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No Excuses! - A Documentary about Quality Physical Education

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• ​​Documentary Clips with Discussion Prompts​​

QUALITY PHYSICAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY

• ​The Importance of Physical Education​​
• What Does Quality Physical Education Look Like?

• ​​​​​​Advocacy Resources and Toolkits
• ​​Pledge your Support for Quality Physical Education

EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES

• Teaching Strategies
• Planning
• Assessment
• Class Management

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• General Teaching Strategies
• Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners
• ​Adapted Physical Education Resources​
• Social Justice and Diversity
• Facilitating Discussions and Debriefs

• ​​​Examples of Cross Disciplinary Activities
• ​Growth Mindset and Multiple Intelligences​​​
• How to Engage Families in Your Curriculum​
• Advice for New Teachers
• Miscellaneous Articles and Videos​

• Planning Physical Education Units​
• Domains of Learning and Writing Learning Objectives

• ​​Instructional Models in Physical Education
• Teaching Styles in Physical Education​​​

• Assessment in Physical Education
• ​Rubric Guidelines and Examples

• ​Grading in Physical Education
• Fitnessgram Guidelines and Resources

• Class Management Guidelines​
• ​Tools for Assessing Behavior​

• ​Resources for Building Character and Conflict Resolution​
  
• ​Strategies for Forming Groups​
  

TEACHER RESOURCES

• Teacher Resources
• Fitness
• Instructional Videos
• Professional Development
• Technology

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• Physical Education Related Organizations
• Resources for Physical Education Lessons
• ​​​Safety Related Resources​

• ​​Resources for Physical Education DIY and Hacks​​
• Physical Education Related National Observances​​
• ​​​The Importance of Recess, Play, and Active Classrooms​​

• Examples of Fitness Activities
• ​​​​Strategies for Activity Promotion and Adherence​

• Resources for Stress Management​
• Online Resources for Health, Fitness, and Nutrition

• Icebreakers, Teambuilding, and Conflict Resolution

• Dance - Overview and Resources
• Dance - Folk and Line
• Dance - POCO LOCOs
• Dance - Ballroom and Social Dance
• Dance - Additional Youtube Playlists

• Information and Resources for Professional Development​
• ​Social Media Resources for Physical Educators​​

• ​Teaching Evaluation Forms for Physical Educators​

• ​Technology Guides for Physical Education
• Apps for Physical Education
• Online Technology Resources
• ​Projector Uses in Physical Education

• ​Virtual Reality in Physical Education
• 360 Degree Photos and Videos in Physical Education
• Augmented Reality and QR Codes in Physical Education

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Online Technology Resources

• Related Pages

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• ​​Technology Guides for Physical Education
• Apps for Physical Education
• ​Projector Uses in Physical Education

• ​Virtual Reality in Physical Education
• 360 Degree Photos and Videos in Physical Education
• Augmented Reality and QR Codes in Physical Education​

 

Class and team management

Broadcasting Sporting Events:
Class Badges and Events:
Class Management:
Event Scheduler:
Noise Management:
Team/Club Management:
Safe Texting:
Tournament Creator:
​Volunteer and Group Management:

High School Sports Network
ClassBadges  -  Class Dojo (PhysEd Example)  -  ForAllRubrics
​EasyClass  -  Edmodo  -  Google for Education  -  JumpRope  - ​ LearnBoost
Sched
Bouncy Balls  -  Calmness Counter
Team Cowboy  -  TeamSnap
Bloomz - ClassTag  -  Class Messenger  -  ClassTag  -  Remind
Challonge!  -  ​Print Your Brackets
VolunteerSpot  -  ​SignUpGenious

Creative Visuals

Animated Human Body:
Coloring Book Maker:
Comic Makers:
Card Makers:
​Emoji Builder:
Fake Text Conversations:
Flyer and Newletter Makers:
Infographic Makers:
Online White Boards:
Play Makers:
Printing Posters using Regular Paper:
School Map:
Word Clouds:

Pivot Animator
​LunaPic
ComicLife  -  Fotojet  - ​ ToonDoo (PhysEd examples)
Big Huge Labs 1​  -  Big Huge Labs 2  -  MTG Cardsmith  -  Trading Card Creator
Emoji Builder
iFake Text Message  -  SMS Generator
Canva (physed article)  -  ​Smore (example newsletter)
Easelly  -  Infogr.am  -  PiktoChart  -  ​ThingLink
A Web Whiteboard  -  ClassroomScreen  -  Draw.Chat  -  Explain Everything
Playspedia  -  ​Share the Play
BlockPosters (Example 1​, Example 2, Example 3, and Example 4)
Google Earth (PhysEd example)
ABCya!  -   HTML5 Word Cloud  -  Tagul  -  Tagxedo  - ​ Wordle

GIFS

Photos to GIF

• ​GifMaker
• GIFs.com
• Giphy​

Drawings to GIF

• Brush Ninja
• DrawIsland

• FlipAnim

Data to GIFs

• Data GIF Maker (Google)

