Great Job on Lab B!

Awesome job on lab B Rockstars!

Your teaching is looking great! There has already been a large amount of  improvement in your teaching in just a short amount of time.  Many of you look calm and confident while others still look a little nervous when their teaching, but don’t worry its easier and easier each time. Just remember when your teaching, go out there and have fun!

Even though I wasn’t able to see everyone teach there lab B I was still very impressed with how much improvement I did see with just five of you teaching.  Some great things that I noticed was that your hooks were very creative, I really enjoyed how Kim incorporated the history of jump roping, and how they used to use vines which added into her grapevine skill. Also everyone’s voice was loud and clear and made it easy for the class to hear the instructions that were being given. The pinpointing was great as well! By using pinpointing it gives your class another demonstration on how the skill is supposed to look. Also when pinpointing a student it makes that student feel good about themselves because they are doing something correct. Make sure before you pinpoint your student that you let them know in advance.

There are some things that still need a little work, but its okay it teaching comes with practice. Remember that it is your lesson and you can run it the way you want, you don’t have to go right down the list of the C9 form right in order, you can mix things up. Just try and make sure you get everything in. Also like what was said in class on Friday when you see or hear the one minute signal don’t wrap things up right away. A class wrap up only takes about 20 seconds so you still have 40 seconds where your students can be working on their task.

Lab C and D will be here before you know it, so here are a few things to keep in mind. You want to make sure that you have your back to the wall at all times; you want to be able to see what every student is doing. If you have your back to your students behavioral issues are easier to occur. With that being said Professor Yang will start throwing behavioral issues at you during your lessons. You can think that you’re ready for him to throw something at you, but you’re not. So when he does stay calm take a breath and deal with the issue. Also you will have to complete Lab packets , it is your great interest to get started on them right away and don’t leave them for the last minute. The faster you get them done, the more time your TA’s and  Professor Yang have to look over them and improve them before you have to hand them in.

Keep up the good work!

Padawan Training TC to Jedi's: Lab B Overview

Cross-posted (and slightly edited from EricE's blog EDU 255 Lab B Overview)

Today I observed five teacher-candidates (TC) teaching their lab B to the class, I was very impressed with a lot of things and I also have some suggestions.


First were the hooks, every body I observed today had a hook and they were very clever. Hooks are used to get students interested (and motivated) and to think about why the teacher is saying this and excited to learn. One hook was about all of the students being warriors, and that would be very motivating to younger students in a normal classroom setting. Also the energy that everyone brought was awesome, everyone was clearly excited to be there and happy to be able to teach the lesson they were waiting to teach.

I thought everyone was excellent but here is some feedback to get your teaching to the next level. First thing I recognized was where’s the music? During all of the practice days I expressed my love for music and the energy that it brings in a lesson. Nobody used music except for one person for a very minimal time. Music fills that dead silence while you are teaching and has a energy that can’t be replaced regardless of what you say. Also,  every time TC's heard they have one minute left they began to panic. Relax you have a whole minute to finish up your lesson and break it down. I taped the videos and I found that on average it took students twenty-five to thirty-five seconds to close out a lesson which means you still have some time for activity. And lastly just go with it! You are the only person who knows how your lesson is supposed to go, so if ya mess up… who cares. Figure out where you should be and get back on target never stop and draw attention. Overall everyone was great but everybody should aim to build on what they did. Good luck to everybody and keep working hard!

Lab B: Blazing a Trail to Better PE

We had a great series of lessons this morning to really jump start our teaching labs. Check out the videos on our Lab B playlist and see what pedagogical tools you can identify and determine their effectiveness.

Continue Jumping Into Lab B2 (255)

Lab B1, is going great and everyone is improving the skills. Never thought there was so much to jump rope? Well the progressions continue, and the challenges become more difficult. Break out that jump rope again and start preparing your skills for your next teaching segment. Lab B2 will be very similiar to B1, except we want to see you take our feedback, the classes feedback, and your own feedback from watching your videos and make the adjustments needed to become a better physical educator. We all make mistakes, and lessons never go exactly as planned, this is your time to fine tune your teaching skills and show us what you have up your sleeves. Remember your firework, so come and let your colors burst!  

Teaching 3/9/11

1. Danielle
• Task # 30
• Task # 31
2. Jacob
• Task # 38
• Task # 39
3. Tyler
• Task # 42
• Task # 43
4. Dave
• Task # 71
• Task # 72
5. Josh
• Task # 48
• Task # 46

Teaching 3/11/11

1. Trent
• Task # 1 (partner skills)
• Task # 2
2. Nicole
• Task # 3 – long rope
• Task # 5
3. Andrew
• Task #  9 – long rope
• Task #  10  
4. Bryan
• Task # 11 – long rope
• Task # 12

EDU 255 - Jumping into Lab B

 Jump Rope Teaching Assignments

Why jump rope? After all there is only one way to jump rope, right? WRONG! There is an incredible amount of things you can do with a jump rope! The jump rope packet is a valuable tool to break down jump roping into progressions. It gives you (the teacher) the opportunity to focus in on specific skills, and break them down into simple cues for your students to work on. Lab B will be based on the jump rope packet, and will give you the opportunity to focus on the critical teaching elements including: introduction, hook, signal for attention, cues, and demonstration. So brush up your jump rope skills rockers and great ready to jump into lab B!

Jump Rope Packet