Most Popular Posts of 2016
Assessment in Invasion Games: Part One – An Introduction
Team sports have traditionally made up a large part of any physical education program. Sports like basketball, football (soccer, American, Australian, Gaelic), handball, rugby and hockey are favourites in gymnasiums and on fields worldwide. All of these sports fall under the category of Invasion Games, where players try to...
Assessment in Invasion Games: Part Two – Planning for Assessment
This is the second part of the Assessment in Invasion Games blog post series. If you have not yet read part one, start there before continuing to read here. In part one of the Assessment in Invasion Games series we looked at how team sports make up a large part of most physical education programs...
Assessment in Invasion Games: Part Three – Assessment Tools
This is the third part of the Assessment in Invasion Games blog post series. If you have not yet read part one and part two, start there before continuing to read here. In part one of the Assessment in Invasion Games series we looked at how team sports make up a large part of most physical...
Live Scoring School Sports Events using Google Sheets
Back in May 2013 I blogged about how I was using Google Forms for Record Keeping to help me organise my upcoming Swim Gala. As I mentioned in the most recent Episode 11 of The #PhysEd Podcast I am always looking for a way to improve upon the systems that I...
Trending: Changing the “Culture of Games”
Are you one of the 22 million people who has seen the video below, or others like it, shared on social media this week? It is almost the definition of a viral video as I have seen plenty of non #physed teachers sharing it on their social networks and...2016: Month by Month
App Smashing: Making an Idea a Reality
So often I get asked “What’s your favourite app for #PhysEd?” or “What one app do you use all the time with you students?”A few years ago when I started iPhys-Ed.com as a place to talk about technology in physical education I probably would have responded with Ubersense or Coach’s Eye, however through my professional …
iPhys-Ed.com in 2015: A Year in Review
2015 was by far iPhys-Ed.com‘s biggest year since it’s inception in 2012. It was also an incredible year for me that had so many highlights. I am so grateful that almost 29,000 of you from an incredible 164 countries found your way to the website. I hope that when you did visit you found something …
#PhysEd Gives Back: THANK YOU!
Back in October 2015 I launched the #PhysEd Gives Back Campaign to support the amazing work of Right to Play. The idea was that through the sale of Fundamental Movement Skill cards that I had created, that 100% of the proceeds would be donated directly to Right to Play to assist their efforts in providing less …
PhysEd with a Purpose – ConnectedPE Workshop
Join world renowned physical educator Nathan Horne from iPhys-Ed.com for an action packed one day workshop focused on authentic, purposeful physical education. Nathan will explore emerging pedagogical approaches to physical education which are being used in innovative Physical Education classrooms around world. In particular attendees will focus specifically on making sense of teaching games by …
Trending: Changing the “Culture of Games”
Are you one of the 22 million people who has seen the video below, or others like it, shared on social media this week? It is almost the definition of a viral video as I have seen plenty of non #physed teachers sharing it on their social networks and it keeps on popping up wherever …
Assessment in Invasion Games: Part Two – Planning for Assessment
This is the second part of the Assessment in Invasion Games blog post series. If you have not yet read part one, start there before continuing to read here. In part one of the Assessment in Invasion Games series we looked at how team sports make up a large part of most physical education programs worldwide, yet the assessment of student …
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Assessment in Invasion Games: Part One – An Introduction
Team sports have traditionally made up a large part of any physical education program. Sports like basketball, football (soccer, American, Australian, Gaelic), handball, rugby and hockey are favourites in gymnasiums and on fields worldwide. All of these sports fall under the category of Invasion Games, where players try to maintain possession of an object, keeping …
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Assessment in Invasion Games: Part Four – Technology
This is the fourth part of the Assessment in Invasion Games blog post series. If you have not yet read part one, part two and part three, start there before continuing to read here. In part one of the Assessment in Invasion Games series we looked at how the assessment of student learning in invasion games is often inauthentic and can be largely …
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Assessment in Invasion Games: Part Three – Assessment Tools
This is the third part of the Assessment in Invasion Games blog post series. If you have not yet read part one and part two, start there before continuing to read here. In part one of the Assessment in Invasion Games series we looked at how team sports make up a large part of most physical education programs worldwide, yet the assessment …
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Assessment in Invasion Games: Part Five – Analysing the Data
This is the fifth part of the Assessment in Invasion Games blog post series. If you have not yet read part one, part two, part three and part four, start there before continuing to read here. At the start of the Assessment in Invasion Games series I shared that over these posts I wanted to share how I aimed to use proven physical …
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Assessment in Invasion Games: Part Six – Reflecting on the Journey
This is the sixth and final part of the Assessment in Invasion Games blog post series. If you have not yet read part one, part two, part three, part four and part five start there before continuing to read here. Throughout the Assessment in Invasion Games series I have shared how I aimed to use proven physical education research to change the way …
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Welcome to “What I’ve Learned” #PhysEd Edition
In the summer, while in Canada visiting my wife’s family, I was listening to an episode of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast. While I was intimidated by the 3 hour 22 minute run time, every second of his conversation with Cal Fussman was insightful, interesting and well worth listening to. Cal Fussman (@calfussman) is a New …
October saw a total redesign of iPhys-Ed.com website as we moved over from Weebly to WordPress.
Also in October, Joey Feith and I finally got The #PhysEd Podcast back on the air. Check it out at the link below.
Physical Education with a Purpose Workshop – Vietnam – January 21, 2017
Join physical educators and coaches from around South East Asia at Saigon South International School in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Saturday January 21 for a full day physical education workshop with a purpose. Join world renowned physical educator Nathan Horne from iPhys-Ed.com for an action packed one day workshop at Saigon South International School. …
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What’s in Your #PhysEd Bag, Andy Hair?
Joey asked for it….so it’s back! In this edition of What’s in Your #PhysEd Bag? we explore the bag of Australian physical educator, Andy Hair.https://twitter.com/JoeyFeith/status/790358574534983680Andy Hair is based in Geelong, Australia. His life goal is to see kids excel and achieve their dream. His PE motto is DREAM, BELIEVE, ACHIEVE.Outside of the Gym he lives a very …
What’s in Your #PhysEd Bag, Will Potter?
In this week’s What’s in Your #PhysEd Bag? we explore the bag of Californian physical educator and movie buff, Will Potter. Will Potter was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He grew up always wanting to become a teacher and accomplished his dream in 2003. A self proclaimed Superman nerd, and movie …
Pumped about the Animations Course Nate – also, congrats on the kiddo man!
Dad life is simultaneously the hardest and most rewarding thing I’ve ever experienced, I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Thanks so much Ben. Glad you are looking forward to the course, I am super pumped to get it out there. Also thanks for the Dad advice. It’s going to be amazing!