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Example GIFs

• #PhysedGIFs
• ​Exercise GIFs - Ross Chakrian 
• Exercise GIFs - Queensland​

• GIFs in Physed - Miss Physical Education​​
• List - GIFs, Videos, and Slides for Physical Education​​
• ​Sign Language GIFs for Sports​

presentations and Collaboration

Discussion Rooms:
​Peer Feedback:
Polls and Surveys:
PowerPoint Alternatives:
Project Management:
Scheduling Meetings:
Screen Casting/Sharing:
Video Conferencing:

PALMS Backchannel  -  Unhangout
Peergrade
Acquainted  -  KwikSurveys  -  SurveyMonkey
Adobe Spark for Education  -  Emaze  -  My Simple Show  -  PowToon  -  Prezi  -  Slidebean  -  Visme
Freedcamp  -  Todoist  -  ​Trello
Assistant.io  -  Calendly  -  CheckAppointments  -  Doodle
Screencast-O-Matic  -  ScreenLeap  -  Windows  -  Youtube
Appear.in  -  Google Duo  -  Skype in the Classroom  -  WebRoom

Study Tools and Games

Choose Your Own Adventure (use for role play)​
​Flash Cards:
Graphic Organizers:
Miscellaneous Games:
Quiz Games:
​Trivia Games:
Word Games:

Google Slides  -  Twine 
​BrainScape  -  Classmint  -  Kupiter  -  Quizlet  -  StudyBlue  -  StudyStack
Education Place  -  ReadWriteThink  -  Scholastic 
BingoBaker  -  Board Game Maker  -  Flippity  -  GameBuilder  -  Oodlu  -  PurposeGames
Factile  -  Jeopardy Labs (example)  -  ​Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
FlipQuiz Classic  -  Kahoot!  -  Quizizz  -  ​Quizalize
Discovery Education  -  EducPlay  -  ​ProProfs: Brain Games

utilities

Edit PDFs:
​File Converters:
Plagiarism Checkers:
​IFTTT:
Merge PDFs:
Webpage to PDF/Picture:

Online OCR  -  PDF Candy
Cometdocs  -  Convertio  -  Online-Convert  -  ​Zamzar
Plagerisma.Net  -  ​PlagTracker
IFTTT is a website that allows you to automate a variety of technological tasks (click here for more information).
PDFMerge!  -  PDFMergy
PrintFriendly  -  Web2PDF  -  ​Webpage to PDF

video and photo applications

Interactive Videos:
Podcasting:
​Remove Backgrounds from Photos:
Teleprompters:
Video Editors:

EDpuzzle  -  Rocketium  -  Vizia
Audacity -  ​Soundation
​Background Burner  -  Clipping Magic  -  RemoveBG  -  PhotoScissors
AutoCue  -  CuePrompter  -  EasyPrompterPro  -  Teleprompt.me
Headliner  -  Loopster  -  Typito  -  VideoToolbox  -  WeVideo

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• AddText: Easily add photo captions to a picture.
• Adobe Spark: Create impactful graphics, web pages, and video stories.
• FacePixelizer: Blur/pixelize student faces in your photos.
• ​My SimpleShow: Create "whiteboard" videos (example to the right).
• ​PhotoJoiner: Combine multiple pictures into one.
• Pic Resize: An easy way to resize photos without losing any quality.​
• Pixorize: Add interactive annotations to photos.

Website BUILDING

Example Class Websites:
​Website Creators:
Website Template using Google Sites:

Boulder Valley  -  Mr. Graham  -  Mrs. G-H: Physical Education  -  Rene Gordon
​Google Sites  -  Portfoliogen​  -  Weebly  -  Wix  -  ZOHO Sites
Create Your Own PhysEd Class Website

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• CC Search: Find photos with creative common licenses.
• DesignEVO: Create your own logo.
• EveryStockPhoto: Find photos with creative common licenses.
• Google Custom Search: Create a search engine that only searches websites that you define.
• Google Hangouts: Set up live chat sessions on your website.
• HTML Color Codes:  HTML codes for any color.​ 
• Image Color Picker: Click on an image to get the html color code.
• ​ShareThis: Toolbar includes sharing options for social networks.
• w3schools.com: Preview HTML and CSS changes.
• WidgetsForFree: Free widgets for your website.

youtube applications

• Gaze and ShareTube: Share, watch, and talk about videos with people who are at another physical location.
• Tubechop and YT Cropper: Easily chop a section from any YouTube video or create chapters for easy viewing.
• ​Tar Heel Gameplay, Timelinely, and ​​VideoAnt: Add annotations, comments, and more to web-hosted videos. 
• ViewSync and Youtube Multiplier: Allows you to watch multiple Youtube videos simultaneously.
• SafeShare.tv, Viewpure, and Watchkin: Remove the comment and suggested videos sections from a Youtube video. 
• TeachEm, TES Teach, and VideoNot.es: Create interactive sites that include Youtube videos, notetaking, and discussions.