P2P):
As a new teacher or coach, would you take on a position for which you don't have all the necessary skills or knowledge?
Would you be willing to learn new skills, tactics, philosophies, technologies, and even languages to help your students?
What came to mind as you watched the players using American Sign Language with the subtitles?
Do you know Sign Language and did you know that infants can learn to sign before they can speak?
What is the sign for running, stopping, thirsty, hurt, and other signs you will one day use in the gym?
A teenage baseball player, born without both tibia and fibula, who has been playing competitively for eight years, was cut from his high school baseball team. On the second day of tryouts, the coaches claim he was not able to field the ball quickly enough at home quickly enough and was cut despite winning awards and having an 80 mile an hour fastball. Fitted with prosthetics Anthony Burroto
Guiding Questions:
What is your school's interscholastic philosophy and how does it fit in with your school's educational and physical education's philosophy/goals?
Please link to your high school's athletic, education, and PE philosophies.
Please link to your athletic, education, and PE philosophies on your separate eportfolio.
What are the policies in place for athletic teams in terms of who can try out for teams? What are the requirements in terms of :
varsity, junior varsity, modified (I never liked this term), or whatever team / club/ intramural
gender
differently-abled, students with prosthetics
religious clothing, traditions, requirements, artifacts
What is your response to this video piece?
How would you describe the mother and son in terms of the way they reacted to the news of getting cut? Did they do themselves any favors by going on air? How did their body language and tone of voice help or hurt their presentation of the facts?
The NCTI 2009 Conference was an incredible collection of policy makers, advisors, DOE staff, Office of Special Education, researchers and vendors all interested in helping to make education equally accessible to students of all abilities. Here is my photo album from the main forums, break out sessions and the Tech Expo that was held on Monday night. We were able to get most of the NCTI staff to try out EyeToy on the upper level and they really enjoyed seeing themselves (as do our students) be the Action Hero. Check out more pictures and impressions from the NCTI 2009.
