Kick Out The Ladder

Besides Honda's innovation in automobiles, their success and dedication to the pursuit of their goals is legendary and I love the metaphor "Kick Out the Ladder" as featured in the NYT some time ago.


Can this be an effective method in the education setting? Have you experienced this "Ladder" sensation before and what did it feel like and what was the result?

The so-called webisodes, each about seven minutes,  at Honda's site (dreams.honda.com), under the rubric of the “Dream the Impossible documentary series.”

"If your goal is too easy to meet, you are not challenging yourself enough."


"Never Stop Learning" and "Dream the Impossible"

Move Your Body 2011 (SUNY Cortland PE Rockstars) - JTrent edit

Edited by JTrent (http://jtrentsblog.blogspot.com/)
This is how Rockstar PE Teacher Candidates show how to Move Your Body. It is a response video to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYP4MgxDV2U - Let's Move! "Move Your Body" Music Video with Beyoncé - NABEF

More information about this amazing group of Physical Education Teacher Candidates can be found here http://www.rockstarpe.org/

Move Your Body 2011 - Beyonce (SUNY Cortland PE Rockstars)

Shooting a Flash Workout/Dance in response to Beyonce's Move Your Body was a blast. Thanks to all the PE Rockstars who danced their hearts out this morning. More videos on the way...stay tuned.

How To Create A Great Speech Fast - In 5 Steps

Nick Morgan's great work on crafting a masterpiece speech!

Via PublicWords: How To Create A Great Speech Fast - In 5 Steps:How to Create a Great Presentation from Harvard Business Publishing on Vimeo.

Motor Development Videos - Fall 2010

The videos are in and now its up to you to decide which video you liked the best.  Be sure vote and get as many people as you can to vote, view, and comment your videos.  Place them all over your Twitter accounts, Facebook and of course our SUNY Cortland PE Facebook group!

Education Through the Physical: Teaching with Objectives (255)

In physical education, we educate students through the physical across the tree domains: Psychomotor, Affective, and Psychomotor. The psychomotor objective is the actual physical task the students are performing. The affective objective deals with the personal and social behavior of the student. The cognitive objective relates to information or knowledge. Creating objectives is much more than stating, "The class will play basketball," "Students will be nice." Here's the formula for writing great, physical education objectives:
SITUATION, TASK CRITERIA.

When writing objectives on a lesson plan, always write the situation followed by a comma, next the task and then underline the criteria.
“Situation,” is always first. When is this happening? Before class? During the introduction? Throughout the lesson? At the end of the lesson?
“Task” is what the students are doing. The “task” is something that can be observed. Are the students rolling a ball back and forth? Taking a written exam? Giving high fives to their classmates?
"Criteria" is always measurable. "Criteria" is broken down into two subcategories which are product and process. A "product criteria" measures the quantity. "Product criteria" means that the focus is on repetition rather than on skill execution or how well the task was performed. Examples of "product criteria" could include “performs 3/5 times,” or even “in succession for 30 seconds.”A" process criteria" measures the quality.Process criteria means that the focus is on the successfulness of the skill execution rather than the repetition of the task. An example of process criteria could be “performs task with all 3 cues."

When we write objectives in physical education, they must meet both the NYS and NASPE standards. Teaching to the standards is what makes physical education programs more reliable and therefore more difficult to cut. Listed below are the NYS and NASPE standards for teaching physical education.

New York State Physical Education Learning Standards
Standard One: Personal health and Fitness
Students will have the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain physical fitness, participate in physical activity, and maintain health.
Standard Two: A Safe and Healthy Environment
Students will acquire the knowledge and ability necessary to create and maintain a safe and healthy environment.
Standard Three: Resource Management
Students will understand and be able to manage their personal and community resources.

NASPE Learning Standards
Standard 1: Demonstrates competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
Standard 2: Demonstrates understanding of movement concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics as they apply to the learning and performance of physical activities.
Standard 3: Participates regularly in physical activity.
Standard 4: Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Standard 5: Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
Standard 6: Values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction.

Homework Assignment: Go onto the Cortland Physical Education website and download the 2010 lesson plan template. It can be found by clicking on “Resource” in the section on the left side of the screen. Once downloaded, please type in a psychomotor, affective, and cognitive objective that could pertain to your teaching from Lab 1B. Remember, when writing an objective: SITUATION, TASK CRITERIA. Also, be sure to fill out which NYS and NASPE learning standards this objective is meeting. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask Dr. Yang or any of your TA’s… we are here to help!

