Video Tagger

Video Tagger is a unique and powerful video analysis and assessment tool that makes it possible to capture and tag sports performance.

Start recording and tap the customization buttons to tag performance as it happens. The app will record a few seconds either side of the tap.

Continue this for the duration of the performance and when finished video montages will be compiled with the highlights you identified.

Here is a demonstration of it being used in a PE class by myself

Here is the final product. The student who this edited video if of is Kaloni who is in the black

Sharing Manaiakalni experience in Taupo

Yesterday I traveled to Taupo to share my journey as a teacher in the manaiakalani project and provide some wisdom on implementing digital technology

Taupo College is a little unsure how to go about this. I attempted to convince them of the Manaiakalani model and specifically against BYOD.

I also convinced them of Teacher dashboard. I also discussed at length how laggards will become dinosaurs in this new age. the qualities that made them good teachers in the past will not hold true in a digital age.

Here is a copy of my presentation

Video Delay in A PE class

This shows how video delay can be used in PE class

When a student is performing a discrete skill such a forward flip on a mini tramp, a student can then watch that performance as if it is an instant replay

The students gains automatic feedback by watching and evaluating themselves. This replaces the old method of the teacher or coach trying to describe what is happening.

The advantages of video delay is that the teacher can spend time teaching and not video, cutting and editing during lessons

Any video tool that provide is so easy to use and requires little set up or labor intensive work should be incorporated as part of quality PE teaching

Presenting to the PENZ conference

Over the July Holidays I was fortunate enough to present to the Physical Education National conference in Hamilton My presentation focused on using digital technologies to accelerate learning. I took the time to show my work with the vidalyze programme. Through meeting the developer of this programme I was able to give away one life time membership to the software.

presentation to PENZ conference

Video tool that will be a game changer in PE

On June 30 I was fortunate enough to spend the day with Jarrod Robinson otherwise known as the 'PE geek'. Jarrod was visiting from his home in Australia. I took a away two things from the meeting

1. For every app based educational video software there is a cloud based solution. Given our students unrestricted google accounts and the fact they use Chromebooks web based software is preferable to software.

2. A large screen which can be projected upon is revolutionary in PE gyms and could be a game changer

PE geek blog on projection

In particular the use of the app BaM. This app is a video delay. Essentially using an I pad tripod PE could be videoed continuously and using the app the video would show on the I pad (and a big screen in delay)

The delay can be anything from 2 seconds to  minutes. Practically students could watch replays of their discrete skills and game play in a replay like situation. Best of it would require no work in terms of videoing and allow the teacher to focus on the teaching

Students are working on their video analysis

After videoing a visiting basketball professional I was now ready for the students to analysis their videos

I shared the video of the professional with the students through the sharing option on the vidalyze site.

Before I the students analyzed, I had to explain what they were looking for. This meant going through the bi-mechanical principles and applying them to a basketball shot

Key components i have recognized are balance and stability, force summation and anatomy of joints and forces.



After this analysis they should be able to grasp their thei technique failing and also what they are doing correctly