My first P.E. Conference

October 10th was SUNY Cortland's annual mini conference hosted by the P.E. majors club APEM. I was asked to help work the conference so i walked around wearing a sign that said "Have any questions? ASK ME!" Boy was that fun I was a hit in the conference everyone wanted to wear one of these signs and smiled when they saw me. Ok so besides the work I did there I also got to participate in the opening act with Yang's 255 classes. This got the crowd moving and only took about 5 minutes. After we sat in the stands and were introduced to a ketnote speaker who spoke words that could make anyone's heart melt and be passionate about the job they do or the job they want to obtain. I ca not lie I shed a tear here and there. He is a well recognized adaptive P.E. teacher who has won many awards for his outstanding job in touching souls. We then all split up and went to different workshops the conference offered. I chose three which included a multucultural game, technology being offered to better P.E. classrooms, and cup stacking.All three presentations were worthwhile but i have to say cupstacking was my favorite and I all received free cups. what more can I say! I will bring cup stacking into my classroom. This was and experience I can just imagine how extreme large conferences are. Attending this conference is the reason why in November I will be attending Turning Stones Conference. Can't wait.....maybe I'll get more free stuff!

Seeing myself teach...

So a couple of days ago my instructor handed us a dvd from the first day of class. This dvd contained a surprised short mini lessons we were told to teach on the first day of school. I have never seen myself attempting to teach until that day. I finally got to see how serious and passionate I am about the profession I am trying to obtain. My mini lessons was the fundamentals of dribbling a basketball. I had flaws here and there I'm not perfect and may never be but i will improve as the year progresses. Seeing myself and giving myself corrective feedback will only make me stronger. i noticed I gave to many cues I just needed to cut down to a few of the most important, and my instruction could have been specific yet easier to follow. Another thing I would have changed is the activity I used to teach the skill of dribbling. I should I have chose something more fun that would have caught students attention more and had them fully engaged in the game. My closure was a little rough, so I know i need to improve there. This is what stood out to me the most! I want to be able to teach while still maintaining the level of fun a physical education class should have. But over I thought my teaching session was not so bad, with a few corrections and a little more time to learn I will be able to do wonders. I'm not going to lie the I laughed at myself, the clip was pretty funny i actually almost look like a teacher!!! Can't wait to see what the next teaching session will look like...