Developing a Health and PE community using facebook & twitter

Natasha Low at 2014 PENZ National Conference, Christchurch | July 2014
Developing a community
Health and PE NZ
Connect Contribute Inspire
Ideas & resources
for teaching Health & PE in NZ
Ideas into Action
Theory into Practice

Health and PE NZ
Natasha Low
Albany Senior High School
PE & Outdoor Ed, Asst HOD PE
Auckland PENZ Scholarship PE workshops
University of Auckland
Epsom Girls Grammar School – Health & PE, Asst HOD PE
Gifted & Talented Coordinator, elearning mentor
Queen Charlotte College
Westlake Girls High School
Christchurch of College of Education
University of Auckland
Takapuna Grammar School
My professional
whakapapa

Unuhia te rito o te harakeke
kei whea te kōmako e kō?
Whakatairangitia – rere ki uta, rere ki tai;
Ui mai koe ki ahau he aha te mea nui o
te ao,
Māku e kī atu he tangata, he tangata, he
tangata!
If you should tear out the heart of the flax
bush,
Where will the bellbird be,
Will it fly inland,
Fly out to sea,
Or fly around aimlessly,
But if you should ask me what is the
greatest thing on Earth?,
I will tell you,
It is people, it is people, it is people.

“Bellbird feeding from
flax flowers, note the
pollen on its forehead
Bellbird feeding
from flax flowers,
note the pollen
on its forehead
which will help
pollinate other
which will help
pollinate other flowers”
flowers

Health and PE NZ
Connect
Contribute
Inspire
Teaching
Health & PE in NZ
Ideas into Action
Theory into Practice

Why?
Lots of people in
dept
Lots of ideas sharing

Why?
Affirmed at 2013 PENZ
Leadership conference
Small depts
Isolated teachers
• Exposure to ideas
• Affirming ideas
• Sharing

How?
Online
Enables
connection
Different place
& time

How online?
Want involvement Want NZ context
HPE educators

Why Connect & Contribute?
Aware | Perspective | Support
For students | Not reinvent wheel
So that....
http://www.scoop.it/t/eggs-health-pe

What?

Connect with wider
community
• Physios
• Coaches
• Sport Scientists
• Athletes
Other sources of
ideas and
knowledge that can
inform our practice
& help students'
learning
Why?

• Stay up-to-date
• Be inspired
• To help our
students learn
Why?
e.g. Chris Lynch, Unitec
Lynch, C. (2011). Myths and Misconceptions Perpetuated in Exercise Physiology
http://www.unitec.ac.nz/advance/index.php/research-knowledge-transfer-by-chris-lynch/

Project idea
● 3-5 min clip
● 3 bullet points
Ideas into Action
T P
Theory into 1) What is the idea?
Practice 2) How can it be used?
3) Why should it be used?
4) What Next?
Where can we find more
information?

So what can you do?
Have you read something lately, know
someone with some interesting knowledge or
experience?
Let me know.
It might be a good for others?
● 3-5 min clip
● 3 bullet points
T P
● What?
● How?
● Why?
● What next?

How do we develop a
Health and PE NZ
community?
What would encourage
people to connect &
contribute?
What might be a
barrier to participation?

How online?
Twitter
Links & ideas in 140 characters
Personalised PD
Dip in
Follow what
you want
Filter what you
don't want

So what can you do?
Connect with
educators
in NZ and
around the
world
Join in! Take the '14 Day Twitter Challenge' (@mrrobbo)

What next?
Have you watched?
#pegeeks google hangouts
– recorded and view
Do you use & follow
#nzhpe or
#pegeeks?
Have you joined in?
#edchatnz
– not just PE

Project idea
#penzchat
Could Have A Taonga
Acknowledging
Emerging Leaders Aotearoa's
Ignition unconference
– “knowledge in the room”
– You could have the gem
“the missing thread”

So what can you do?
● Health and PE NZ
T P
●
Contribute an idea, a resource
Suggest an idea from you or someone else
Let's put theory into practice, ideas into action
● 14 Day Twitter Challenge Join up
● 10 reasons why teachers use twitter for PD

Thanks for coming
@NatashaLowNZ
Email: nlow@ashs.school.nz
Blog: www.natashalownz.blogspot.co.nz

Notes

Credits & links
Health and PE NZ – Community Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Health-and-PE-NZ/
565784406823652
Picture: “Rolling Out the Carpet” by Sandra Strait
Sourced from:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/aceo/5512407868/
Picture: “Whariki” by Jo Tito
Sourced from:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tetekura/2579717306/
Flax weaving workshop, Nelson NZ
Picture sourced from:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nelsonnz/5058231146
/in/photostream/
NZ bellbird, Wikipedia
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_bellbird

Credits & links
http://www.temanawa.co.nz/social-studies-technology.
html
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/
06/is-the-twitter-bird-extinct-no-really-like-the-species-
of-bird/258263/
Emerging Leaders Aotearoa
http://emergingleaders.school.nz/
Slide 3 whakatauki
Source:
http://www.asbcommunitytrust.org.nz/about-us/
whakatauki
Natasha Low's blog
Relevant posts: http://natashalownz.blogspot.co.nz
Here's a "TIP" - putting Theory Into Practice
Health and PE NZ - Why connect and contribute?

What next?
Connect internationally:
www.thephysicaleducator.com
founded by Joey Feith, Canada
www.peprn.com PE Research Network,
Ash Casey, England
www.peplc.net PE Professional Learning Community
(includes our Julia Breen)

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