Exergaming is an essential component to an active and healthy lifestyle. It is designed to engage kids and adults from the very beginning while keeping them mentally and physically focused. The act of motion, or physically playing, is the foundation of what our bodies need. Studies show Exergaming provides an improvement in three key areas: Health, Academics, and Social Behavior. Exergaming…
School can be the first place a kid learns about fitness. It’s vital that kids begin to engage in fitness at an early age. By providing active games for kids, they will be healthier and learn to develop a lifetime love of fitness.
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…
Oftentimes, after implementing an Exergaming lab in the school setting, we seldom look back and see what the impact has been. Last fall, Motion Fitness installed an Exergaming lab that could accommodate 20 students at Lincoln M.S. in FortCollins, Colorado. Our goal in conducting a survey six months after the installation was to capture student and faculty reactions regarding the…
