Resources for Learning About the Tour de France
This year’s Tour de France starts on July 1st. (By the way, my search strategies course starts the same day). For the next three weeks my mornings will be occupied by watching parts of every stage. The Tour de France provides some neat opportunities for science, health, and physical education lessons. Here are some of […]
How to Create Custom Route Maps in Google My Maps
In a few weeks I’m participating in a global bicycling challenge that asks participants to complete 100 miles of biking on one Saturday. I’m going to do it with a couple of my friends. In preparation for that day I’ve been mapping out a variety of routes that we could take. We’ll decide before we […]
A Whole Bunch of Resources for Learning About the Tour de France
The Tour de France begins tomorrow. Watching the race every morning for three weeks is one of the things I look forward to every summer. I also find that it provides some neat opportunities for science, health, and physical education lessons. Here are some of my go-to resources for teaching and learning about the Tour […]
How to Create a Privacy Zone in Strava
A couple of weeks ago I created a Strava group for teachers. Since then a few dozen people have joined an even more people have emailed me to ask questions about Strava. What is Strava?Strava is one part fitness tracking app and one part social network. The idea is that you can use Strava to […]
Tips to Help Busy Teachers Get and Stay Fit
This article originally appeared on one of my other blogs, EdTechFitness.com. In December of 2018 I was the biggest I’ve ever been in my life. The nice suits that I’d purchased just a year before no longer fit and I was down to just one pair of jeans that fit. Worst of all, I was […]
For My Fellow Runners and Bikers…
As some of you know I’m an avid cyclist (6300 miles last year) and occasional runner (mostly when I’ve lost my mind). I keep track of all of my activities in Strava. The other day I was on my bike when I got the idea to create a Strava club for teachers who are interested […]
A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit
It’s the first day of 2021! Have you made a New Year’s resolution to curtail your junk food habit or quit a similar bad habit? I did that a couple of years ago and have mostly been able to keep my bad snacking habit in check by using a simple method that I learned about […]
From Student Agency to 200+ Mile Bike Rides
A couple of months ago I was invited to be a guest on Matthew Downing’s Diving Deep EDU podcast. We recorded it in the summer and the episode went live last week. A lot of times when I’m a guest on a podcast it feels like an interview instead of a conversation. This time it […]
Enjoy a National Park for Free This Weekend
Portions of this post originally appeared on one of my other blogs, Ed Tech Fitness. The U.S. National Parks Service is turning 103 years old on August 25th. In recognition of the Parks Service’s birthday admission is free to all parks on the 25th. Find the National Park that is closest to you through this […]
Plan Safe Running, Walking, and Biking Routes With Strava
Strava is an app that I use to record data about my bike rides and runs. There is a social component to Strava that lets you follow your friends and give them “kudos” for completing a ride or run too. You can use Strava without planning a route, but if you’re going to a new […]
Resources for Learning About the Tour de France and Science of Cycling
One of these two people has won a Tour de France Green Jersey. The Tour de France starts this coming Saturday. The race always ends in Paris, but it starts in a different place and takes a different route every year. This year’s course starts in Belgium. You can see the whole course here on […]
How to Create an Activity Tracker With Google Forms & Sheets
Last week I gave a presentation at the MACUL Conference titled 5 Ways to Blend Technology Into Outdoor Lessons. One of the topics within that presentation is the idea of tracking time spent exercising or playing outside. One fairly easy way to do that is to create a Google Form that students or their parents […]
37 People Signed Up for #EdTechFitness Challenges This Week
One of the new projects for 2019 that I am most excited about is my new Ed Tech Fitness site. As I shared at the end of 2018 I have a few goals for the site. First, to have a space where I would be accountable for exercising my body and mind as it should […]
10 Apps & Sites for Promoting Healthy Eating and Fitness
In all of my Best of the Web presentations I try to present resources for a wide variety of classroom settings and subject areas. Health and physical education resources are always included because of my personal interest in the field as well as its importance in giving students lifelong skills. Here are ten of my […]
5 Tools to Help Keep Your Students and Yourself Active & Healthy
The new school year always feels like a new calendar year to me as many students and teachers have “resolutions” for the new school year. If one of your resolutions for the new school year is to keep yourself or your students active and healthy, the following free resources are for you. GoNoodle is a free […]
How Playing Sports Benefits the Brain and Body
How Playing Sports Benefits Your Body and Your Brain is the title of a recently released TED-Ed lesson. The video in the lesson teaches viewers about the psychology benefits of teamwork and overcoming defeat. Students watching the video can also learn how playing sports can help a person avoid or overcome feelings of depression. The […]
10 Apps, Sites, and Lessons for Promoting Health and Fitness
In all of my Best of the Web presentations I try to present resources for a wide variety of classroom settings and subject areas. Health and physical education resources are always included because of my personal interest in the field as well as its importance in giving students lifelong skills. Here are ten of my […]