Greyson Chance Singing Paparazzi

Imagine in your sixth grade festival/ Talent Show you break out some Lady Gaga on the piano, "Paparazzi" to be specific. Besides totally committing to communicating his passion for the song, in his own way - watch some of the students in the audience as some of them are in totally awe, and of course there are others that have no idea what they just witnessed. For this viral video, in just over 2 weeks, had more than 15 million views and his already been on Ellen. Believe that you can make a difference and totally commit and work like mad to make your dream become reality. Make it so!



Oh...write your own song, create a YouTube Channel, post your song and have 2.25 million views = PRICELESS! This is the transformative power of technology. Learn to harness its power and make changes that are necessary in our world, community, and schools. Go Greyson and Go RockStars!

8 Key Points for Perfect Presentation Practice

Here are some great guideline for your upcoming presentations, 256, 434, and Portfolio Interviews.

[ Via Six Minutes: 8 Key Points for Perfect Presentation Practice]

8 Guidelines for Presentation Practice

Practice out loud.

1. Practice with variety.
2. Be aware of timing.
3. Practice in front of a real audience, similar to your target audience.
4. Incorporate spontaneous Q &A into your practice.
5. Spend more time on the speech opening and closing.
6. Practice your timing.
7. Practice by recording yourself.

Passion, Commitment, Pursuing Your Dreams & Goals

George Lopez is willing to try a lot of new skits, material and interactions for his studio audience in hopes that it ranslates well to the TV viewers.  Bringing internet sensation Lin Yu Chun to perform his Whitney Houston's "Saving all my love" and a duet with Academy Award William "Capitan Kirk" Shatner “Total Eclipse of the Heart” was awesome. Watch and listen to the audience as Lin delivers on the high and low notes of these technically difficult songs.  Not only is he singing the correct words and notes, but he is in tune and has very few pitch issues.  More remarkable is his ability to interpret the songs in the way similar to the original version with his own interpretations and within the limits of his vocal range and ability.  

• Can you tell he speaks very little English? 
• Can you tell he has never been on TV in the US prior to this performance? 
• How many hours do you think Lin practiced at his craft of singing? 
• How many times did he hit a wrong note or wrong lyrics? 
• How many times do you think people told him that he is a terrible or can't sing?
• How many times do you think people told him he would never be successful?

• How much time do you spend planning and researching your lessons/activities?
• How much time do you spend practicing and rehearsing your lessons/activities?
• Do you seek others feedback and input?
• Do you record yourself (audio/video) while rehearsing your teaching segments?
• Do you ask your teachers, TA's and peers questions about your assignments?
• What are you willing to do in order for you to perform at an equally high level that is eventually recognized as being inspiring? 

Applications for Learning

As teachers, we all have our comfort areas and expertise in certain sports, activities, games, etc...  The challenge for teachers everywhere is to continue to learn and adopt the mission of lifelong learning. Do whatever it takes for you to help your students engage in more meaningful and impacting learning experiences.  Take classes in other areas to broaden your base of knowledge, learn from others how to improve your blogs (or visit this PE Tech page on Rockstar PE Wiki), take clinics in First Aid Certification so that you can certify your own students in Emergency First Aid, and in general never stop learning. Don't wait for others to "give" you what you think you deserve, go out and become the inspirational, transformative leader.

All Guts or No Glory

Imagine auditioning for American Idol or any other job and you decide to perform or teach something that one of the judges or teachers created.  Do you have the guts to perform it in your own way and interpretation?  How much have you practiced the lyrics, guitar parts, singing into a mic or giving instructions, demonstrating, delivering the hook, etc...?  There is a direct correlation of teacher candidate (TC) performance and planning/practice.  The more you think and obsess about what you will teach, and practice it out loud.... the more likely you will be to improve upon it before you actually have to teach.

I know you can find Eminem song "Lose Yourself" but I think it is appropriate to compare his lyrics to the performance you must do each and every time you go to teach.  Part anxiousness, confidence, uncertainty, hope....that is teaching to me.  If you don't get excited to teach and you're not constantly thinking about how to get better, do better and be better - then I will personally help you find your TRUE path.

