Thursday, January 30, 2014

First Post: Personal Profile

*I registered for this course because…

* My favorite part of PE is…

*I think my current current level of fitness is…

*My previous personal best beep test is...

*I am currently doing the following things to be active (outside of PE)…

*Things that PHYSICALLY prevent me from doing exercise (i.e. medical, injury)

*Things that MENTALLY prevent me from doing exercise (i.e. energy, time)

*My eating habits are…

*I Want to be able to learn more about…

*I want to improve my abilities in… (ex. fitness, communication, positive impact)

*Outside school activities I’d like to try are...

*My fitness goals for the semester are…

*My personal character goals are...

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

PE 11 & 12

As we move further and further away from teacher centered, sport/skill based marking in physical education we ask that you as students learn to collect and reflect on the evidence of your own experience, effort and learning.

As a way to help you organize your thoughts, the following breakdown for the "four pillars" and thematic questions can be used, but you may move beyond these in your explanations.

1. Participation:
     This category includes all of the factors around your ability to participate and the quality of your participation of in-class activities. Some things to consider would include: 
  • attendance and punctuality
  • wearing gym strip & actually changing clothes at the end of class
  • intensity of participation
  • factors that influence work ethic and effort
  • motivation behind your selection of activities on choice days
2. Social Responsibility and Contributions to the class:
    This category includes all of the factors that led to your improving skills around working with peers to make everyone's experience more successful. Some things to consider would include:
  • leadership (organizing others, encouraging peers)
  • examples of initiative (helping with equipment, helping with other classes without being asked to)
  • positive energy and social energy during activities
  • honesty during competition and on fitness scores
  • connections with the community/volunteering
3.Healthy Living:
    This category includes all aspects of your past, current and future data and health/fitness goals. Some things to consider would include:
  • Your actual fitness scores and what they teach you
  • Noteworthy changes in fitness
  • Barriers/limitations you face in participating
  • Dietary choices, extra curricular activity choices and their impact on overall health
  • Injury prevention, management and rehabilitation
  • Future plans/goals for overall health choices
4. Digital Portfolio and Reflective Skills:
      This category includes all aspects of your blog posts. Some of the things to consider would include:
  • The total collection of digital evidence and number of posts
  • The quality of the selection of evidence as a demonstration of learning
  • The quality of the summaries/explanations of the evidence (reflection of effort, new learning cited, goals/plans)
  • The usefulness of comments on peers blog entries as part of a socially constructed learning and assessment
  • Your ability to provide evidence of your learning


Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Active Learning 8/9 Report Card Post #1

Throughout the semester you should have been collecting data and evidence that demonstrates your learning and progress. Explain the grade and work habit you feel reflects your PE learning in relations to the themes below. This post should pull from the best of your evidence, highlight your growth and learning. Be specific in your explanations.

As a way to help you organize your thoughts, the following breakdown for the "four pillars" and thematic questions can be used, but you may move beyond these in your explanations.

The Big Picture: Identify four words that describe your performance so far this semester. Be specific and provide an example from class.

1. Participation:
     This category includes all of the factors around your ability to participate and the quality of your participation of in-class activities. Some things to consider would include: 
  • attendance and punctuality
  • wearing gym strip & actually changing clothes at the end of class
  • intensity of participation
  • factors that influence work ethic and effort
  • motivation behind your selection of activities on choice days
2. Social Responsibility and Contributions to the class:
    This category includes all of the factors that led to your improving skills around working with peers to make everyone's experience more successful. Some things to consider would include:
  • leadership (organizing others, encouraging peers)
  • examples of initiative (helping with equipment, helping with other classes without being asked to)
  • positive energy and social energy during activities
  • honesty during competition and on fitness scores
3.Healthy Living:
    This category includes all aspects of your past, current and future data and health/fitness goals. Some things to consider would include:
  • Your actual fitness scores and what they teach you
  • Noteworthy changes in fitness
  • Barriers/limitations you face in participating
  • Dietary choices, extra curricular activity choices and their impact on overall health
  • Injury prevention, management and rehabilitation
  • Future plans/goals for overall health choices
4. Digital Portfolio and Reflective Skills:
      This category includes all aspects of your blog posts. Some of the things to consider would include:
  • The total collection of digital evidence and number of posts
  • The quality of the selection of evidence as a demonstration of learning
  • The quality of the summaries/explanations of the evidence (reflection of effort, new learning cited, goals/plans)
  • The usefulness of comments on peers blog entries as part of a socially constructed learning and assessment
  • Your ability to provide evidence of your learning



PE 10 Final Report Card Post

Throughout the semester you should have been collecting data and evidence that demonstrates your learning and progress. Explain the grade, percentage and work habit you feel reflects your learning and PE skills. Include evidence and be specific in your explanations.

Some themes that may help with your blog post:

  • For some of you this may be your last form of physical education, whether it is or isn't reflect back to when you started in grade 8 and describe your adventure/journey/transformation and plans for the future.
  • What does it mean to be physically educated?
    • How are you able to demonstrate that?
  • How has the past 3 years of PE served you? In what way?
  • Identify barriers that stand in the way of you leading a healthy active lifestyle
    • How do you plan to troubleshoot them?
  • How do you plan to replace the 60 minutes of exercise, you have had 5 days a week for the past 5 months, now that PE is over?