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Bonnie Mohnsen writes this month's PELINKS4U editorial. As
the founder and CEO of Bonnie's Fitware, Bonnie is a national authority
on the integration of technology into physical education. In this
editorial, written exclusively for PELINKS4U, Bonnie ponders the
question as to whether physical educators might someday be replaced
by technology.
Will Virtual Reality Replace Physical Educators?
Bonnie Mohnsen
 Computers
and educators often have a love/hate relationship. Educators love
the convenience of the computer and its assistance with the every
expanding paperwork pile they face on a daily basis. But it is also
a hate relationship - based on a fear that the computer may one
day replace them. The specific fear for physical educators: virtual
reality.
Click
here to read the full editorial
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2004: No Child Left ON THEIR Behind
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| Jon Poole,
is this month's secondary
section editor. Jon wants us to check back on our "toolbox."
Have some reflection on what you are teaching and its overall effectivness.
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The July Adapted section comes from, Chris
Stopka. Chris reflects back on the year with her editorial
and a couple of great articles
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"Finding the Needed Resources to Establish
or Enhance your Program: Part 3 - Transportation, Publicity
and Additional Resources." |
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A very touching story of how adapted physical activies
can help. |
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Gerry Cernicky
is this month's Technology editor. In this month's section, Gerry
focuses on ideas and and implementing ways to improve, dissect and
develop an avenue to inform the school board and administrators of
what we really teach.
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Many great websites listed |
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Featured article: We are P.R. |
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Vocabulary Additions. |
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Click here to read more. |
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"Our growing softness,
our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security."
-John F. Kennedy
(Source: Fitnet)
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Our Elementary Section Editor this month
is John Williams. This month John provides
us with some wise words: Back up, back up everything you have. He
also reflects back on the year we just had.
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Creative games lesson links. |
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Year in Review |
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For these and more, click here. |
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| Ferman Konukman,
is this month's coaching
section editor. This month he provides us with a variety of different
articles. I hope you enjoy this month's coaching section.
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July Book Feature
This month we are looking at the book Fitness
for Life-5th Edition
The new edition of Fitness for Life, by authors Charles Corbin
and Ruth Lindsey is an updated middle and high school fitness text
with increased emphases on personal responsibility for program planning,
individualized goal setting, recognizing and overcoming barriers
to regular exercise, and using technology to benefit physical fitness
and health rather than detract from it. Also available are lesson
plans, ready-to-use assessments and teacher resources, worksheets
for creating student workbooks, videos, music, graphics packages,
a Spanish-translation e-book on CD, and more.
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Dr. Dot Richardson, Olympian
and Vice-Chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness
and Sports, shares her powerpoint presentation which includes
the mission of the President's Council, obesity trends, cost of
obesity, health statistics, President's Challenge and much more.
Visit
the NASPE web site to download.
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Lift
America - National Fitness Foundation fires President, files
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but employees plan to continue |
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International
Walk to School week (October 4-8, 2004) website has materials
you can download for use in October 2004. |
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Use
tobacco tax increase to fund fitness programs? Proposal
made in Michigan by Charles Kuntzleman |
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VERB Goes Mobile into Communities Across the USA.
From mid-June to mid-October, VERB is sending mobile tours into
all regions of the USA with the message that play can happen
anytime and anywhere, and that there are a variety of ways to
play. |
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Seen
the the trailer for the movie Dodgeball? |
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And speaking of dodgeball have you reviewed some
of the PE
Hall of Shame practices? |
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Powerful
Bones. Powerful Girls web site provides resources parents
can use to help their daughters prevent osteoporosis later in
their life. |
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Economics
of Obesity: A Report on the Workshop Held at USDA's Economic
Research Service, May 2004 |
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Second
edition of Moving into the Future: National Standards for
Physical Education published by NASPE |
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AAALF initiates project, supported by NASPE, to
develop educational materials for training paraprofessionals
or classroom aides to assist general physical educators with
students with a disability. Contact Janet
Seaman to contribute |
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Prevalence
of Overweight and Obesity Among US Children, Adolescents, and
Adults, 1999-2002 |
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Anyone aware of a PE program that was cut where
the community became involved and tried to fight it? If so please
contact Laurie |
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Integrating Technology into Physical Education
workshop offered by NASPE, August
3 in Boston |
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P.E.4LIFE
releases a "Blueprint for Change" consisting of a
10-step action plan to make children healthier through quality,
daily physical education programs and increased physical activity. |
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Glamorous movie stars, role models for teenage
girls, smoked in 80% of the movies rated for young people produced
by Sony
Pictures® from 1999-2003 |
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On
the Move is an innovative programming concept to help service
providers increase girls? and young women's participation in
sport and physical activity. |
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