"Lose Yourself"

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's choking, how everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that
Easy, no
He won't have it , he knows his whole back's to these ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stagnant that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo
This this whole rhapsody
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo

Commitment to Learning Never Ends

How committed are you to your student's learning? How far are you willing to go to help them? As I've alluded to numerous times, teaching is a performing art and it's important that you practice lots and learn to teach in different styles.  Watch how this Stanford faculty member and student get down to teaching the ATP / Kreb's Cycle and not just merely memorizing some facts. You will need to to put together a video to teach others all about Learning to teach PE like a Rockstar (accountability, standards, objectives, lesson plans, pedagogy, exergames, etc...).  I really like how the lyrics are scrolling along with the video and that can be done through YouTube or any video editing program.  I also suggest we pre-record the song and then shoot and edit the video. This is going to be great and we will showcase the video and a live performance at the end of the semester PE Talent Show.  Let's plan to really show what a great program PE is and how incredibly passionate and dedicated our students and faculty are.

The science rappers from Stanford are back. If you liked their take on regulatin’ genes, check out their new number on how the body converts food into energy. The song is performed by Derrick Davis, a student at Stanford, and Tom McFadden, an instructor in the human biology program there. Mr. McFadden (he’s the one wearing sunglasses and a plaid shirt in the video above) explained the project to me:

I’ve found that subjects like glycolysis, the citric acid cycle and the electron transport chain are some of the most feared and loathed concepts among people who’ve taken biology, mainly because some teachers emphasize memorization over concepts. Yet in reality, the way we turn “what we eat” into “what we do” is so relevant to everyone’s daily life that it ought to be inherently interesting. The video stylistically pays homage to two songs, “Hate it or Love it,” by 50 cent, and “On to the next one,” by Jay-Z. Once again, instead of bragging about stacks of cash we’re rapping about making “stacks” of ATP.”

 
http://www.educationalrap.com/music/science/
And here is the rest of it.

Interpretation as Inspiration

arning to teach is a lot like being a musician/singer and I've given you this analogy many times before. Think of the thousands of times a young artist sings a song or practices parts of songs, both by themselves then in front of a few close friends or family and then gradually if they're well received the audiences get bigger.  All the while you are interpreting the songs and notes in your own way, just the same way a young teacher interprets and executes lessons with their own style.  We are not asking you to invent anything revolutionary, but to interpret what is being made available to you. As we've told you before, to become a confident teacher you first have to realize that there are standards to be met and you have to be professionally accountable to these national and state standards of teaching and learning. Secondly, you MUST know your content.  If you don't know where you're going, how are you expected to guide your students and how much can they truly learn?

Lab A you got some practice starting a lesson, giving demos and getting people moving.  

Lab B1 is another chance for you to show you can master demonstrations (DEAD or Whole-Part-Whole), manage and organize your students, and provide meaningful feedback/intratask variation. (4 minutes). You are only teaching the one task that you are assigned at the bottom (simple) of the task progression.

Requirements:

- Demo

- Task - Cue - Challenge

- Feedback

- Intratask Variation

Optional

- Pinpoint

- Scaffolding

Lab B2 is a big step up because you are given 5 more complex tasks to know how to teach and we may ask you to teach any of the 5 tasks, which will force you to be ready and flexible. (6-7 minutes) 

 

Watch this clip from last season's American Idol and see what the great Smokey Robinson said about Adam Lambert's interpretation of one of his most famous songs.:

 "I love to hear other people's interpretations of my songs.  I've never heard The Tracks of My Tears sung like that, I've heard by a lot of people."  

How Committed and Passionate Are You?

In quintessential Queen style, singer Freddie Mercury's presence is so powerful there is no doubt who is in charge or what he's communicating. Watch to see how he leads the audience, all 72,000 of them at Wembley Stadium in London. It was at this moment for me as a teenager that music started speaking to me and since that time sparked a love for music and performing. Out of all the performances by all the artists, this was the one performance that would never be topped. I remember sitting up to watch in amazement as the crowd (not a Queen concert crowd, mind you) was so in to each song, each other and most of all the moment. Oh to have been there!! Pay particular attention at 5 minutes and 23 seconds, when you can really see the entire audience clapping to Radio Ga-Ga. I still get chills watching that performance and listening to others describe how pivotal this performance was to the success of Live Aid and catapulting Queen's legacy into the stratosphere. How can one person, singing one song lead so many? What would possess people half a mile away to sing and clap along to a song? What qualities does he and others possess to inspire his audience? What and who inspires you? How do they do it? What is their message and what is the medium?

