Canva offers a ton of fantastic templates for lesson planning here: https://www.canva.com/calendars/templates/classroom Check them out as you consider what you might use next year!

Recently shared on Twitter by Christopher Pepper (@mrhealthteacher) "WOW - Just learned that Stanford has a FREE Public Health Advocacy Curriculum. 10 lessons (you don't have to use all of them) that look like a great resource for expanding #healthed and project-based learning in middle and high sch

Perhaps you have just found the perfect image to use in a presentation! You put it in and realize that there's that dreadful white box around the image. What to do?! Well, with the help of the free website Pixlr (https://pixlr.com/editor/), here's how I handle that: goo.gl/67SHHz.

Click here and then on "Use Template" to get your own copy.

If you have a pdf that you'd like to enlarge, you can do so right from within Adobe Reader. Here's how: Go to "Print", then choose "Poster": Next, set the scale to "200%" for 4 pages (experiment for larger) and I prefer no overlap, so set it to 0: PRINT!!

Getting kids moving through dance can be a challenge, especially if you don't feel confident yourself. This Google Slides file: goo.gl/Pm5aH5 can really make it easy. To get kids started with the idea of creating dance, project this file and do the following:Put students in small groups and tell t

Jo Bailey has shared an excellent option for use when having your students collaborate to create a game here: http://bit.ly/38Jh9GZ This file includes the expectations and the rubric. The file can be used in printed format or in digital format through Google Classroom or by printing QR codes that s

It is very simple to use a QR code for students to access a GIF.  Just upload the GIFS to your Drive account and, from there, create the QR code. (If the GIFs you want to link to are already in Drive, you're good to go!) You do have to make sure that anything that you want others to access is set to

A very quick and easy way to create an animated GIF in slow motion is to use the "Speed" option in the settings offered in YouTube. Along with the super useful Chrome extension, "MakeGIF Video Capture", you can quickly and easily create a slow motion animated gif of any skill that you find demonst

Loriann Minka (@lmwppeh) has kindly shared everything you need to know to create your own PhysEdCamp HS Physical Education class here: http://wppe.weebly.com/step-by-step-how-to-edcamppeclass.html If you aren't familiar with the EdCamp model, it is based on the concept of participants coming up wi

A number of people have asked me about how I create the 4 page posters from an image. This video shows you how: http://bit.ly/2L9UQPs A couple of notes: The original image needs to be a large image in order for the "4 pager" not to pixelate. I have found that the image needs to be a minimum of ab

I wanted to create a longer choice workout, so here it is: http://bit.ly/30kta0b Students, working in small groups of 2 to 4 students with one device (Chromebook, iPad (iPads respond a bit slowly, so be sure to tell the kids to just tap once and pause-it will move forward), Windows device, tablet or

Here's a set of characters that can be copied and pasted into any other doc or slides file: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-bBfqpvkV_tsQOTNcPBNVol1_xkUJF6WN27ESyuTRbc/edit#slide=id.g5c2703cafe_1_0 Each character can be resized, cropped and even recolored to a degree as shown below: Th

Sometimes you may need data from a spreadsheet where the original owner used line breaks to separate the data within a cell. Perhaps you need that data, but without the line breaks. You can simply go to the "edit" menu, and choose "Find and Replace". From there, just type \r\n|\n|\r in the "find"

Kevin (@supportREALtchr) recently shared an awesome way to score a culminating sports tournament. This option requires strategy and teamwork to accomplish the challenges. Kevin's printable Slides can be found here: http://bit.ly/2XbJuiG I, also, created digital versions of this that can be used o

There is a lot of discussion around how to determine which GLOs to focus on. In other subject areas, there are 3 questions that are asked to determine Priority or Power Standards/Benchmarks which become a focus and those are: 1. Endurance - Does the GLO provide students with knowledge and skills b

As we all look to be as affirmative as possible in our teaching, this post from Edutopia does a great job of offering options: https://www.edutopia.org/article/what-say-instead-im-proud-you! Terrific for use in the classroom AND use at home!

We have put together this resource that includes information and examples of the many ways Flippity can be used in HPE. 2 of the examples were created using resources shared by Andy Milne (@carmelhealth) and Kait Hall (@MrsKaitlynHall) and our thanks go out to them for the initial shares. The res

Need a list of all of the files in a particular folder? Files Cabinet by Awesome Table has you covered! Super easy. Just install: https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/files_cabinet_by_awesome_table/606635256305 and then open a Sheets file, go to "Add-ons", click "Files Cabinet..." & "Start List

This cool "Human Bingo" game can be used to spice up review and as an opportunity for formative feedback. Video explanation: bit.ly/2QKyatl It was shared by Jonathan Alsheimer (@mr_Alsheimer) and can be used for just about any topic! Get creative! I have created a spreadsheet to make setting up

Health Related Fitness is such an important topic and Kalie McKinley shares this outstanding lesson: goo.gl/VDLbjA You can browse through the presentation and if you'd like a copy to edit as you wish, just click the blue "Use Template" button in the upper right. Kalie does a great job of leveragin

Did you know that there are great options to convert pdf files to Powerpoint? And, they don't just convert each page as an image but actually recreate file w/text boxes, etc. Not perfect, but very good. Click this Google Search link to locate options: http://bit.ly/35491xO (I've used both "Smallpd

I, often, am asked about creating GIFs. Many of the most prolific GIF-makers out there like to use various apps, such as IMGPlay. Personally, I like to simply use my iPad or iPhone to video what I want to GIF. Then, I go to https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif and upload the video. (If you prefer

I was so excited to have had the opportunity to collaborate with Melanie Levenberg (@MelanieG_pl3y) on creating some new options for leveraging tech. to teach Dance.What follows are 3 great ways to infuse dance into your classroom. 1) Use this Google Slides file, Dance Moves Challenge, that allows

I just finished watching Joey's Periscope session "Purposeful Tech in #PhysEd" from #shapeboston and wanted to share his template: https://goo.gl/Sc3MRp. There are many ways to utilize the template in the classroom. Take a look at Joey explaining how he uses it here: https://www.periscope.tv/phy

Quizlet live is a very fun team challenge that provides students with an entertaining way to review information. If you aren't familiar: Quizlet trains students via flashcards and various games and tests. Quizlet live is a team way to "play" the flashcards. It ... "is an engaging in-class game wh

Growth Mindset Posters Set 1 in Landscape: bit.ly/2XJZEUk Growth Mindset Posters Set 2 in Portrait: bit.ly/2XKoCD3

Check out this list of ways to put household items to work in your Physical Education classroom: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19bNjQ5NVH9UbYfoAsGE_5RBEVu2lMjjri8d5x49xHHo/edit#gid=453135494

This is such a fun game that I thought it was perfect for Physical Education. So, here is the High School Physical Education Heads Up!!: https://sites.google.com/view/heads-up-hs In case you aren't familiar with "Heads Up", here's a quick run-down: Group members spin the wheel and try to get th

If you see a great video showing something you'd love to have in GIF format, here's how to convert it: [If you need the video (perhaps because you want the audio, too) steps 1-3 would be the way to do it! If you do steps 4-6 to convert to GIF you will no longer have the audio.] 1. Copy the lin