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This is my first editorial as one of the "Technology and Physical Education" section editors. Let us know what you are doing with a 600 word informational article or drop us the link that you use the most. Please send me an email with thoughts, ideas, and questions. I have been working with a Palm Pilot, Excel, and Quicksheet to collect, store, and analyze assessment data. In addition to content ideas and contributions, I would also be very interested to receive your feedback on the site, both areas of improvement and any thing that you have really liked. My e-mail address is mdumin@radford.edu.
Sincerely,
Dr. Michael Dumin
Section Editor
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How are others using the Web
I know we often see someone’s posting on the Web and don’t take the time to look at what they are doing with their Web page. From their posting you feel like you know them, but you miss a part of their professional life that is as easy as clicking on their address.
Someone that I feel I know, though I have never met him, is Gerry Cernicky at his educational website. If you go to his page you can see how he has laid it out, what kind of information he has, where he teaches and what he uses his site for. Some of his page is for other professionals (I have my student’s go to this site); some of it is for parents and students.
As you start to develop a Web page of your own, it is always good to see what others have done. If you use the view button, you can view their source code and see how they did something. If you use someone else’s code, make sure to give them credit. Better yet use an editor, Netscape Navigator is included on most Web browsers, many schools have FrontPage, and many work processors allow you to save text as HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language) files.
Start simple but make your presences felt on the Web.
Looking for help? Microsoft has material available. Microsoft Office tools are available, and can be accessed at this link.
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Using Pictures
Polaroid has workshops scheduled around the country on using pictures in education. Check out their web site for information. They have two digital cameras available; the 320, which is a 320X200 image for $49.99, and the 640, which is a 640X400 image for $119. These are list prices, and you may be able to find them at a lower cost at your local outlet stores. These would give pictures that students could use in reports on activity, or use on a web page. At that price it would be reasonable to have students taking pictures of their skills as they are learning.
You could use these in PowerPoint presentations for parent groups or for a Web page.
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"Got Milk ?" 
A Sports Nutrition Summit took place Friday, January 5, 2001 at Disney's Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando. The goal of the summit was to bring together leading individuals, groups, and organizations in the sports nutrition field to educate Americans about the important role that proper nutrition and milk play in an active person's diet. You can download and print the Sport Physical Activity Pyramid, and educators can also find out how to order brochures here. Interesting for students is also the "Famous Faces Section", and try out the nutritious recipes in the "Taste Bud" Section. Both links are found in the left hand column.
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Sportbrain!
This new device is the world's first wearable personal fitness assistant that records physical activity data, then sends the info to Web pages and develops a personal profile.
Just clip the SportBrain tracker on your waist band and go. It records activities that cause your hips to move (walking, running, chasing the kids) and translates that info into distance, calories burned, and more. Read more here.
Fitness Technology Course for Physical Educators
Bonnie Mohensen will be staging an online one course unit (sponsored by Bonnie's Fitware) on Fitness Technology for Physical Educators. The course consists of six modules, and requires approximately 16 online hours to complete. Check out more details in the February issue of "Online Technology Newsletter k-12 PE"
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Below are a series of online interactive tools to assist you in reaching your program goals:
Vita-Men!
Welcome to the ever expanding universe of Knowledge about Vitamen! A most "active and fun" interactive way to learn about the function and role of vitamins in our life through a series of action heroes and heroines - the VITA-Men! This site utilizes Shockwave plug-ins, and its format will appeal to students and adults alike, as it is based on a series of "Vita-Men cards." The content focuses on Nutrition and healthy lifestyles in an extremely engaging manner! The Kids' corner answers basic questions such as, "What are Vitamins", Where do you find them? Why you need them... and more! Look up the Vita-Man gang!
Snack Smart for Healthy Teeth
This interactive site for elementary and middle school pupils is an aide to teaching the concepts of oral hygiene, and the link between what we eat and the state of our teeth! It explains how sugars attack teeth, and also includes a section for parents.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
This link provides a series of links to numerous educational sites aimed to assist educators teach food protection, hygiene, and health related concepts in an interactive way! One site is the Healthy and Human Services Pages for Kids at the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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Not everything that is faced
can be changed, but nothing can
be changed until it is faced.
- James Baldwin
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