Dan is great friend in the Exergaming world, he understands its value and pushes for people to see it. One of our more recent installations was at the Estes Park Middle School – their Exercise Learning Center, and Dan explains how it can to be and why. Click here to see our SmugMug photo gallery of the ELC, and click here to…
A couple of weeks ago we helped out Estes Park Middle School in creating their Estes Park Exercise Learning Center (ELC). The Estes Park Middle School are The Bobcats, and their website can be found here. We installed several popular pieces of equipment that we think will really make an impact on the kids. The following products were installed at…
By Dan Lawler, PhD “Schools can be an excruciating experience for kids with ADHD,” notes John Ratey, MD, of Harvard Medical School and author of SPARK: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. It’s not that students with ADHD can’t focus, but that they can’t focus on command. They are wired differently and working with that physiology can…
After five years, Hemet Unified School District will once again open a Community Day School (ASPIRE) that will serve expelled and at risk youth in grades 7-12.. ASPIRE Community Day School is planning to offer a variety of opportunities to help their students including: smaller class sizes, a strong set of social and behavioral support interventions, and an exciting blended learning curriculum…
The word “Interactive” in the fitness industry has become so common that it could mean something as simple as walking on a treadmill and watching ESPN or a movie. True Interactive Fitness Equipment is much more. It is computer game technology to motivate, engage participation, and measure results, so that fitness training becomes a fun and entertaining experience. What are…
Exergame Fitness will be at the 2015 HIMMS Annual Conference in Chicago (April 13-15) as part of the new HX360 Innovation Pavilion, along with Games For Health. Exergame Fitness will have a space at the Games for Health area in booth G20 where you’ll be able to try exergaming yourself. Exergame Fitness provides fun motion based products to help build healthy active habits for…
Childhood obesity is an epidemic affecting many of the youth in America today. Approximately one in three children are either overweight or obese, which has doubled in kids under twelve and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years. There are many different reasons for the cause of this rise in childhood obesity. According to HealthierGeneration.org, increased screen time, limited…
SHEPHERD, MT – This past April, Shepherd Public Schools was one of 67 organizations awarded a grant through the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) designed to help schools and other organizations initiate, expand, and improve their physical education programs. One of the areas the Shepherd Public Schools focused their efforts to expand and improve their physical education program…
The Perry School District in Perry, Ohio has always placed a high degree of importance on ensuring that each student has the opportunity to reach their full potential in and out of the classroom. The school community knows the opportunities for their students are always changing, especially with the way technology constantly progresses. They are also aware of how stress,…
The conversation that is seldom addressed in schools is why do students too often find school so boring. Many students are uninterested in learning and find school a waste of time because they see little connection between what is happening in class and what is happening in their real life. Students’ perception of learning as meaningless is often a result…
Holley Elementary School in New York was looking for a way to engage their students to become active and healthy. After being awarded a federal Carol M. White Physical Education Program grant they turned to Exergame to help bring the excitement they were looking for to their physical education program. Exergaming is bringing technology, gamification, and fitness together for a new…
Regular daily exercise appears to improve children’s attention and multi-tasking skills, according to a new study. Elementary school-age students who participated in an after-school program with plenty of physical activity showed greater improvements in several areas of so-called “executive function” than similar students who did not participate. Executive function refers to a range of mental or “cognitive” skills that include…
