North Crawford School District in Wisconsin gets students moving in physical education classes with Exergaming. Exergaming, or interactive gaming as some would call it, is technology, gamification, and fitness combined. It is a better way to educate the importance of fitness because it makes the fitness experience fun, and keeps children engaged. They have been playing videogames all their life,…
The Carol M. White PhysicalEducation Program (PEP) provides grants to local educational agencies andcommunity-based organizations to initiate, expand, or enhance physicaleducation programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade to helpstudents meet their state standards for physical education. Money from PEP Grants may be used to purchase physical educationequipment, provide support for students, provide training and education toteachers and staff…
Fitness 2.0 is an ideology, an ideology which has emerged out of the advancements we have made as a community, which is constantly working and creating one system that works, which leads to a new and improved system that works even better. This process in the health and wellness world has lead to something called Fitness 2.0. But before I…
On average, children spend three to seven hours a day parked in front of a television. Whether it’s watching after school cartoons,the Disney Channel, or playing video games, the rate of child obesity has had adrastic increase throughout the course of the past 20 years. Let’sMove! a campaign launched by FirstLady Michelle Obama, has an ambitious but important goal: to…
In schools today students who engage in antisocial behaviors are a real challenge forteachers and administrators. Too oftenthese behaviors diminish a student’s ability to learn and often interrupt theeducation of others. Many times teachersand schools apply restrictions to privileges, more seat time, anger managementstrategies, and suspensions as a remedy for these behaviors. A few months ago I assisted a middle…
The ExerGaming Lab As an Effective Tool to Help Students With Behavior Issues. Societal and clinical concern of antisocial behavior in school-aged children is significant. Students engaging in antisocial behavior represent a major challenge in the school system (Cihak, Kirk and Boon, 2009) and account for a large proportion of placements in special education classes (Knitzer, Steinberg, and Fleisch, 1990).…
Back in December before the holidays demanded everyone’s attention, we traveled to The Works Family Health and Fitness Center in New Hampshire and installed the gift of tWALL. It has been a month now and we have finally had the opportunity to speak with The Works and find out how things are going since we have been there. Maria…
Being that this is our first blog post since the beginning of the new year, we at Exergame Fitness hope that everyone had a great holiday! As we all go back into the daily grind pursuing our life passions, we should remind ourselves that our new years resolutions need to be a part of our daily missions. I read a…
What’s the best way to stay mentallysharp well into old age? According to a recent study by experts at EdinburghUniversity, it’s not brain games. Turnsout exercise may be the most effective way to keep elderly minds as big andfunctional as possible. More so than brain teasers and social interaction,exercise was associated with the biggest boost in brainpower. What can you…
Peter Senge, in his 1990 book entitled The Fifth Discipline, talked specifically about well-intentionedgoals and aspirations often leading to unpredicted outcomes that even the bestleaders and thinkers could not have anticipated. Certainly a 1981 government document releasecalled “The Nation at Risk” intended to bring attention to the need foreducation to improve for all kids. Whatevolved over the years was a…
In 2004 the state of Pennsylvania mandated all school districts to measure and track students Body Mass Indexes(BMI) and develop a Wellness Policy for students. Armstrong School District, located an hour north of Pittsburgh, has taken this initiative and created a coalition to address the problem of childhood obesity in Armstrong county. The coalition, called HEALTHY Armstrong, which is an…
New York suffered a huge blow due to Hurricane Sandy andwhile people were waiting in lines with gas cans at every gas station, the 2012Suffolk Zone Professional Development Conference remained on schedule, drawinghundreds of physical education professionals from across the state of New York. The NYS AHPERD, which stands for New YorkState Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, hasbeen…
