Sport Skill Videos

This website (pevideo.org) has a lot of video clips of primarily sports specific skills.

Milk Matters

The National Institutes of Health released some new dairy resources as part of their Milk Matters campaign. As a new teacher, finding the appropriate resources should be one of your primary goals, especially if they are free to use. Beg, borrow, and deal.

Fully committed & Articulating the Music

I love finding examples of performances that are totally inspiring in their own right, but also serve as a great metahpor for beginner teachers. The dance group JabbaWockeeZ , on this year's America's Best Dance Crew, is a prime example of commiting to a performance and it's fitting that they wear masks while performing. Another crew, BreakSk8 not only dance but perform on roller skates - come on, dancing is hard enough, but to do it on skates is another phenomenal skill. The performing arts, like teaching, must be done with full commitment to communicating a message to the audience.


Americas Best Dance Crew JabbaWockeez - MyVideo

1st post... Better late than never

Learning to be an excellent teacher can take a long time. However as I explain it to all my students, you should feel like you're being called to be a teacher. Don't become a teacher solely because you were successful in school/sports and you like working with children. The fact is the majority of your students will not be as competent as you were and your mission is to effectively teach to students of all abilities using developmentally appropriate practices. Not all journeys require travel as you will find out. Sometimes you'll be running to stand still (U2 lyric). Happy trails!