You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio

Watch in full screen-mode and crank up the volume. With little transition between songs 'Radio GaGa' and 'Hammer to Fall', watch and marvel at how Freddie uses a couple of syllables to charge the crowd up even more.


Here is a great news piece on Queen's rehearsal prior to Live Aid.


Queen (set list) - "Bohemian Rhapsody" (part), "Radio Ga Ga", "Hammer to Fall", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "We Will Rock You" (part), "We Are the Champions"

What about Danyl Johsnon's audition on X-Factor? Can you tell he was passionate, relaxed and excited to be performing? What do you look like in your initial micro-teaching episode? Can you see any excitement and enjoyment while teaching? How will you convey your interests in helping your students learn? Voice, body language, preparedness, confidence, props, calmness, etc...? How will you make your classes so that students want to come back and want to participate?

Please embed your video from our YouTube Channel - and write a reflection that answers some of the above questions along with what you think you did well and what you can improve.

Fully Committed Communication

Watch Barenaked Ladies "One Week" Parody and more funny videos on CollegeHumor

http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/special_feature/brain_gains/brain_gains_2.html

PAUL BROGAN - MVP 2009


travis barker remix soulja boy "crank that"






. And here is the rest of it.

Infant Skits Motor Development Spring 2009

Today's infant skits were fantastic and our guests were thoroughly impressed at how committed everyone was in performing.

Here is the album of still photos from the performances.

Click here to get the YouTube Playlist or enjoy the videos from this blog

Infant skits

And here is the rest of it.

"Whatever" it Takes

Hip Hop Doc (Dr. Rani Whitfield) and Dee-1 (middle school teacher) are on a mission and their message goes straight to the heart (literally and figuratively). From "Walking the Walk" to "Whatever" the duo have been on a mission to educate and motivate youngsters to live a healthy and active lifestyle (YouTube Channel). Truly inspiring and in education we call what the Hip Hop Doc does so well, is enlist the interests of his target audience - the youth that love Hip-Hop. Let it Flow Doc!

Dream The Art of Possibility

@ Yahoo! Video

Benjamin Zander at Pop!Tech 2008: How Fascinating!

Benjamin Zander is indeed a Maestro in every sense. As the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, he lives and breathes his mantra of "The Art of Possibility" which opposes the tide of negativity, conformity, and the downward spiral. The question is, how will you "move" people into the world of "Possibility" and "take them to a place they couldn't reach without you?"

Describe in detail which "Rockstar" essential teaching elements that Zander demonstrates in his motivational speech? Be sure to include: a) at least five elements, b) with each element describe what Zander said or did, and c) what the effect was on the audience or the student.

Compare and contrast your teaching style and technique to Zander's. Can you describe in detail two elements you covered in your Lab C or D and three of Zander’s teaching elements/techniques you want to be able to do by the end of your 256 experience. How will these changes in your teaching affect your communication style, student learning, overall growth towards being an outstanding leader, and reduce student misbehavior?

[Via Presentation Zen, TED Talks, Benjamin Zander, ]

Motor development skits (Part 2)

Here is the second batch of class presentations from Motor Development - infant development (reflexes, fundamental motor skills, and perception).

Skit #1 "Push It" by Bart, Efraim, Mindy & Julie


Skit #2 "Fresh Prince" by John, Matt, Matt, & Rich


Skit #3 "Monster Mash" by Russ, Kaitlyn, Amanda & Andie



And here is the rest of it.

Alphabet Re-Mix

Teaching well requires you to take the ordinary and make it extraordinary. The alphabet serves as a perfect example of an activity you can do to make it extra spicy. Even on Sesame Street, the simple alphabet plays an integral part of the overall mission of the TV series. And here is the rest of it.

Motor development skits (Part 1)

Here are the class presentations from Motor Development on infant development (reflexes, fundamental motor skills, and perception).

Skit #4 "ABC" by Julie, Brittany, Eric & Joe


Skit $5 "Every breath" by Care, Ryan & Sarah


Skit #6 "ChaChaSlide" by Melissa, Dan, Jason & Kris

And here is the rest of it.