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QUALITY PHYSICAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY
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  • ​Social Media Resources for Physical Educators​​
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Social Media Resources for Physical Educators

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  • Our Twitter Feed
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"Like many, I was not interested in using Twitter for professional development. I'm not much of a social media person in general and I didn't really see the value of what 140 characters could bring. I couldn't have been more wrong. Since joining the Twitter community in Spring of 2014, I have come across countless resources that I would have probably missed had I not been a part of this great online community. These resources have been invaluable in my own professional development and advocacy for the profession.
 
I make it work by 'favoriting' tweets on my phone throughout the day and then spending time, every day or every other day, on my computer to review them in more detail and visit the links. I suggest starting small by following a few accounts (such as @SHAPE_America and @supportREALtchr). You can also find physical education related posts and accounts using #physed. Whether you are on the fence or previously have not been interested, I highly recommend creating an account" ​(Kevin Shephard).

​Also see this article and these Twitter threads (
Thread 1 and Thread 2) for other reasons teachers have joined and benefited from social media. 
Naomi Hartl on Twitter - Curated tweets by supportREALtchr
Tweets by supportREALtchr
  • Information and Resources for Professional Development​
  • ​Teaching Evaluation Forms for Physical Educators
 
aRTICLES ON SOCIAL MEDIA
  • 10 Tips for Teachers Using Twitter
  • Becoming an Unplugged Educator: Why I Said Goodbye to Social Media...
  • "Identifying Your Niche and Loving What You Do"
  • ​​Protecting Student Privacy on Social Media​
  • ​​The 14 Day Twitter Challenge: The PE Teachers Guide​​
  • ​​​​Twitter is Dumb!​
  • Using Twitter for PE Professional Development​
SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS
  • #QualityPE Toolkit: premade advocacy tweets that can be copy/pasted.
  • Politician PE: Quickly find and copy your state representatives Twitter handles.
  • Tweet Congress: Easily find your state representatives. 
  • SHAPE Organization Directory: Social media information for state orgs.

  • Flipgrid: Video discussion platform.
  • Paper.li: Create your own personalized daily social media newspaper.
  • ​tchat.io: Tool for Twitter chats.
  • Thread Reader: Turns twitter threads into blog format.
  • ​​Tweetdeck: Provides additional features to Twitter users such as scheduling tweets, creating collections, and participating in Twitter chats.
  • Twitter Advanced Search: Better than the default search.
  • VOXER: PE Group for VOXER.
  • Wakelet: Tool for creating collections.
Find activities by search term (image below)
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DIRECTORY - SOCIAL MEDIA MENTORs
Use this directory to reach out to experts on various topics. If you include the hashtag #PhysedMentor or #PhysedMentors in your tweet, we will also retweet it for more exposure.
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HASHTAGS - pHYSICAL eDUCATION and Education
  • #Physed: all things physical education.
  • #ElemPhysed: elementary physical education.
  • #SecPhysed: middle school and up physical education.
  • ​#AdaptedPE: adapted physical education.
  • #OutdoorEd: outdoor education.
  • #HPEatHome: distance learning resources.
  • #MoreTitleIV and #SHAPEAdvocacy: advocacy related.
  • #PeGeeks: technology in physical education.
  • #PhysedDIY: do-it-yourself projects for physical educators.
  • #PhysedGIFs: physical education related GIFs.
  • #PhysedHack and #PhysedHacks: organization and equipment hacks.
  • #PhysedResearch and #HPEresearch: physical education related research.
  • #PETEPhysEd: physical education teacher education programs.
  • #STEAMPE and #STEMintheGYM: examples of cross curricular activities in physical education.
  • #PhysedMentor and #PhysedMentors: used when asking for help.

  • #Education, #Edchat, and #K12: education in general.
  • #ElemChat: elementary education.
  • #MiddleSchool: middle school.
  • #HighSchool: high school.
  • #HigherEd: higher education.
  • #Recess and #RecessMatters: advocacy for recess.
  • #PLAYmatters: advocacy for play opportunities in school.
  • #EdAdmin and #CpChat: administrators.
  • #EdReform: education reform.
  • ​#HealthEd: health education.
  • #EdTech: technology in education.
  • #Sped and #SpedChat: special education.
  • #Inclusion: inclusion related.
  • #SocialJustice: social justice reform.
Hashtags - Physical education chats
  • An Introduction to Twitter Education Chats
  • Participating in Twitter Chat​
  • ​Twitter Chats for Beginners​

​Hashtags for Physical Education Chats
  • ​#ESPEChat​​
  • #IAHPERDchat
  • #OPENAllWeek
  • #PEChat
  • ​​​#SHAPEHealthEd
  • #SHAPEPA
  • #SHAPEPhysEd​
  • #SlowTwitterChat
Profiles - EDUCATION and HEALTH RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
  • Active Schools - @ActiveSchoolsUS
  • America’s Promise Alliance - @AmericasPromise
  • Association for Middle Level Education - @AMLE
  • Attendance Works - @attendanceworks
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of America - @BGCA_Clubs
  • Children's Defense Fund - @ChildDefender​
  • Families in Schools - @FamsInSchools​
  • ​​National Association of Elementary School Principals - @NAESP
  • National Association of Secondary School Principals - @NASSP
  • National Council on Teacher Quality - @NCTQ
  • National Education Association - @NEAToday​
  • ​National PTA - @NationalPTA​
  • PTO Today - @ptotoday
  • United Way of America - @UnitedWay

  • Action for Healthy Kids - @Act4HlthyKids
  • Alliance for a Healthier Generation - @HealthierGen
  • American Academy of Pediatrics - @AmerAcadPeds
  • American Cancer Society - @AmericanCancer
  • American Diabetes Association - @AmDiabetesAssn
  • American Heart Association - @American_Heart
  • Aspen Institute - @AspenInstSports​
  • CDC - @CDCgov
  • HHS's Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion - @HealthGov
  • Mental Health America - @MentalHealthAm
  • National Institutes of Health - @NIH
  • PHIT America - @PHITAmerica
  • US Health & Human Services - @HHSGov
our Collections of Tweets by Category
  • 360 Degree Photos/Videos, AR, and VR
  • ​Adapted Related Tweets
  • Art
  • Assessment Related Tweets
  • Board Games Made Active
  • ​Bulletin Board Examples
  • ​Comic Life Examples
  • Conflict Corner Examples
  • Cross Disciplinary - Art​
  • Cross Disciplinary - Coding​
  • Cross Disciplinary - Math​
  • Cross Disciplinary - Miscellaneous​
  • Cross Disciplinary - Read Across America
  • Cross Disciplinary - Reading and Writing
  • Cultural Activities
  • DIY and Hacks
  • Family Engagement
  • Fitness Activities
  • Gamification Examples​
  • Miscellaneous Tweets​
  • Newsletters and Videos​
  • Organization Hacks
  • Positivity in the Class
  • Projectors Use Examples
  • QR Codes
  • Standards and Outcomes
  • Technology
  • ​Themes for Lessons/Units/Pedagogy

  • Aquatics
  • Balancing
  • Cha Cha Challenge
  • Circus​
  • Climbing Wall​
  • Dance
  • Dribbling (Basketball)
  • Hockey​
  • Striking​
  • Tag Games
  • Target Games
  • Volleying

  • Remote Learning
  • Remote Relationships
  • Virtual Classrooms
Online Advocacy Days - SHAPE America
SHAPE America Speak Out Day
SHAPE America Online Advocacy Day

​Promoting Quality Physical Education through Advocacy and Free Access to Information and Resources