1. Online PE…is this for real? How to solve the dilemma that so many schools and teachers are facing Coleen Parmer Health and Physical Education Teacher ELANCO SD

2. Initial Thoughts… ▪ ONLINE PE discussion with a partner – What are your initial reactions to Online PE? – Why are you attending this session? (what do you want to get out of this session?) – Why is there a need for it? Why are districts doing it?

3. ONLINE PE---WHY? ▪ CYBER SCHOOLS (MONEY) ▪ CHOICES ▪ ADVANCEMENT ▪ REMEDIATION (I know..really?)

4. ONLINE PE---What it’s not ▪ A replacement for PE teachers ▪ The best placement for MOST students ▪ The answer for most students ▪ The easy credit option

5. ONLINE PE..the evolution at ELANCO ▪ Started with an idea about online learning coupled with a need to get money back to our district that was being allocated to OUTSIDE Cyber schools. ▪ PE was approached in the second strand of this initiative. We wrote our own course on MOODLE and then used APEX as well. ▪ Blended the course the next year with Moodle. ▪ Using Canvas with APEX currently but have a long range goal of offering cyber completely through our network. Discuss– what are your schools doing right now?

6. WHAT IS A MUST WITH ONLINE PE…. ▪ A PA certified Health and Physical Education Teacher – Important piece of the equation ▪ Heart Rate Monitors or Activity Watches (to gather evidence that the movement is actually happening) – POLAR E600 currently with mid and end of semester downloads into POLAR PE MANAGER – Using POLAR H7 blue tooth sensors and the Activity Watches in our brick and mortar classes currently ▪ Quality Fitness Logs that apply exercise and training principles – See examples of online fitness logs and explanations. ▪ Ability to meet with or communicate with students easily. – Set up videos—use SkyDrive to share, skype etc ▪ Standards based written content – Examples of writing prompts we currently use in PE. See ONLINE LPA course. ▪ An effective class management system to deliver the content – Moodle – Canvas – Blackboard

7. ONLINE PE… How do you get it started? ▪ Partner with a program (APEX) – Using your OWN teachers ▪ Option to use their teachers as well. ▪ APEX WEBSITE/COURSE ▪ Create a hybrid model (using APEX (outsource) and Moodle/Canvas (school learning management system) ▪ Work to create your own using Moodle/Canvas – Your teachers create it—using resources from your current classes. – Spartan Learning Portal 2.0

8. ONLINE PE Wrap-up ▪ Rationale ▪ Resources ▪ Responsibility ▪ Reality

9. ONLINE PE QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?