Brett
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Teachers Demand Physical Education Overhaul
July 6, 2010 - 9:48 am
Tags: active gaming, children, educator, Exergaming, Exergaming Australia, fitness, PE, PE lessons, Physical Education, school, teaching, technology, TEN, the exergame network, Wii
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The article below was written and released by TEN, a modern day health and fitness global advocacy that is passionate about improving the physical education standards in our schools. This article was released for US consumption but I believe it’s views are just as relevant in Australia. Exergaming Australia is a proud member of TEN. [...]
2010 Shape of the Nation Report
June 21, 2010 - 2:15 pm
Tags: ACPHER, adults, AMA, Australian Children, Australian kids, Cancer Council, education, Exergame Fitness Australia, Exergaming Australia, Exergaming for Schools, health, Heart Foundation, HPE, obesity, PHAA, Physical Education
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Reading over this report reminds me of the abysmal condition of health and physical education (HPE) in Australia. The status of PE in the US is appalling, it hardly seems possible that it could be worse in Australia. How can the health and wellbeing of Australian children be relegated to a lower priority than English, [...]
The Power of the New P.E. – Fun.
June 11, 2010 - 9:29 am
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In the U.S., a Wisconsin school is Committed to Keeping Their Kids Active by iDANCE’ing. Original blog by Tommy Seilheimer at Exergame Fitness USA Arbor Vitae – Woodruff School in Wisconsin, USA \ IDANCE System The iDANCE Wireless Dance and Step System was debuted at the Arbor Vitae – Woodruff School in Wisconsin, USA. After obtaining a [...]
Exergaming as a P.E. Solution
June 3, 2010 - 2:34 pm
Tags: active gaming, australia, education, exergame fitness, Exergame Fitness Australia, Exergaming for Schools, fitness, Games for Health, group fitness, gym, health, idance
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By Dan Lawler, originally released on the Exergame Fitness blog 02/06/10 Thinking on the Move What all school administrators are facing today is an increased demand for higher test scores, often times at the expense of reducing physical education or the amount of recess time elementary students receive each day. As a principal for over [...]
Group Fitness for Adults, Kids Everyone!
May 31, 2010 - 12:01 am
Tags: adults, aerobics, australia, education, exergame fitness, Exergame Fitness Australia, Exergaming, fitness, fitness centres, fun, gaming, group fitness, gym managers, gyms, health, idance, interactive, Play, positive gaming, spin classes, zumba
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Group fitness has been around for decades with it being popularized in commercial gyms around 1989 with the introduction of Step Aerobics. Today we can see simple varieties of Group Fitness ranging from traditional step classes to Les Mills “Body” sessions, Fitness Boxing, Pilates, Spin or RPM, to Zumba and outdoor and indoor boot-camps. Group [...]
Health, Fitness and Games: Serious Fun.
May 30, 2010 - 2:13 pm
Tags: active gaming, adults, australia, conference, education, Exergaming, Exergaming Australia, Exergaming for Schools, fitness, G4H, gaming, group fitness, health, interactive, Play, positive gaming, rehabilitation, Serious Gaming
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The G4H 2010 Boston conference is over and has already been hailed a tremendous success. This is the 6th G4H conference, with this year’s event being split across two main venue areas. The outside area encompassed the specialised “Exergaming Zone” created by our US partner Exegame Fitness USA. The Exergame Zone was incredibly popular plus [...]
Games for Health Conference Boston 2010
May 26, 2010 - 4:38 pm
Tags: active gaming, australia, conference, education, exergame fitness, Exergaming, fitness, G4H, gamercize, Games for Health, health, interactive, nintendo, rehabilitation
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Original post by gamercize on 25 May TEN website In Boston this week, the annual Games for Health conference takes place. This is perhaps the premiere event fortheGames4Health fraternity and a time to highlight the solutions offered by Exergaming in the health, fitness, educationand rehabilitation sectors. If you are a member of The Exergame Network’s (TEN) [...]
Exergaming: Playtime for Adults.
May 17, 2010 - 1:17 am
Tags: active gaming, adults, aerobics, Exergaming, fitness, fun, games, group fitness, gym, health, Play
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PLAY. This is certainly not a word that requires further explanation, at least it shouldn’t be! I personally think PLAY has become something of a 4 letter word, at least for adults. Us ‘grown ups’ would not normally associate play with an adult activity, children play and adults, well what do adults do? We hardly [...]
Fighting Fire with Fire – Part 1
May 4, 2010 - 11:34 pm
Tags: Exergame Fitness Australia, exergames, Exergaming, Exergaming Australia, fitness, health, obesity
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Australia has a long history of dealing with summer forest fires. We’re all very familiar with the devastating affect fires have on our countryside, our flora and fauna, our homes, our lively-hoods and the terrible loss of lives that occurs on far too many occasions. But we’re a hardy and resourceful country which is continually looking [...]
iDANCE2 the perfect PE solution.
April 23, 2010 - 6:53 pm
Tags: Exergaming, Exergaming for Schools, idance, PE
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Exergaming is going from strength to strength. The large base of ever increasing evidence is making Exergaming a compelling solution. Schools are some of the early adopters, and kudos to them for seeing the highly motivating potential Exergaming offers as an effective PE alternative. iDANCE is a leading light in reinvigorating schools PE cirriculum offering [...]
